Ancient China · Ruler

King Wei of Chu 楚威王

Chu Wei Wang

Attested BC 339 - BC 329

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
1

Overview

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

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Wei of Chu 楚威王 Chu Wei Wang
Personal Chu King Wei 楚威王 Chu Weiwang
Title King Wei 威王 Wei Wang
Title King Wei of Chu 楚威王 Chu Wei Wang

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 楚威王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 339 · End: BC 329
    Explicit · shiji:063:s0038
  • Source Date: Text: 楚威王攻梁 · Western Year: BC 333
    Explicit event contextual date · shiji:045:s0133
  • Source Date: Text: 楚威王時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 339 · End: BC 329
    Explicit · shiji:116:s0010

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 45House of Han · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei · 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 116Treatise on the Southwestern Yi People · 1 passage