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'''Jian of Qi''' ({{zh|t=齊王建|p=Qí Wáng Jiàn}}; reigned 264–221 BC) was the last king of [[Qi (state)|Qi]], one of the seven major states of the [[Warring States period]] of ancient China. His personal name was '''Tian Jian''' (田建), [[Chinese ancestral name|ancestral name]] Gui ([[wikt:媯|媯]]), and he did not have a [[posthumous title]] because he was the last king of Qi.<ref name="han">{{cite book |title=Shiji ''(史记)'' |author=Han Zhaoqi (韩兆琦) |year=2010 |publisher=Zhonghua Book Company |location=Beijing |isbn=978-7-101-07272-3 |chapter=House of Tian Jingzhong Wan |language=Chinese |pages=3711–3717}}</ref> |
'''Jian of Qi''' ({{zh|t=齊王建|p=Qí Wáng Jiàn}}; reigned 264–221 BC) was the last king of [[Qi (state)|Qi]], one of the seven major states of the [[Warring States period]] of ancient China. His personal name was '''Tian Jian''' (田建), [[Chinese ancestral name|ancestral name]] Gui ([[wikt:媯|媯]]), and he did not have a [[posthumous title]] because he was the last king of Qi.<ref name="han">{{cite book |title=Shiji ''(史记)'' |author=Han Zhaoqi (韩兆琦) |year=2010 |publisher=Zhonghua Book Company |location=Beijing |isbn=978-7-101-07272-3 |chapter=House of Tian Jingzhong Wan |language=Chinese |pages=3711–3717}}</ref> |
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Jian succeeded his father [[King Xiang of Qi]], who died in 265 BC. He reigned for 44 years. The kingdom of Qi was the only opponent of Qin after [[Qin Shi Huang]] conquered every other state. King Jian and his prime minister Hou Sheng, a relation of Jian's wife, sent the Qi army to the western border of Qi to protect the country; but Qin general [[Wang Ben (Qin)|Wang Ben]], son of[[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], attacked Qi from the north instead and conquered it in 221 BC, completing [[Qin (state)|Qin]]'s [[Qin's wars of unification|unification of China]].<ref name="han"/> |
Jian succeeded his father [[King Xiang of Qi]], who died in 265 BC. He reigned for 44 years. The kingdom of Qi was the only opponent of Qin after [[Qin Shi Huang]] conquered every other state. King Jian and his prime minister Hou Sheng, a relation of Jian's wife, sent the Qi army to the western border of Qi to protect the country; but Qin general [[Wang Ben (Qin)|Wang Ben]], son of [[Wang Jian (Qin)|Wang Jian]], attacked Qi from the north instead and conquered it in 221 BC, completing [[Qin (state)|Qin]]'s [[Qin's wars of unification|unification of China]].<ref name="han"/> |
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| Jian of Qi 齊王建 | |||||
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| King of Qi | |||||
| Reign | 264–221 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | King Xiang of Qi | ||||
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| House | House of Tian | ||||
| Father | King Xiang of Qi | ||||
Jian of Qi (Chinese: 齊王建; pinyin: Qí Wáng Jiàn; reigned 264–221 BC) was the last king of Qi, one of the seven major states of the Warring States period of ancient China. His personal name was Tian Jian (田建), ancestral name Gui (媯), and he did not have a posthumous title because he was the last king of Qi.[1]
Jian succeeded his father King Xiang of Qi, who died in 265 BC. He reigned for 44 years. The kingdom of Qi was the only opponent of Qin after Qin Shi Huang conquered every other state. King Jian and his prime minister Hou Sheng, a relation of Jian's wife, sent the Qi army to the western border of Qi to protect the country; but Qin general Wang Ben, son of Wang Jian, attacked Qi from the north instead and conquered it in 221 BC, completing Qin's unification of China.[1]
References
- ^ a b Han Zhaoqi (韩兆琦) (2010). "House of Tian Jingzhong Wan". Shiji (史记) (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company. pp. 3711–3717. ISBN 978-7-101-07272-3.