魏挚 / Wei Zhi

魏挚 / Wei Zhi appears in Zhouji 09 as 魏武侯’s brother and the Wei figure stationed in 中山国 after Wei’s earlier conquest. The source stresses the logistical awkwardness: Zhongshan was a detached territory separated from 魏国 by 赵国.

Wei Zhi’s role is to make the frontier-control problem concrete. When Di forces drive him out, Zhongshan revives, showing how a powerful state can still lose a distant holding when war pressure pulls attention elsewhere.

Connections

• 魏国 and 魏武侯 - polity and family tie.
• 中山国 - place he guards before being driven out.
• 赵国 - intervening geography between Wei proper and Zhongshan.
• Territorial Control Churn / 城池反复易手 - adjacent concept for changing control over borderlands.