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KingWeiofQi(Chinese:pinyin:QWiWng),
whosepersonalnamewasTianYinqi(),wasthekingof
thenorthernChinesestateofQiduringtheWarringStates
period,whenQiwasoneofthemostpowerfulstatesinChina.
Hereignedfrom356to320BC.[1]oraccordingtoanother
sourcefrom378to343BC.[2]
HissuccessorwasKingXuanofQi.IntheIntriguesofthe
WarringStates,thestrategistSuQinisquotedastellingtheking
ofQin:"KingsWeiandXuanofQiweretheworthiestrulersof
theirage.Theirpowerwasgreatandtheirlandswerebroad.
Theirstateswerewealthyandtheircitizenscapable.Their
generalswereaggressiveandtheirtroopsstrong."[3]

KingWeiofQi

RulerofQi
Reign

356320BC

Predecessor

DukeHuanofTianQi

Successor

KingXuanofQi

Born

c.378BC

Died

320BC

Fullname
Ancestralname:Gui()
Clanname:Tian()
Givenname:Yinqi()

KingWeiwasjudiciousandmeasuredinhisactionstowardhis
subordinates.Atonepointhewastoldrepeatedlybyhisspies
thatoneofhisgenerals,Zhangzi,hadsurrenderedtotheenemy,
House
HouseofTian
Qin.KingWeirefusedtobelievethatZhangzihaddeserted.
DukeHuanofTianQi
Sureenough,"ashortwhilelateritwasreportedthatQihadwon Father
agreatvictory.ThekingofQinproclaimedhimselfavassalof
thewesternbordersandmadehisapologiestoQi."KingWeisaidthathealwaysknewZhangziwasfaithfuland
citedthisstoryinhisdefence.[3]
Accordingtoanotherstory,KingWeiproclaimedthat"Toallministers,officersandcitizenswhocriticizemy
faultsinfrontme,theywillgetthehighestrewardthosewhoremonstratewithmeinwritingwillbegiventhe
nexthighestreward,andtothosewhooverhearcriticismofmeandconveyittomyearswillgotheleastreward."
Itwassaidthatinitially,"thedoorwaytotheking'schamberlookedlikeamarketplace"butafterayear,"nonewho
spoketothekinghadpetitionstopresent"[becausetheproblemshadalreadybeensolved]."When[thestatesof]
Yan,Zhao,HanandWeiheardofthistheyallcametocourtatQi."
KingWeiemployedSunBinaschiefmilitaryadvisor.SunBinhadbeenpunishedwithmutilationofhiskneesin
WeiattheinstigationofhisenemyPangJuan.KingWei'scommanderTianJirecruitedhimtocometoQi.AsSun
Bincouldnotsitonahorse,herefusedwhenKingWeiofferedhimtheactualcommandofthearmy.SunBin
wroteSunBin'sArtofWar,inwhichKingWeiandTianJiquestionSunBinonstrategyandtactics.SunBinwas
influentialindevisingthestrategyfortheQitriumphattheBattleofMalingin342BC,whichconsiderably
weakenedtherivalstateofWei.PangJuandiedthere."Lateinhisreign,hesentoutarmiesagainstQinand
Zhao."[2]
HissonTianYing()wasthefatherofLordMengchang.[4]

References
1.L,Buwei(2000).TheAnnalsofLBuwei.EditedandtranslatedbyJohnKnoblockandJeffreyRiegel.Stanford,
California:StanfordUniversityPress.pp.Glossary,782.ISBN9780804733540.
2.Sun,BinDimCheukLauRogerT.Ames(2003).SunBin:TheArtofWar.Albany,NY:SUNYPress.p.13.
3.Crump,J.I.(1996)[1970].ChankuoTs'e.AnnArbor,Michigan:CenterforChineseStudies,UniversityofMichigan.
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4.Shu,Xincheng(1936).CiHai.HongKong:ZhonghuaShuju.p.910.

KingWeiofQi
HouseofTian
Born:c.378BC

Died:320BC
Regnaltitles
Precededby
DukeHuanofTianQi
asDukeofQi

KingofQi
356320BC

Succeededby
KingXuanofQi

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