Reign 122–115 BC Parents Trieu Van Vuong Children Zhao Xing, Zhao Jiande Died 115 BC Predecessor Zhao Mo | Name Zhao Yingqi Successor Zhao Xing Dynasty Nanyue House Nanyue | |
Zhao Yingqi (Chinese: 趙嬰齊; pinyin: Zhào Yīngqí; Jyutping: Zīu6 Ying1cei4; Vietnamese: Triệu Anh Tề, ? – 115 BC) was the third ruler of the kingdom of Nanyue (Vietnamese: Nam Việt). His rule began in 122 BC and ended with his death in 115 BC. In Vietnamese history, he is considered a king of Vietnam.
Zhao Yingqi was the eldest son of King Zhao Mo of Nanyue. During his father’s reign, King Ying (郢) of Minyue invaded Nanyue in 135 BC. Zhao Mo sent a mission to Han Dynasty China for help. So Emperor Wu of Han sent an army to attack Minyue, beginning the Han–Minyue wars. Under the pressure of the Han Dynasty, Yushan (余善), a brother of Ying, killed Ying and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Minyue was eventually annexed by the Han as the empire expanded southwards. To thank the Emperor Wu for his help, Zhao Mo sent his Crown Prince Zhao Yingqi to the Han court to serve as the Emperor’s guard (宿衛, Sù wèi). Zhao Yingqi married a Han Chinese woman named Jiushi (樛氏), who gave birth to his second son Zhao Xing.
Zhao Mo was ill seriously in 122 BC and Zhao Yingqi received permission from Emperor Wu to return to Nanyue to look after his father. In the same year Zhao Mo died, Zhao Yingqi successed as king of Nanyue. Despite the primogeniture, Zhao Yingqi appointed Zhao Xing as Crown Prince instead of his eldest son Zhao Jiande.
It was said Zhao Yingqi was a tyrant who killed citizens with flippant abandon. He died from illness in 113 BC and his second son, Zhao Xing, assumed the Nanyue throne.