Ancient China · King of Qi

King Xuan of Qi 齊宣王

Qi Xuanwang

Attested BC 319 - BC 301

Passages: 5
Chapters: 4
Histories: 2

Overview

King Xuan of Qi was a king of Qi.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 319 to BC 301 齊宣王
Directly stated · Book of Han 98, passage 172; Records of the Grand Historian 63, passage 31; Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 198
BC 319 to BC 301 齊宣王
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 8

Key source chapters

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74 Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing 2 passages
Book of Han, Chapter 98 Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63 Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei 1 passage
Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83 Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Polity Qi 齊 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 8

Events and relationships

Employed Sun Bin and Tian Ji
Employment · Employer · With Sun Bin (孫臏), Tian Ji (田忌)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 74, passage 12

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 1 passage

齊宣王囿四十里，民以為大； King Xuan of Qi's forty-li park the people thought too large.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 63Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei · 1 passage

周嘗為蒙漆園吏，與梁惠王、齊宣王同時。 Zhou once served as an official in Meng's lacquer garden, and was contemporary with Liang King Hui and Qi King Xuan.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 74Biographies of Mengzi and Xun Qing · 2 passages

道既通，游事齊宣王，宣王不能用。 Once his Way was established, he traveled to serve King Xuan of Qi, but King Xuan could not employ him.

齊威王、宣王用孫子、田忌之徒，而諸侯東面朝齊。 Kings Wei and Xuan of Qi employed Sun Bin, Tian Ji, and men like them, until the feudal lords turned eastward to pay court to Qi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 1 passage

是以秦用戎人由余而霸中國，齊用越人蒙而彊威、宣。 This is why Qin employed You Yu, a man of the Rong, and achieved hegemony over the Central States; and Qi employed Meng, a man of Yue, and strengthened itself during the reigns of kings Wei and Xuan.