124 King Wu of Qin with Tripod

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King Hui of Qin died and his son King Wu succeeded him. Han, Wei, Qi, Chu and Yue all submitted to Qin. 

In his first year (310 BC), King Wu of Qin met with King Hui of Wei in Linjin. The Qin army killed Chen Zhuang, the prime minister of Shu. Zhang Yi and Wei Zhang both left Qin and headed east to Wei. Qin attacked Yiqu, Dan, and Li. In the second year (309 BC), Qin began to set up prime ministers, with Chu Liji and Gan Mao serving as the left and right prime ministers respectively. Zhang Yi died in Wei. In the third year (308 BC), King Wu met with King Xiang of Han outside Linjin. Nan Gong Jie died, and Chu Liji served as the prime minister of Han. King Wu said to Gan Mao: "I want to open up the road to Sanchuan and take a ride to visit the royal court of Zhou. Then I can die without regrets." In the autumn of that year, King Wu sent Gan Mao and Shuzhang Feng to attack Yiyang. In the fourth year (307 BC), the Qin army captured Yiyang and 60,000 people were beheaded. The Yellow River was crossed and the Wusui City was built. The crown prince of Wei came to pay homage. King Wu was very strong and loved to compete with others. The strongmen Ren Bi, Wu Huo and Meng Shuo all became high officials. King Wu competed with Meng Shuo lifting a tripod cauldron in Luoyang and had his leg broken. In August, King Wu died. Meng Shuo's clan was exterminated. King Wu married a woman from Wei State as his queen, but she had no children. His half brother was made the king, who was King Zhaoxiang. King Zhaoxiang's mother was from Chu State, surnamed Mi, and was called Queen Dowager Xuan. When King Wu died, King Zhaoxiang was a hostage in Yan State. The people of Yan State escorted him back to his country and he succeeded to the throne. 

惠王卒，子武王立。韩、魏、齐、楚、越皆宾从。

武王元年，与魏惠王会临晋。诛蜀相壮。张仪、魏章皆东出之魏。伐义渠、丹、犁。二年，初置丞相，樗里疾、甘茂为左右丞相。张仪死于魏。三年，与韩襄王会临晋外。南公揭卒，樗里疾相韩。武王谓甘茂曰：“寡人欲容车通三川，窥周室，死不恨矣。”其秋，使甘茂、庶长封伐宜阳。四年，拔宜阳，斩首六万。涉河，城武遂。魏太子来朝。武王有力好戏，力士任鄙、乌获、孟说皆至大官。王与孟说举鼎，绝膑。八月，武王死。族孟说。武王取魏女为后，无子。立异母弟，是为昭襄王。昭襄母楚人，姓芈氏，号宣太后。武王死时，昭襄王为质于燕，燕人送归，得立。