King Xi of Yan
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King Xi of Yan (? - ?) (ruled 255 BC – 222 BC) was the last sovereign of the state of Yan
in the last days Warring States Period
of Chinese history. He was the son of King Xiao of Yan (燕孝王). He was born as Ji Xi (姬喜), the same name of King Lie of Zhou
(周烈王) and Count Yi of Cao (曹夷伯).
In the 28th year of his reign, the State of Qin began its conquest of Yan. Seeing the deep situation in which Yan was in, Crown Prince Dan of Yan
, King Xi's son, sent an assassin Jing Ke
to kill the Qin emperor but this failure only helped to fuel the rage & determination of Ying Zheng, and he increased the number of troops to conquer the state of Yan and order Wang Zhan to destroy Yan. The bulk of the Yan army at the frozen Yishui River, Ji (薊) fell the following year and the ruler, King Xi, fled to the Liaodong Commanteray. To appease the King of Qin, King Xi had his own son executed by decapitation.
In 222 BC Liaodong fell as well, and Yan was totally conquered by Qin under the general (王賁), the son of Wang Jian
. King Xi of Yan was captured alive, and his fate is not known. Yan was the third last state to fall, and with its destruction the fates of the remaining two kingdoms were sealed.
All except King Xi were featured in the Chinese period epic The Emperor and the Assassin
.
Yan (state)
Yān was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of Chinese history. Its capital was Ji...
in the last days Warring States Period
Warring States Period
The Warring States Period , also known as the Era of Warring States, or the Warring Kingdoms period, covers the Iron Age period from about 475 BC to the reunification of China under the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC...
of Chinese history. He was the son of King Xiao of Yan (燕孝王). He was born as Ji Xi (姬喜), the same name of King Lie of Zhou
King Lie of Zhou
King Lie of Zhou, ch.: 周烈王, pinyin: zhōu lìe wáng, wg: King Lieh of Chou, was the thirty-third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twenty-first of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.-Personal information: Family name Ji in Chinese...
(周烈王) and Count Yi of Cao (曹夷伯).
In the 28th year of his reign, the State of Qin began its conquest of Yan. Seeing the deep situation in which Yan was in, Crown Prince Dan of Yan
Crown Prince Dan of Yan
Crown Prince Dan of Yan was a crown prince of the state of Yan during the Warring States Period in China. Originally a hostage in the State of Qin, he was sent back to Yan in 232 BC. He sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, then Emperor of China, but he failed...
, King Xi's son, sent an assassin Jing Ke
Jing Ke
Jing Ke was a guest residing in the estates of Dan, crown prince of Yan and renowned for his failed assassination attempt of Ying Zheng, King of Qin state, who later became China's first emperor...
to kill the Qin emperor but this failure only helped to fuel the rage & determination of Ying Zheng, and he increased the number of troops to conquer the state of Yan and order Wang Zhan to destroy Yan. The bulk of the Yan army at the frozen Yishui River, Ji (薊) fell the following year and the ruler, King Xi, fled to the Liaodong Commanteray. To appease the King of Qin, King Xi had his own son executed by decapitation.
In 222 BC Liaodong fell as well, and Yan was totally conquered by Qin under the general (王賁), the son of Wang Jian
Wang Jian (Qin)
Wang Jian , a military leader of Qin in the Warring States Period. He was born in Guanzhong county, city of Pinyang, Dongxiang village .-Major Achievement:...
. King Xi of Yan was captured alive, and his fate is not known. Yan was the third last state to fall, and with its destruction the fates of the remaining two kingdoms were sealed.
All except King Xi were featured in the Chinese period epic The Emperor and the Assassin
The Emperor and the Assassin
The Emperor and the Assassin, also known as The First Emperor, is a 1998 Chinese historical romance film based primarily on Jing Ke's assassination attempt on the King of Qin, as described in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. The film was directed by Chen Kaige and stars Gong Li, Zhang...
.