周安王 / King An of Zhou
周安王 / King An of Zhou appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》06丨魏文侯选谁当宰相呢（2） as 周威烈王’s son and successor. The source says the next chronological year begins as King An’s first year.
The page is currently a succession node for the 《资治通鉴》 Zhou-annals branch.
《资治通鉴·周纪》07丨两起刺杀（1） turns King An’s early reign into a chronology frame for Qin-Wei war, Han/Zhao/Qin succession notices, 王子定’s flight to 晋国, the Guo mountain disaster, and 郑国’s crisis between Chu pressure and internal assassination.
《资治通鉴·周纪》07丨两起刺杀（2） continues that frame through King An’s fifth to eighth years: a solar eclipse, 聂政’s killing of 侠累, 魏文侯’s death, the Zheng ruler’s murder, Song succession, one blank year, and 负黍’s return to Han.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（1） places the 魏武侯 and 吴起 West River dialogue under King An’s fifteenth year, turning the reign frame from succession and assassination notices toward statecraft, virtue, terrain, and ministerial fit.
Connections
- 周王室 - dynastic context.
- 周威烈王 - predecessor.
- Posthumous Name Politics / 谥号政治 - framework for understanding the “安” name.
- 王子定 and Aristocratic Political Asylum / 贵族政治避难 - royal-exile branch added by episode 07.
- Natural Disaster Political Omen / 自然灾害政治征兆, Celestial Omen Political Responsibility / 天象政治责任, Chronicle Source Gaps / 编年史料空缺, and Spring-Autumn to Warring States Political Violence / 春秋战国政治暴力转型 - episode 07 interpretive branches.
- 魏武侯, 吴起, Virtue Over Natural Barriers / 德胜地险, and Transition Fit Over Merit / 过渡期适任优先于功劳 - fifteenth-year Wei court branch.