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The following details the state of Wei during the Warring States Period. Refer to Ran Min for his state of
Wei during the Sixteen Kingdoms.
The Wei (simplified Chinese and traditional
Chinese: 魏) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. Its territory lay
between the states of Qin and Qi and included modern areas in Henan, Hebei and Shanxi and Shandong. After its capital was moved from Anyi to Daliang (today Kaifeng) during the reign of King Hui of Wei, Wei was
also called the state of Liang.
The state reached its height during the reigns of its first two rulers, Marquess Wen of Wei and
Marquess Wu of Wei.
King Hui of Wei, the third ruler, concentrated in economical
developments including irrigation projects at the Yellow River.
Nevertheless its slow decline began with King Hui. Wei's advancement in the east was checked several times in series of battles
including the Battle of
Maling in 341 BC. In the west it lost the Xihe region (a pastoral and strategic area on the west
bank of the Yellow River at the border of today Shanxi and Shaanxi province) to Qin, continuously under invasions from Qin thereafter.
Military prowess of Qin broke the coalition forces of the states of Wei and Han at the Battle of Yique in 293 BC after which both states would no longer
muster enough forces to face Qin in any major operation.
It was conquered by Qin in 225 BC.
List of Wei rulers
- Marquess Wen of
Wei
- Marquess Wu of
Wei
- King Hui of Wei
- King Xiang of
Wei
- King Ai of Wei
- King Zhao of Wei
- King Anli of Wei
- King Jingmin of
Wei
- King Jia of Wei
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