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.
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《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》07丨两起刺杀（3） carries King An’s ninth to fifteenth years through a state-formation bridge: 晋国’s ruler is treated as a puppet, 秦国 attacks Han and likely Wei under lingering “Jin” labels, 田和 moves 齐康公 and seeks recognition, and the chronologically doubtful Wei notice sets up 魏武侯 and 吴起.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（1） then develops the 魏武侯 and 吴起 West River dialogue, turning the reign frame from succession and assassination notices toward statecraft, virtue, terrain, and ministerial fit.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（2） continues King An’s fifteenth and sixteenth years through a wider chronology: 秦惠公, 赵武侯, and 韩烈侯 die; 秦出公, 赵靖侯, and 韩文侯 succeed; and the Zhou court formally recognizes 田和 in 齐国. The same source also keeps King An’s reign as the frame for Wu Qi’s Chu reforms and the 韩非 reading of Zhao Jinghou.
《资治通鉴·周纪》08丨一代名将吴起惨死（3） continues King An’s seventeenth to twenty-first years. The cluster includes the coup installing 秦献公, 齐国 and 韩国 attacks, Tian-family Qi succession disorder through 田衍 and 田武, a blank eighteenth year, 魏国 defeating 赵国 at Tutai, a solar eclipse read through Celestial Omen Political Responsibility / 天象政治责任, and 吴起’s death after 楚悼王 dies.
《资治通鉴·周纪》09丨战国时代的世界大战 carries King An’s reign from years 22-26: interstate war around Qi, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Chu; 齐康公’s death and Jiang-line Qi’s end; 晋国’s last succession and extinction; and King An’s own death in 376 BCE, followed by 周烈王.
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, Chronicle Chronology Drift / 编年错位, 田氏代齐, 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.
- 秦出公, 秦献公, 赵靖侯, 韩文侯, 田和, 田武 / 田氏齐桓公, Celestial Omen Political Responsibility / 天象政治责任, Warring States Reform Backlash / 战国变法反噬, and Legalist Ruler Technique / 法家君术 - fifteenth- through twenty-first-year branch added by Zhouji 08.
- Early Warring States Interstate War / 战国早期诸侯混战, 齐康公, 晋静公, 子思, and 周烈王 - later King An chronology added by Zhouji 09.