Also known as Liang
ancient Chinese state during the Warring States period
Key facts
- 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
- Partition of jin
- 403 BCE
- Conquered by qin
- 225 BCE
- Currency
- Spade money Other ancient Chinese coinage
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical country
- Continent
- Asia
- Form of government
- Chinese nobility
- Image
- EN-WEI260BCE.jpg
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- different from
- Cao Wei
- inception
- 0403-00-00
- Commons category
- Warring States Period
- topic's main category
- Category:Wei (state)
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0225-00-00
- cause of destruction
- Qin's Wars of Unification
- replaced by
- Qin
- replaces
- Zhongshan
- described by source
- Records of the Grand Historian
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofPeople's Republic of China
Wei (/weɪ/; 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) during the reign of King Hui, Wei was also called Liang (Chinese: 梁; pinyin: Liáng).
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