Wu Qi, a member of the Zuo clan of the Wei Kingdom in the early Warring States Period, was a strategist, politician, and reformer. At the same time, Wu Qi was also a representative figure of military strategists. So, do you know what kind of person Wu Qi was in the early Warring States Period? How did Wu Qi die in the end?
What kind of person is Wu Qi? Wu Qi is a native of Wei State. He first went to Lu State to look for development opportunities. In order to get the opportunity, he killed his wife. But in the end he went to Wei State because he could not be trusted. Although he was given the opportunity to display his talents and make achievements in Wei State, the trust problem was still unresolved. Even the person who recommended him said that he was "greedy for fame and fond of beauty" - this was not true at that time and even for more than two thousand years later. At that time, they were all things that the culture strongly rejected. > Later Wu Qi defected to the Chu State. After Wu Qi defected to the Chu State, King Chu Mourning always admired Wu Qi's talents and appointed Wu Qi as the prefect of Wancheng (today's Wancheng District, Nanyang City, Henan Province), and was promoted to Ling Yin a year later. During this period, he visited Xixian (today's Xixian, Henan Province) twice and asked Qu Yijiu about how to serve as a minister in Chu State. However, Qu Yijiu was firmly opposed to the reforms that Wu Qi was about to carry out in Chu State.
How did Wu Qi die in the end? In 381 BC, King Chu Mourning died, and the Chu nobles took the opportunity to launch a mutiny against Wu Qi. The nobles shot Wu Qi with arrows. Wu Qi took out the arrow and fled to the place where King Chu Mou's body was buried. He inserted the arrow into the body of King Chu Mou and shouted: "The ministers rebelled and plotted to kill our king." The nobles were shooting While killing Wu Qi, he also shot the body of King Chu Mourning. The law of Chu State stipulates that harming the king's body is a serious crime and will result in the death of the three clans. After King Chu Su succeeded to the throne, he ordered Yin to execute all those who shot Wu Qi and also shot King Chu Miao's body. More than 70 people were implicated and were exterminated. Yangcheng Jun fled abroad for his involvement in this incident, and his fiefdom was confiscated. > Wu Qi's body was also punished by being broken into pieces and dismembered. After Wu Qi's death, his reform in Chu State failed. > Wu Qi's military and internal affairs achievements in Wei and Chu had a profound impact during the Warring States Period. Gongshu Cuo, who later became Wei's Prime Minister, took the initiative to cede his military exploits to Wu Qi's descendants after winning the Battle of Huibei, claiming victory. The reason is that he received "the remaining teachings of Wu Qi". Shang Yang, who was also a member of the Wei Kingdom with Wu Qi, was also greatly influenced by Wu Qi. For example, in Shang Yang's reform, Yimu Lixin and Shi Wulian's sitting method were all measures imitated by Wu Qi. >