See also titles of rulers. As relative of the house of Zhou 周 the rulers of Han (often written Hann to distinguish it from the Han 漢) were enfeoffed as viscounts (zi 子). Their permanent struggle with the other nobility inside the state of Jin 晉 ended with the destruction of Jin by Han, Zhao 趙, and Wei 魏 in 452. With the official acceptance of the matters of fact that Jin was destroyed and these three states had taken over its territory by the king of Zhou the rulers of Han adopted the title of marquis (hou 侯). Han was able to destroy the state of Zheng 鄭 in 375 and gradually advanced to the west. Under military pressure from four sides (Qin 秦 in the west, Wei in the east, Zhao in the north and Chu 楚 in the south) Han underwent fiscal, administrative and military reform under the legist chancellor Shen Buhai 申不害 but was destroyed in 230 by the powerful state of Qin. The name of Han was never again used as name for a dynasty, only for princedoms. Rulers of Han (Hann) 韓 Capitals: Han 韓 (near modern Hejin 河津/Shanxi), Pingyang 平陽 (near modern Linfen 臨汾/Shanxi), Yiyang 宜陽 (modern Hancheng 韓城/Henan), Yangzhai 陽翟 (modern Yuxian 禹縣/Henan), Nanzheng 南鄭 (modern Xinzheng 新鄭/Henan) Han Wuzi 韓武子 (Ji Yuan 姬原; a relative to the House of Zhou) Han Xianzi 韓獻子 (Ji Que 姬厥) Han Xuanzi 韓宣子 (Ji Qi 姬起) Han Zhenzi 韓貞子 (Ji Xu 姬須) Han Jianzi 韓簡子 (Ji Buxin 姬不信) Han Zhuangzi 韓莊子 (Ji Geng 姬庚) Han Kangzi 韓康子 (Ji Hu 姬虎) Han Wuzi 韓武子 2 (Ji Qi 姬啟) 424-409 Han Jinghou 韓景侯 (Ji Qian 姬虔) 408-400 Han Liehou 韓烈侯 (Ji Qu 姬取) 399-387 Han Wenhou 韓文侯 386-377 Han Aihou 韓哀侯 376-371 Han Zhuanghou 韓莊侯 (or Yihou 懿侯) 370-359 Han Zhaohou 韓昭侯 358-333 Han Xuanhuiwang 韓宣惠王 332-312 Han Xiangwang 韓襄王 (Ji Cang 姬倉) 311-296 Han Xiwang 韓釐王 (Ji Qi 姬啟) 295-273 Han Huanhuiwang 韓桓惠王 272-239 Ji An, King of Han 韓王(姬)安 230 Han destroyed by Qin 238-230

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