魏武侯 / Marquis Wu of Wei
魏武侯 / Marquis Wu of Wei appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》07丨两起刺杀（2） as 魏文侯’s son and successor. The episode treats his accession as the third major notice in 397 BCE, after the solar eclipse and the 聂政 assassination.
His page is source-scoped. It anchors the transition of 魏国 from the Wenhou generation into a new ruler’s reign, without attempting a full biography.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（4） adds a retrospective succession-recovery story from 《资治通鉴补》. The episode says the future Wei Wuhou was sent by 魏文侯 to detached 中山国, a move the host reads as possible displacement from the heir track. 赵苍唐 then uses gifts, title etiquette, and 《诗经》 allusions to get Wei Wenhou to summon him back and restore him as heir. The source transcript uses forms such as 魏姬, so this page keeps the identification with Wei Wuhou source-scoped.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（1） develops that reign through two court scenes. On the West River, Wei Wuhou praises natural barriers, and 吴起 warns him through Virtue Over Natural Barriers / 德胜地险 that the state’s true security depends on virtue and internal political order. In the chancellor sequence, Wei Wuhou’s recent accession creates the unstable context in which 田文 is judged more fitting than Wu Qi.
The same source also makes Wei Wuhou vulnerable to court manipulation. 公叔’s marriage-proposal test tries to turn Wu Qi’s refusal of a princess into evidence that he lacks commitment to Wei.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（2） follows the consequence from Wu Qi’s side: after recognizing the danger, Wu Qi fears Wei Wuhou may kill him and flees to 楚国. Wei Wuhou therefore becomes the ruler whose court politics push Wu Qi out of Wei and into the Chu reform arc.
《资治通鉴·周纪》09丨战国时代的世界大战 makes Wei Wuhou a ruler in broad conflict rather than only court politics. The episode places him in the Han-Zhao-Wei rescue of Yan, the fighting with Zhao and Qi, Chu’s opportunistic pressure, and the detached Zhongshan problem around his brother 魏挚.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（2） closes Wei Wuhou’s reign with Succession Non-Designation Risk / 未定继承人风险. The source says he dies without clearly designating an heir, leaving 魏罃 and 公中缓 to fight and throwing 魏国 into disorder; the host says this event is probably misplaced in the annalistic sequence.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（3） shows the posthumous cost of that non-designation. The succession conflict gives 韩国 and 赵国 an opening to defeat Wei, besiege 安邑, and nearly redesign the state.
Connections
- 魏国 - polity he rules.
- 魏文侯 - predecessor and father in the source.
- 赵苍唐, 中山国, 《诗经》, Poetry As Elite Political Language / 诗经作为贵族政治语言, and Power Etiquette Reading / 权力礼仪细读 - Zhouji 10 part 4 restoration branch.
- 周安王 - annalistic reign frame.
- 战国时期 - period setting.
- 吴起, 田文, 公叔, Virtue Over Natural Barriers / 德胜地险, and Transition Fit Over Merit / 过渡期适任优先于功劳 - early-reign court-politics branch.
- 楚国 and Warring States Reform Backlash / 战国变法反噬 - downstream branch after Wu Qi’s flight.
- Early Warring States Interstate War / 战国早期诸侯混战, 中山国, and 魏挚 - Zhouji 09 interstate-war and frontier-control branch.
- 魏罃 / 梁惠王, 公中缓, Succession Non-Designation Risk / 未定继承人风险, and Chronicle Chronology Drift / 编年错位 - Zhouji 10 part 2 succession-disorder branch.
- 浊泽之战, 安邑, Succession-Crisis Intervention / 继承危机外部干预, and Coalition Settlement Failure / 联军战后安排失败 - Zhouji 10 part 3 consequences of unresolved succession.