魏咎 / Wei Jiu
魏咎 / Wei Jiu enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》117-1｜啪啪打脸！历史上“爽文”的开山鼻祖 as a Wei royal survivor after Qin destroys 魏国. The episode pairs him with 魏豹: after 王贲 floods 大梁 and 魏王假 surrenders, the two survive temporarily as commoners.
The source does not develop Wei Jiu’s own biography. His role is connective: he marks the way a destroyed Warring States royal house can leave loose surviving figures who later become available in the Chen Sheng and Chu-Han era.
Qinji 128-8 pays off that availability. 周市 captures old Wei territory but refuses to become king himself, repeatedly asking 陈胜 to release Wei Jiu so a former Wei royal descendant can hold the title. Chen Sheng agrees, Wei Jiu goes to Wei territory, and is installed as Wei king with Zhou Shi as chancellor.
Hanji 150 part 2 adds Wei Jiu’s importance to 陈平’s career path. The episode says Chen Ping serves in Wei Jiu’s Linji-centered court and offers advice, but the advice is not accepted and slander around him pushes him to leave for 项羽. Wei Jiu therefore becomes one early failed-patron setting in Chen Ping’s later mobility.
Qinji 130-3 records Wei Jiu’s endpoint. 章邯 attacks him at Linji, and Zhou Shi asks Qi and Chu for help. Zhang Han defeats the relief army, kills 田儋 and Zhou Shi, and leaves Wei Jiu unable to hold the city. Wei Jiu negotiates for Qin to spare Linji’s civilians, then burns himself to death.
Connections
- 魏国 and 魏王假 - fallen polity and surrendered ruler.
- 魏豹 - paired Wei survivor in the source.
- 王贲, 大梁, and 水攻围城 - military event that destroys Wei in the episode.
- 周市, 陈胜, and 六国复国式反秦策略 - Qinji 128-8 restoration of Wei through surviving royal legitimacy.
- Hanji 150 part 2, 陈平, and 项羽 - Chen Ping’s service and departure from Wei Jiu’s court.
- Qinji 130-3, 章邯, 田儋, and 魏豹 - Linji defeat, civilian-sparing surrender condition, and succession of Wei recovery efforts.