clan_name title given_name family_name article_title name reign
xióng -lrb- 熊 -rrb- king of chu huái -lrb- 槐 -rrb- mǐ -lrb- 羋 -rrb- king huai of chu
 xiong huai 328 & ndash ; 299 bc
king huai of chu

king huai of chu -lrb- , died 296 bc -rrb- was from 328 to 299 bc the king of the state of chu during the warring states period of ancient china .
he was born xiong huai -lrb- -rrb- and king huai -lrb- 懷 , a different chinese character -rrb- was his posthumous title .
king huai succeeded his father king wei of chu , who died in 329 bc .
in 299 bc king huai was trapped and held hostage by king zhao of qin when he went to the state of qin for negotiation , and his son king qingxiang of chu ascended the throne .
king huai managed to escape but was recaptured by qin .
three years later he died in captivity .
