Jian of Qi

Jian of Qi (Chinese: 齊王建; pinyin: Qí Wáng Jiàn; reigned 264–221 BC) was the last king of Qi, one of the seven major states of the Warring States period of ancient China. His personal name was Tian Jian (田建), ancestral name Gui (媯), and he did not have a posthumous title because he was the last king of Qi.^[1]

Jian succeeded his father King Xiang of Qi, who died in 265 BC. He reigned for 44 years. The kingdom of Qi was the only opponent of Qin after Qin Shi Huang conquered every other state. King Jian and his prime minister Hou Sheng, a relation of Jian's wife, sent the Qi army to the western border of Qi to protect the country; but Qin general Wang Ben, son of Wang Jian, attacked Qi from the north instead and conquered it in 221 BC, completing Qin's unification of China.^[1]

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