State of Wei | |||||||||
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| 403 BCE–225 BCE | |||||||||
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| Capital | Anyi (安邑, first) Daliang (大梁) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Old Chinese | ||||||||
| Government | Marquessate (侯) Kingdom (王; after 344 BCE) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Warring States period | ||||||||
| 403 BCE | |||||||||
• Conquered by Qin | 225 BCE | ||||||||
| Currency | spade money other ancient Chinese coinage | ||||||||
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| Today part of | People's Republic of China | ||||||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Wei_(Chinese_characters).svg) "Wei" in seal script (top) and regular Chinese (bottom) characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 魏 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wei (/weɪ/;[1] Chinese: 魏; pinyin: Wèi) was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Zhao. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included parts of modern-day Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, and Shandong. After its capital was moved from Anyi to Daliang (present-day Kaifeng)[2] during the reign of King Hui, Wei was also called Liang (Chinese: 梁; pinyin: Liáng).
Not to be confused with the Wey state 衞, which is still sometimes only differentiated by its Chinese character in scholarship.
- ^ "Wei". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Fu, Chonglan; Cao, Wenming (2019-07-25). Introduction to the Urban History of China. Springer. p. 88. ISBN 978-981-13-8207-9.