Ancient China · Ruler

King Wen of Qin 秦文王

Qin Wen Wang

Attested BC 337 - BC 311

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen of Qin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 337 to BC 311 先帝文王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 78, passage 16

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 78Biography of Lord Chunshen · 1 passage

先帝文王、莊王之身，三世不妄接地於齊，以絕從親之要。 Under the Former Kings Wen and Zhuang, for three generations they did not rashly fight Qi, so as not to break the bonds of the horizontal alliances sealed by marriage.