周烈王 / King Lie of Zhou
周烈王 / King Lie of Zhou appears in Zhouji 09 as 周安王’s son and successor after King An dies in 376 BCE. The episode uses his accession to close the current stretch of the 《资治通鉴》 Zhou-annals sequence and preview the following year.
The page is source-scoped. Zhou Lie Wang matters here as a chronological hinge: the old Zhou royal frame persists, even as the episode’s substantive politics are driven by 韩国, 赵国, 魏国, 齐国, and other Warring States powers.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（1） begins Zhou Lie Wang’s own reign record. The episode covers years one through four: a solar eclipse, 韩国’s destruction of 郑国, 赵成侯’s accession, a blank 《资治通鉴》 year supplemented by 《史记》’s 太史旦 visit to Qin, and later war and succession notices involving Yan, Qi, Lu, Wey, Song, Zhao, and Wei.
《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（2） continues years five and six. The source covers 魏国 attacking 楚国, 韩哀侯’s death in the 韩廆 / 严遂 assassination crisis, 魏武侯’s succession disorder, 齐威王’s disputed chronology and official audits, Zhao and Wei military notices, and the successions of 楚宣王 and 宋剔成.
Connections
- 周王室 - dynastic setting.
- 周安王 - predecessor and father in the source.
- 《资治通鉴》 - annalistic frame.
- 战国时期 - period in which the Zhou king remains a chronology marker while power shifts elsewhere.
- 韩国, 郑国, 太史旦, 秦国, 赵成侯, and 卫国 - Zhouji 10 reign-year events.
- 韩廆, Succession Non-Designation Risk / 未定继承人风险, Chronicle Chronology Drift / 编年错位, Independent Official Audit / 独立考核地方官, 楚宣王, and 宋剔成 - Zhouji 10 part 2 reign-year events.