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Zhao Qian, King of Zhao
Late Warring States king of Zhao who executed Li Mu on slander and was captured when Qin took Handan, then exiled to Fangling.
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as King Youmiu of Zhao · King You of Zhao
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Zhao Qian, son of King Daoxiang of Zhao by a former singing girl, came to the throne in 235 BCE and was posthumously styled King Youmiu. As Qin pressed Zhao year after year, he believed the slanders of his favourite Guo Kai, executing the great general Li Mu and dismissing Sima Shang. In 228 BCE Wang Jian took Handan; the king was captured and later exiled to Fangling. Jiang Yan's Rhapsody on Resentment opens its catalogue of ancient griefs with his captivity and banishment.
Life and times
Dates Dates unknown; reigned 235–228 BCE