King Hui of Liang (梁惠王)

Overview

The translated histories identify King Hui of Liang as a ruler. This record brings together 9 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	King Hui of Liang	梁惠王	Liang Huiwang
Title	King Hui	惠王
Regnal	King Hui	惠王	Hui Wang
Title	King Hui of Liang	梁惠王	Liáng Huìwáng
Title	King Hui of Liang	梁惠王	Liang Hui Wang
Personal	Liang King Hui	梁惠王	Liang Huiwang

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:063:s0031
Sex: male
Explicit · shiji:072:s0041
Value: male
Strongly inferred · shiji:074:s0001

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 昔梁惠王伐趙 · Western Interval: Start: BC 370 · End: BC 319
Explicit · shiji:072:s0041
Source Date: Text: 梁惠王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 369 · End: BC 319
Explicit · shiji:063:s0031
Source Date: Text: 梁惠王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 370 · End: BC 319
Explicit event contextual date · shiji:074:s0001, shiji:074:s0009

Places and affiliations

Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:074:s0001

Works and attributed material

Kind: question · Role: speaker · Text: By what means may my state be benefited? / 何以利吾國
Explicit · shiji:074:s0001
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Chunyu Kun (淳于髡)
Explicit · shiji:074:s0052, shiji:074:s0053, shiji:074:s0054, shiji:074:s0059, shiji:074:s0060, shiji:074:s0061, shiji:074:s0062

Events and relationships

Kind: appointment-offer · Role: offerer · Action: offered minister-chancellor rank · Other Person Id: Chunyu Kun (淳于髡) · Outcome: declined
Explicit · shiji:074:s0064
Kind: military-planning · Role: planner · Action: planned to attack Zhao · Place: Zhao / 趙
Explicit · shiji:074:s0042
Kind: audience · Role: host · Action: received twice alone · Other Person Id: Chunyu Kun (淳于髡)
Explicit · shiji:074:s0051
Kind: diplomatic · Role: host · Action: suburban welcome · Other Person Id: Zou Yan (鄒衍)
Explicit · shiji:074:s0035

Assessments and attributes

Item: comfortable four-horse carriage, silk, jade discs, and one hundred yi of gold / 安車駕駟，束帛加璧，黃金百鎰 · Relation: bestowed · Other Person Id: Chunyu Kun (淳于髡)
Explicit · shiji:074:s0065