Ancient China · Ruler

King Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文

Zhào Huìwén

Attested BC 298 - BC 266

Passages
5
Chapters
4
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify King Huiwen of Zhao as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文 Zhào Huìwén
Personal name Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文 Zhào Huìwén
Posthumous name King Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文王 Zhào Huìwénwáng
Regnal King Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文王 Zhào Huìwénwáng
Title King Huiwen of Zhao 趙惠文王 Zhao Huiwen Wang
Title Marquis Huiwen 趙惠文

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 相趙惠文王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 298 · End: BC 266
    Derived · shiji:076:s0003
  • Source Date: Text: 約趙惠文王...相國印授樂毅 · Western Year: BC 284
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:080:s0018, shiji:080:s0020
  • Source Date: Text: 謂之「趙惠文冠」 · Western Interval: Start: BC 298 · End: BC 266
    Strongly inferred · houhanshu:131:s0070
  • Source Date: Text: 趙惠文王弟平原君 · Western Year: BC 266
    Explicit · shiji:077:s0041

Family

Places and affiliations

References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 131Volume 120: Treatise on Carriages and Dress, Part Two · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 76Biographies of Lord Pingyuan and Yu Qing · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 77Biography of the Prince of Wei · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 80Biography of Yue Yi · 2 passages