King Zhao of Wei () (died 277 BC), personal name Wei Chi () was king of
Wei from 296 BC to 277 BC. He was the son of
King Xiang of Wei
King Xiang of Wei () (died 296 BC), personal name Wei Si (), was king of Wei from 318 BC to 296 BC. He was the son of King Hui of Wei. In 318 BC, at the suggestion of the Wei minister, Gongsun Yan, he entered into an alliance against Qin created ...
. During his reign, his state suffered from repeated attacks by the state of
Qin. In 293 BC, he made an alliance with the state of
Han
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against Qin but was defeated by the Qin general
Bai Qi
Bai Qi (; – 257 BC), also known as Gongsun Qi (), was a Chinese military general of the Qin state during the Warring States period. Born in Mei (present-day Mei County, Shaanxi), Bai Qi served as the commander of the Qin army for more than 30 ...
with the loss of 240,000 troops and 5 cities. In 287 BC,
Quyang
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was attacked and in 286 BC, Anyi (the former capital of Wei) and
Henei was attacked as well. In an attempt to assist in the attack on Anyi, Qin's ally, the state of
Song
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was attacked in turn by the state of
Qi and defeated at Wenyi (modern
Wen County, Henan). After a brief alliance (285–284 BC) between the states of
Yan, Qin, Han and
Zhao against Qi (which was negotiated at the
Zhou Dynasty capital,
Luoyang
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), King Zhao broke the alliance and allied with Qi against Qin.
{{Monarchs of Wei (state)
Monarchs of Wei (state)
3rd-century BC Chinese monarchs