King Hui of Wei

Also known as Wei Ying

King Hui of Wei, personal name Ying, was a son of Marquis Wu and won the succession from his rival Gongzhong Huan after Han and Zhao intervened; reign titles did not yet exist, and Hui is his posthumous name, given as Huicheng in the Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian). He moved the capital from Anyi to Daliang, hence the name King Hui of Liang. In 353 BC the Qi commanders Tian Ji and Sun Bin defeated his army at Guiling, and in 341 BC Qi routed Wei again at Maling, where the general Pang Juan died and Crown Prince Shen was captured. In 334 BC he met King Wei of Qi at Xuzhou and each recognised the other as king; the Bamboo Annals say he then restarted his reign count and ruled until 319 BC. In the Mencius he laments defeat by Qi, the loss of land to Qin and humiliation by Chu, and greets the philosopher by asking what profit he brings.