King Huiwen of Zhao

Also known as Zhao He

King Huiwen of Zhao, personal name He, was the son of King Wuling by his favourite Wu Wa and was made heir in place of his elder brother Zhang; his father handed him the throne in 299 BCE, with Fei Yi as chief minister. In 295 Zhang rebelled at Shaqiu and killed Fei Yi, and Prince Cheng and Li Dui, who crushed the revolt and starved the old king to death, then held power at court. Zhao joined the coalition that broke Qi in 284, and the next year, when King Zhao of Qin offered fifteen cities for the He jade, Lin Xiangru took it to Qin and brought it home intact. At the meeting with the Qin king at Mianchi in 279 Lin again defended his ruler's dignity and was made a senior minister, and the general Lian Po, at first resentful, later begged his pardon. In 270 Zhao She routed a Qin army at Eyu. The king died in 266 after thirty-three years on the throne.