安国君柱 / 秦孝文王 / King Xiaowen of Qin
安国君柱 / 秦孝文王 / King Xiaowen of Qin appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》89丨秦王竟被他怼“妈宝男”？ as the son 秦昭襄王 establishes as crown prince in 265 BCE after 秦悼太子 has died in 魏国.
The source uses him mainly to make the prior hostage death legible. His appointment suggests that Qin’s succession line is being reset while 范雎 is pushing Qin toward nearby attacks and while court power remains tangled with 宣太后, 魏冉, and the 秦国四贵权力结构.
《资治通鉴·周纪》91丨触龙如何敲开守寡赵太后的门（1） repeats the 265 BCE appointment after 宣太后’s death and 魏冉’s removal. It adds the biographical hint that Anguo Jun is already an adult with more than twenty sons, letting the host foreshadow 吕不韦 and the coming Qin succession chain.
《资治通鉴·周纪》97-3丨吕不韦：历史上风投第一人 makes that hint operational. Anguo Jun’s many sons create a crowded heir field, while his favored wife 华阳夫人 has no son. The episode uses this family structure to explain why 吕不韦 can see 异人 / 子楚 as a political investment: if Yiren can be connected to Huayang Furen, his rank can change through 子以母贵式继承杠杆.
《资治通鉴·周纪》97-4丨史上为事业送老婆第一人 records the formal step. After Huayang Furen accepts the adoption plan, Anguo Jun establishes Yiren as嫡子, has a jade tally carved, grants him wealth, and reportedly makes 吕不韦 his师傅. The episode doubts the tutor detail because a merchant tutor would have hurt Yiren’s elite image, but it treats the jade tally as crucial evidence for written succession credential politics.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》100-1｜皇帝中的超长待机王过世了 moves him from crown-prince setup into accession. After 秦昭襄王 dies in 251 BCE, Anguo Jun succeeds at age fifty-three as Qin Xiaowen Wang, honors Tang Bazi as queen dowager, and makes 子楚 crown prince. The source therefore closes the long waiting period that made the Lu Buwei-Huayang Furen adoption strategy valuable.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》101-1｜这位倒霉君王登基三天即猝死 distinguishes that succession transition from formal accession. In the episode’s 250 BCE frame, Qin Xiaowen Wang officially takes the throne in winter tenth month and dies three days later. The host records both a 吕不韦 murder suspicion and a non-conspiratorial explanation based on illness, age, long crown-prince pressure, and mourning exhaustion, but keeps the cause as 秦孝文王三日而亡疑案 rather than settled fact.
Connections
- 秦昭襄王 - father and appointing ruler.
- 秦悼太子 - earlier crown prince whose death precedes his appointment.
- 秦国 - state he later inherits.
- 范雎, 魏冉, and 秦国四贵权力结构 - political environment around the succession reset.
- 吕不韦 - future Qin actor foreshadowed once Anguo Jun enters the narrative.
- 华阳夫人, 异人 / 子楚, and 子以母贵式继承杠杆 - Zhouji 97 part 3 favored wife, neglected son, and succession lever.
- 书面继承凭证 - Zhouji 97 part 4 jade-tally formalization of Yiren’s adopted status.
- Qinji 100-1, 秦昭襄王, and 异人 / 子楚 - accession after the long Zhaoxiang reign and appointment of Zichu as crown prince.
- Qinji 101-1, 秦孝文王三日而亡疑案, 吕不韦, 华阳夫人, 夏姬 / 夏太后, and 异人 / 子楚 - formal accession, death uncertainty, and immediate succession.