周显王 / King Xian of Zhou
周显王 / King Xian of Zhou appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》10丨 以家族单位 有蚂蚁吃大象的精神（3） as the younger brother and successor of 周烈王 after Zhou Lie Wang dies in 369 BCE.
《资治通鉴·周纪》11丨 世界风起云涌（1） makes Zhou Xian Wang the main annalistic frame. The episode says the second Zhou-annals volume covers his full forty-eight-year reign from 368 BCE to 321 BCE and opens with Qi, Zhao, Wei, Han, Song, and Qin fighting across several fronts.
The page is source-scoped. Zhou Xian Wang matters here as the annalistic frame for the episode’s real political action: the 魏国 succession war and the failed 韩国-赵国 settlement after 浊泽之战.
In the Zhouji 11 source, he also performs a symbolic action: after 秦献公 wins the Battle of Shimen, Zhou Xian Wang grants 黻服, which the host reads as ritual recognition of military power.
《资治通鉴·周纪》13丨 公孙鞅苛刻变法惹杀身（1） keeps him as the annalistic frame for the next Qin turn. The episode notes that 360 BCE has no chronicle entry, then moves to 359 BCE as 秦孝公 backs 公孙鞅 / 商鞅 and 商鞅变法 begins to reshape Qin.
《资治通鉴·周纪》14丨齐威王 不鸣则已一鸣惊人 continues his frame through 358-356 BCE. The episode records Qin-Han war, Wei wall-building, Qin-Chu marriage diplomacy, Wei-Han and multi-state meetings, and a Qi Wei Wang chronology dispute in which a received Zhou-court visit cannot be to 周烈王 if that ruler is already dead.
Connections
- 周王室 - dynastic setting.
- 周烈王 - predecessor and brother in the source.
- 《资治通鉴》 - annalistic frame.
- 战国时期 - broader political setting.
- 魏国, 韩国, and 赵国 - states driving the episode’s substantive conflict.
- 秦献公, 石门之战, 黻服, and Ritual Recognition of Military Power / 礼制承认军事权力 - Zhouji 11 recognition branch.
- Qin Eastward Pressure / 秦国东进压力 and Early Warring States Interstate War / 战国早期诸侯混战 - military setting in his opening reign years.
- 秦孝公, 公孙鞅 / 商鞅, and Shang Yang Reforms / 商鞅变法 - Zhouji 13 Qin reform branch under his reign frame.
- 齐威王, Qi Wei Wang Chronology Dispute / 齐威王编年争议, Wei Great Wall Anti-Qin Defense / 魏长城防秦, and Warring States Marriage Diplomacy / 战国联姻外交 - Zhouji 14 chronology, defense, and diplomacy branch.