齐王建 / 田建 / King Jian of Qi
齐王建 / 田建 / King Jian of Qi enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·周纪》91丨触龙如何敲开守寡赵太后的门（2） as the son of 齐襄王 and 君王后. The source identifies him as the crown prince who succeeds after Qi Xiang Wang dies in the same 265 BCE frame that resolves the Zhao hostage crisis.
The episode presents his accession as a Qi-side parallel to 赵丹 / 赵孝成王 in 赵国: both are young rulers whose mothers become the practical governing authorities. In Qi, Jun Wang Hou’s regency is described as cautious and peace-oriented, creating a court style in which a forceful figure such as 田单 may not fit easily.
《资治通鉴·周纪》92丨历史上第一位著名舔狗是谁？（1） adds a naming note. The episode says the narration uses Qi Wang Jian’s personal name because his later status as conquered final ruler means 秦国’s unification leaves no normal posthumous-title path for him. The point turns his accession into a countdown marker for the final decades of the 战国时期.
《资治通鉴·周纪》94丨杀神白起，长平之战中的“草包”名将？（2） gives Qi Wang Jian a first major non-intervention case. Zhao asks Qi for grain during the Changping encirclement, but the court refuses; the episode says the practical decision lies with Jun Wang Hou. The source reads the refusal as short-term avoidance of helping an old rival, but one that weakens the larger anti-Qin shield around Qi.
《资治通鉴·周纪》95丨长平之战后秦国为什么没有灭了赵国（2） makes Qi Wang Jian’s weakened-state context matter to 虞卿’s post-Changping proposal. Yu Qing says 赵国 should give six cities to 齐国 rather than 秦国 to create anti-Qin pressure, but the host doubts that Qi under Qi Wang Jian has enough strength or ambition to make that plan reliable.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》102-2｜孔子在鲁国的身世之谜 extends that late-Qi weakness into the Lu question. The episode says Qi is the nearest state to 鲁国, but Qi Wang Jian’s court is kept from active intervention by 后胜, whom Qin repeatedly bribes to advise non-concern for other states. Qi Wang Jian therefore becomes part of the explanation for why 楚国, not Qi, destroys Lu.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-3｜历史上第一位真正意义上“垂帘听政”太后 makes his later continuity with 君王后 explicit. After his mother’s death, Qi Wang Jian continues the cautious, pro-Qin, non-aligned line that has kept Qi peaceful for more than forty years. The source then moves toward his final decision environment: he accepts 后胜’s proposal to go personally to Qin, and 雍门司马 begins a remonstrance by asking whether the king exists for the state or the state exists for the king.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》120-1｜谁是皇帝中的妈宝男？ gives Qi Wang Jian’s endpoint in 221 BCE. 王贲 attacks Qi from the north and reaches 临淄 quickly; Qin then promises Qi Wang Jian five hundred li of land if he surrenders. He accepts, but the promise is not honored: the episode says he is placed at Gong and starves among pines and cypresses.
The same source sharpens the evaluation tension around him. 司马光’s criticism makes him a weak final ruler who trusted ministers and missed the common interest behind 合纵, while the host also says his surrender spared Qi’s soldiers and people from a large final war. His page therefore now belongs to both 远国安抚误读 and 保全生灵式投降.
The page is source-scoped. Later sources may need to revise the balance between this cautious-regency inheritance, the final surrender, and later memory of Qi’s fall.
Connections
- 齐襄王 - father and predecessor.
- 君王后 - mother and regent after his accession.
- 齐国 - state he inherits.
- 赵丹 / 赵孝成王 and 太后摄政 - parallel young-ruler/regent pattern.
- 田单 - powerful restoration general whose fit in the new peace-oriented court is questioned by the source.
- 秦国 and 战国时期 - later conquest frame behind the episode’s naming explanation.
- 长平之战, 赵国, 周子, and 屏障国救援失灵 - Zhouji 94 part 2 grain-refusal branch.
- 虞卿, 合纵, and 联盟自保失灵 - Zhouji 95 part 2 doubts about Qi as the anchor of a revived Zhao-facing coalition.
- 后胜, 鲁国, 楚国, and 小国因大国无暇而存续 - Qinji 102-2 bribery-driven isolation and non-action around Lu.
- 雍门司马, 远国安抚误读, and 秦国 - Qinji 119-3 proposed Qin visit and remonstrance hook.
- Qinji 120-1, 王贲, 临淄, 保全生灵式投降, and 兼并自卫叙事 - final surrender, starvation at Gong, and Qin’s later accusation against Qi.