Marquess Cheng of Zhao
Chinese Name
Pinyin Pinyin Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...	Zhào Zhòng
Traditional Chinese	趙種
Simplified Chinese	赵种
Family name	Zhào
Posthumous name Posthumous name A posthumous name is an honorary name given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others, in East Asia after the person's death, and is used almost exclusively instead of one's personal name or other official titles during his life...	趙成侯/赵成侯
Country	State of Zhao Zhao (state) Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...
Lived	?–350 BCE
Reigned	374–350 BCE

Marquess Cheng of Zhao (?–350 BCE) was a ruler of the State of Zhao

Zhao (state)

Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...

 during the Warring States Period of Chinese history (475–220 BCE). Born Zhào Zhòng , he was the son of Marquess Jing of Zhao

Marquess Jing of Zhao

Marquess Jing of ZhaoChinese NamePinyinZhào ZhāngTraditional Chinese趙章Simplified Chinese赵章Family nameZhàoPosthumous name 趙敬侯/赵敬侯 CountryState of Zhao Livedc. 410–375 BCE Reigned386–375 BCE...

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In 372 BCE, Marquess Cheng of Zhao built a wooden lookout tower or “tantai” at Xingdi, in modern day Xingtai City

Xingtai

Xingtai is a city in southern Hebei province, North China. The prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a total area of , administers 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 15 counties. In 2004 it had an urban population of 561,400 and a total population of 6.73 million...

, Hebei Province facing the other Warring States; because of the structure, the location later took on the name “Xingtai”. General Pang Juan

Pang Juan

Pang Juan was an ancient Chinese military general of the Wei state during the Warring States Period.-Early life:Pang Juan was a fellow student of Sun Bin and both of them studied military strategy together under the tutelage of the hermit Guiguzi. They developed a close friendship and became sworn...

 of Wei

Wei (state)

The State of Wei was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included parts of modern day Henan, Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong...

 brought troops and surrounded Handan

Handan

Handan is a prefecture-level city located in the southwestern part of Hebei Province of China.- History :Handan was the capital of the State of Zhao during the Warring States period , after the capital moved from Zhongmu. The city was conquered by the State of Qin after the virtual annexation of...

, the capital of Zhao

Zhao (state)

Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...

 in 353 BCE in preparation for an attack. The State of Qi

Qi (state)

Qi was a powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States in ancient China. Its capital was Linzi, now part of the modern day city of Zibo in Shandong Province....

 sent envoys Tian Ji

Tian Ji

Tian Ji , style name Qi , was a military general of the Qi state during the early Warring States Period of Chinese history. Tian Ji met Sun Bin and recommended him to King Wei of Qi as a military strategist...

 and Sun Bin

Sun Bin

Sun Bin was a military strategist who lived during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. An alleged descendant of Sun Tzu, Sun Bin was tutored in military strategy by the hermit Guiguzi...

 along with troops to assist Zhao

Zhao (state)

Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...

 and they later defeated the forces of Wei at the Battle of Guiling

Battle of Guiling

The Battle of Guìlíng was fought between the states of Qí and Wèi in the Warring States period of Chinese history. In 354 BC, an army from Wèi was laying siege to Handan, the capital of the State of Zhao. The next year, Zhao turned to Qi for help. Tian Ji and Sun Bin, acting as co-commanders of...

. Afterwards, in the twenty-fourth year of his reign (351 BCE), Marquess Cheng of Zhao forced King Hui of Wei

Wei (state)

The State of Wei was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state during the Warring States Period of Chinese history. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included parts of modern day Henan, Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong...

into a humiliating peace treaty at the Zhang River near Handan.