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齐威王 / King Wei of Qi

齐威王 / King Wei of Qi appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（2） in two linked ways. First, the episode quotes 《资治通鉴》 saying he comes to the Zhou court and gains a reputation for virtue. Second, it immediately questions the chronology, arguing that the surrounding annalistic position is probably too early for Qi Wei Wang.

The same source then uses Qi Wei Wang’s investigation of 即墨大夫 and 阿邑大夫 as a governance case. He does not accept court reputation at face value; he secretly checks local conditions, rewards the official with bad court gossip but strong local performance, and punishes the official praised by courtiers but failing in practice.

《资治通鉴·周纪》14丨齐威王 不鸣则已一鸣惊人 makes that chronology warning more explicit. The episode says Qi records were especially thin, that Qi Wei Wang’s accession was probably placed twenty-one years too early, and that 357 BCE is more plausible as the accession year with 356 BCE as the first regnal year. It also points out that a 370 BCE visit to 周烈王 cannot be literal because Zhou Lie Wang had already died; if the visit happened, the Zhou ruler should be 周显王.

The same source retells the “一鸣惊人” narrative. Qi Wei Wang neglects government, leaves affairs to 陈聊, receives 淳于髡’s 隐语进谏, then turns to official audits, military reform, and territorial recovery. The episode also records a bounded possibility that his earlier decadence was deliberate feigning, which the wiki keeps as source-scoped interpretation rather than fact.

《资治通鉴·周纪》15丨酒不醇引发的世界大战 follows that corrected early-reign branch with Qi Wei Wang’s hunting dialogue with 魏惠王. When Wei Hui Wang boasts of luminous pearls, Qi Wei Wang defines his treasures as officials such as 檀子 who defend borders, keep order, and attract people to 齐国. The episode therefore turns his post-turnaround ruler image into 以贤臣为宝 rather than only a sudden-reform anecdote.

《资治通鉴·周纪》16丨孙膑庞涓恩怨纠葛 桂陵之战 adds his role as a user of strategic talent. Qi Wei Wang asks 孙膑 how to break a battlefield stalemate, initially considers making him commander for the Zhao rescue, and then accepts the arrangement in which 田忌 commands while Sun Bin advises the 围魏救赵 campaign.

《资治通鉴·周纪》17丨韩昭侯和申不害 adds a diplomatic aftermath through 《竹书纪年》. After 魏惠王 uses Han forces to defeat a coalition at 襄陵, Qi Wei Wang seeks peace with Wei through 景舍.

《资治通鉴·周纪》19丨马陵之战 makes him the ruler choosing rescue timing before 马陵之战. He hears 成侯邹忌 argue against rescue, 田忌 argue for early rescue, and 孙膑 argue for delayed rescue. He accepts Sun Bin’s plan, privately reassures 韩国, and waits until Han and Wei are both committed before sending Qi’s army.

《资治通鉴·周纪》20丨庞涓死此树下 shows the delayed-rescue decision paying off militarily. Qi breaks 魏国 at Maling, 庞涓 dies, and 太子申 is captured. The source then turns the victory back toward Qi court politics because 田忌’s success may unsettle 成侯邹忌.

《资治通鉴·周纪》21丨邹忌下阴招 田忌国外避难 puts Qi Wei Wang inside the accusation aftermath. The planted divination request reaches him through arrested participants, so even disbelief cannot fully repair trust: if he examines the case, Tian Ji receives it as suspicion; if he ignores it, court rivalry remains unresolved. The episode therefore links Qi Wei Wang’s Maling success to internal ruler-minister mistrust.

《资治通鉴·周纪》27丨围观魏惠王和齐威王是咋商业互捧 moves Qi Wei Wang from post-Maling victory and court risk into title diplomacy. 田婴 uses Qi’s victory prestige to push a Qi-centered order, and 徐州相王 lets Qi receive explicit recognition from 魏惠王 / 梁惠王 while returning enough respect for Wei to save face. The episode also records Yang Kuan’s doubt about whether Tian Ying is Qi Wei Wang’s younger son or younger brother, so the wiki keeps the genealogy source-scoped.

《资治通鉴·周纪》28丨韩昭侯的快乐你想象不到 shows the cost of that title diplomacy. 张丑 warns 田婴 against accepting the royal-status gift, and 楚威王 later attacks Qi at 徐州. The episode treats Qi Wei Wang’s new title recognition as a status success that also provokes 名分秩序反弹.

《资治通鉴·周纪》29丨苏秦励志爽文：知识改变命运 tightens the chronology warning around his death. The episode says 《资治通鉴》 places Qi Wei Wang’s death and 齐宣王’s succession in the same 333 BCE cluster as 苏秦’s 合纵 success, but the host rejects that placement. In the source’s correction, Qi Wei Wang is still alive, and Qi Xuan Wang’s first year belongs at 319 BCE.

《资治通鉴·周纪》40丨5月出生的孩子惹谁啦？ is consistent with that correction by keeping a long-reigning Qi ruler in the 321 BCE background. The episode uses the ruler’s fatigue with administration to explain how 田婴 comes to handle Qi affairs; the political focus is Tian Ying’s dependence on 齐国 rather than a new Qi Wei Wang biography.

《资治通鉴·周纪》45｜以史为鉴，君王到底该不该杀人成性？ gives the corrected branch its death/accession endpoint by placing Qi Wei Wang’s death in 320 BCE and 齐宣王’s succession after him. This fits the existing wiki caution that Qi Xuan Wang’s first regnal year should be treated as 319 BCE rather than the earlier 333 BCE chronicle placement.

This page is deliberately source-scoped. It keeps the episode’s “齐威王” story visible while marking its own chronology drift warning and connecting it to the earlier 田英齐 Tian-family succession branch without forcing a clean timeline.

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