魏王假 / King Jia of Wei
魏王假 / King Jia of Wei enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》114-2｜燕国刺杀秦始皇为何会选荆轲 as the successor to 魏景湣王 / 魏增. The episode mentions his accession only briefly before turning to 燕国 and 荆轲.
The source-scoped point is Wei’s weakness, not Jia’s personal policy. By this stage of the Qinji sequence, 魏国 is described as unable to reverse its position under 秦国 pressure, making the old hezong repair option look too slow for 燕太子丹.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》117-1｜啪啪打脸！历史上“爽文”的开山鼻祖 gives Jia’s endpoint. 王贲 attacks 大梁 by water, and after roughly three months the damaged city can no longer hold. Jia surrenders and is killed in the episode’s account, making him the last Wei ruler in this source branch.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》120-1｜谁是皇帝中的妈宝男？ brings Wei Wang Jia into Qin’s post-unification defense story. Qin’s version says Wei only pretended submission while secretly joining Han and Zhao against Qin, so Wei’s destruction becomes part of the new empire’s moralized explanation for conquest. This page keeps that as 兼并自卫叙事 rather than as a separate verified biography claim.
Connections
- 魏景湣王 / 魏增 - predecessor.
- 魏国 - polity he inherits.
- 秦国 and 秦国东进压力 - pressure environment.
- 王贲, 大梁, and 水攻围城 - Qinji 117-1 campaign that ends his reign.
- 合纵 and 弱国刺杀式破局 - background contrast between slow coalition rebuilding and Yan’s assassination shortcut.
- Qinji 120-1, 韩国, 赵国, and 兼并自卫叙事 - Qin’s later claim that Wei feigned submission while joining anti-Qin plans.