赵嘉 / Zhao Jia
赵嘉 / Zhao Jia enters the wiki through 《资治通鉴·秦纪》111-1｜偌大的赵国竟亡于一个妓女之手 as the original crown prince of 赵国 displaced by 赵道襄王. The source says Zhao Daoxiang Wang changed the succession in favor of 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王, the son of a favored woman.
The page is source-scoped and intentionally narrow. Zhao Jia matters here as the displaced legitimate line whose removal lets the host frame Zhao’s 236 BCE crisis as more than a battlefield setback: succession order has already been weakened before Qin’s attack lands.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》114-1｜今天聊聊 嬴政都有哪些残忍手段 turns that displaced-heir status into a remnant resistance branch. After 邯郸 falls and 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王 is captured, Zhao Jia leads several hundred clan members to 代地 / 代国, calls himself king of Dai, attracts Zhao officials unwilling to surrender, and joins 燕国 forces at Shanggu. The source’s explanation is that keeping Zhao Qian alive under Qin control makes the Zhao title politically harder for Zhao Jia to claim, so Dai becomes both refuge and alternate legitimacy frame.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》115-2｜秦王大难不死之后干了件你不知道的事？ shows the remnant branch immediately exposed after 荆轲’s failed assassination. When 王翦 attacks Yan, the episode says Yan and Dai Wang Zhao Jia’s joint force is defeated west of the Yi River. Zhao Jia’s Dai base therefore remains a resistance node, but this source shows its dependence on Yan making it vulnerable to the same Qin retaliation.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》116｜史上最惨太子：被父王亲手斩杀？！ shifts Zhao Jia from defeated ally to desperate adviser. Writing to 燕王喜, he argues that Qin’s pursuit is driven by 燕太子丹’s sponsorship of Jing Ke and proposes killing Dan to satisfy Qin and preserve Yan’s sacrifices. The source treats the advice as a strategic misread: it addresses Qin’s anger while missing Qin’s larger conquest objective.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》119-3｜历史上第一位真正意义上“垂帘听政”太后 closes the Dai branch. After 王贲 captures Yan Wang Xi and controls Yan territory, he attacks 代国, defeats Zhao Jia, and captures him. The source contrasts Zhao Jia’s later settlement near 咸阳 and surviving descendants with 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王’s harsher exile.
《资治通鉴·秦纪》120-1｜谁是皇帝中的妈宝男？ uses the Zhao and Dai branch inside Qin’s post-unification explanation. Qin’s story presents Zhao as a state that broke agreements and then extended resistance through Dai, making Zhao Jia’s remnant kingship part of the official justification for conquest. The page records this as source-scoped 兼并自卫叙事.
Connections
- 赵国 - polity whose heir structure is altered.
- 赵道襄王 - ruler who displaces Zhao Jia.
- 赵迁 / 赵幽缪王 - rival heir who succeeds.
- 宠幸驱动的废嫡立庶 and 宠爱驱动的立储风险 - concepts explaining the succession-risk pattern.
- 代地 / 代国, 燕国, 残余政权根据地, and 生俘亡君的合法性钳制 - Qinji 114-1 remnant regime, emergency alliance, and title constraint after Zhao’s capital falls.
- 王翦, 秦国, and Qinji 115-2 - defeat of the Yan-Dai joint force after the failed assassination.
- Qinji 116, 燕王喜, 燕太子丹, and 杀储求和式保祀 - advice to kill the crown prince and offer his head to Qin.
- Qinji 119-3, 王贲, and 咸阳 - capture of Dai and later settlement contrast with Zhao Qian.
- Qinji 120-1 and 兼并自卫叙事 - Dai branch reused in Qin’s post-unification justification.