Marquess Jing 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 Zhāng
Traditional Chinese	趙章
Simplified Chinese	赵章
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...	趙敬侯/赵敬侯
Country	State of Zhao Zhao (state) Zhao was a significant Chinese state during the Warring States Period, along with six others...
Lived	c. 410–375 BCE
Reigned	386–375 BCE

Marquess Jing of Zhao (c. 410 -375 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

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 (475-220 BCE). Born Zhào Zhāng , he was the son of Marquess Lie of Zhao

Marquess Lie of Zhao

Marquess Lie of Zhao was a ruler of the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period of Chinese history . Born Zhào Jí , his father was Marquess Xian of Zhao ....

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In 386 BCE, the first year of his reign, Marquess Jing moved the Zhao capital from Zhōngmóu (中牟) (modern Tangyin County

Tangyin County

Tangyin County is a county of Henan, China. It is under the administration of Anyang city....

, Henan

Henan

Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...

) to Hándān

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...

, Hebei

Hebei

' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...

 (邯郸) where two large districts were set up. One of these was the administrative district Gōngchéng (宫城区) and the other the Dàbĕi commercial area (大北城) and Hándān quickly prospered.

In the second year of his reign Marquess Jing prevailed over 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....

 at a battle that took place in the area between Gāotáng

Gaotang County

Gaotang County is a county of northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by Liaocheng City.The population was in 1999.- External links :*...

 (高唐) and Chípíng

Chiping County

Chiping County is a county of northwesternShandong province, People's Republic of China. It is administered by Liaocheng, and is west of Jinan, the provincial capital.The population was in 1999....

 (茌平).

Marquess Jing was succeeded by his son Marquess Cheng of Zhao

Marquess Cheng of Zhao

Marquess Cheng of ZhaoChinese NamePinyinZhào ZhòngTraditional Chinese趙種Simplified Chinese赵种Family nameZhàoPosthumous name 趙成侯/赵成侯 CountryState of Zhao Lived?–350 BCE Reigned374–350 BCE...

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