赵何 / Zhao He
赵何 / Zhao He appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》57丨古代发毒誓还有这作用？ as the son born to 赵武灵王 and 吴娃. The episode does not yet narrate his later rule in detail; it introduces him as the favored-son branch that will collide with the earlier legitimate-son branch represented by 赵章.
The page is source-scoped because the episode is setting up a future conflict rather than resolving it. Zhao He matters here as the child through whom affection, maternal favor, and succession order begin to diverge.
《资治通鉴·周纪》61丨谁是历史上胆儿最肥的帝王？ makes that divergence formal. In 299 BCE, Zhao Wuling Wang transfers the throne to Zhao He when Zhao He is only ten. After Zhao He worships at the ancestral temple, the court recognizes him as ruler and 肥义 becomes chancellor, while Zhao Wuling Wang remains active as主父.
For this page, the source matters less as a biography of Zhao He’s own choices than as the moment when a favored child becomes the public center of 赵国 rule. It turns 宠爱驱动的立储风险 from foreshadowing into state structure.
《资治通鉴·周纪》66丨中国历史上哪些帝王是被活活饿死的（1） shows Zhao He as the formal center that the court increasingly treats as real authority. 肥义 stays with him out of entrusted duty, 李兑 wants safeguards against a forged summons from the 主父, and Zhao He rejects Zhao Wuling Wang’s idea of splitting Zhao so 赵章 can also become king. The episode therefore makes Zhao He less a passive child and more the institutional gravity point in 退位留权式权力分裂.
《资治通鉴·周纪》66丨中国历史上哪些帝王是被活活饿死的（2） shows Zhao He surviving the crisis but not rescuing Zhao Wuling Wang. Zhao Zhang’s forged summons kills Fei Yi before it reaches Zhao He; 高信 and Zhao He resist, while messengers bring Zhao Cheng and Li Dui from Handan. The host reads Zhao He’s silence during the later three-month palace blockade as meaningful, because the court has already become Zhao He’s court and no one acts for the former ruler.
《资治通鉴·周纪》73丨历史上自由恋爱的开创者是谁？ adds a compact interstate notice for Zhao He under his ruler title, 赵惠文王. He meets 秦昭襄王 at Rangcheng in the same episode that reads Qin’s later attack on 魏国 as a post-Qi-coalition balancing move.
《资治通鉴·周纪》74丨还原完璧归赵真相！ gives Zhao He a fuller decision problem as Zhao Huiwen Wang. After taking 和氏璧 from 缪贤, he faces 秦昭襄王’s offer of fifteen cities for the jade and must choose between provoking Qin by refusal and being cheated by acceptance. 蔺相如’s answer lets Zhao accept while shifting the burden of performance to Qin, making Zhao He the ruler who authorizes 完璧归赵式外交.
《资治通鉴·周纪》76丨谁给了楚顷襄王的自信？ continues Zhao He as Zhao Huiwen Wang under direct Qin pressure. He refuses Qin’s proposal for a joint attack on 齐国, after which Qin attacks 赵国, takes cities, and the next year captures 石城. The episode then previews Qin’s invitation for Zhao He to meet at 渑池, making his next choice a possible repeat of the meeting-trap anxiety created by 楚怀王’s fate.
《资治通鉴·周纪》77丨廉颇与蔺相如 史上最著名的一对“好基友” shows Zhao He accepting that risk. 廉颇 and 蔺相如 advise him to attend 渑池 so Zhao does not appear afraid of 秦国, and Lian Po proposes installing the crown prince if the ruler does not return within thirty days. Zhao He is humiliated when 秦昭襄王 makes him play the se, but Lin forces Qin into a parity gesture, Zhao returns safely, and Zhao He promotes Lin above Lian Po.
The promotion makes Zhao He the ruler whose reward decision sparks the “将相和” conflict. The source’s point is not that he personally resolves the quarrel; it is that his state needs both Lin’s diplomacy and Lian Po’s military force after Mianchi.
《资治通鉴·周纪》79丨史上用耕牛 打胜仗第一人 mentions Zhao He only as 赵国’s ruler after 乐毅 flees there. The episode says Zhao Huiwen Wang honors Le Yi, which makes 燕惠王 worry that Zhao might use the displaced Yan commander against 燕国.
《资治通鉴·周纪》80丨诸葛亮的偶像 到底有多厉害？ adds that Zhao He had real strategic reason to use Le Yi against Yan, but Le Yi refuses to take that line. Zhao He still gives Le Yi Guanjin and the title Wangzhu Jun, making Zhao the host state where Le Yi can survive, retain honor, and avoid converting exile into revenge.
《资治通鉴·周纪》86丨历史上靠收租的将军竟然是他？ adds Zhao He as the ruler who accepts 平原君’s recommendation of 赵奢. After Zhao She enforces tax law against Pingyuanjun’s household and argues that elite compliance protects Zhao, Zhao He appoints him to manage national taxation. The episode therefore gives Zhao He’s reign an internal fiscal-strengthening branch beside the better-known diplomatic and military episodes around 蔺相如 and 廉颇.
《资治通鉴·周纪》87丨“狭路相逢勇者胜”终于找到出处了！ immediately turns that appointment into a broader personnel test. After 秦国 attacks 阏与 / 燕宇之战 and 廉颇 judges rescue impractical, Zhao He accepts Zhao She’s contrary confidence and sends him. The resulting victory makes Zhao He’s earlier promotion of Zhao She consequential beyond tax administration.
《资治通鉴·周纪》90丨揭秘先秦最完美的复仇 gives Zhao He’s endpoint in this branch. The episode says he dies in the same larger sequence that sends 魏齐 fleeing to 平原君, after which 赵丹 / 赵孝成王 succeeds. Zhao He’s death turns Pingyuanjun’s household refuge from a private hosting act into a new-reign risk for Zhao.
Connections
- 赵武灵王 and 吴娃 - parents in the source’s setup.
- 赵章 - elder son whose position is put at risk.
- 赵国 - polity whose succession will be affected.
- 宠爱驱动的立储风险 and Autocratic Succession - governing concepts for the source’s foreshadowing.
- 肥义 - chancellor appointed when Zhao He becomes ruler in Zhouji 61.
- 李兑, 田不李, 高信, 沙丘之变, 避责式杀害, and 退位留权式权力分裂 - Zhouji 66 warning, rival faction, Shaqiu coup, and starvation aftermath.
- 秦昭襄王, 魏国, and 联军战后利益失衡 - Zhouji 73 Rangcheng meeting and post-Qi-coalition balance context.
- 缪贤, 和氏璧, 蔺相如, and 完璧归赵式外交 - Zhouji 74 royal seizure, Qin exchange dilemma, and diplomatic resolution.
- 齐国, 石城, 渑池, 秦国东进压力, and 联军战后利益失衡 - Zhouji 76 refusal to attack Qi, Qin punishment, and the next meeting setup.
- 廉颇, 渑池, and 将相和式内部团结 - Zhouji 77 attendance risk, Lin’s promotion, and the internal partnership Zhao needs afterward.
- 乐毅, 燕惠王, and 燕国 - Zhouji 79 host-state role after Le Yi’s exile.
- 《报燕惠王书》 and 忠臣去国的退场伦理 - Zhouji 80 Le Yi’s refusal to use Zhao patronage as an anti-Yan weapon.
- 赵奢, 平原君, 贵族税法同遵, and Tax Enforcement Capacity - Zhouji 86 recommendation and national-tax appointment branch.
- 阏与 / 燕宇之战, 两鼠斗穴勇者胜, 战场信息控制, and 制高点时机优势 - Zhouji 87 Zhao decision, rescue logic, deception, and tactical payoff.
- 赵丹 / 赵孝成王, 魏齐, and 贵族政治避难 - Zhouji 90 succession endpoint and refuge risk.