The Battle of Maling was a battle between the states of Qi and Wei in the warring states period. State of Qi (small seal script, 220 BC) See Qi (disambiguation) for other meanings of Qi. Qi (齊; pinyin: qi2) was a relatively powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States. ... The following details the state of Wei of the Warring States Period. ... Alternative meaning: Warring States Period (Japan) The Warring States Period (traditional Chinese: 戰國時代, simplified Chinese: 战国时代 pinyin Zhànguó Shídài) takes place from sometime in the 5th century BC to the unification of China by Qin in 221 BC. It is nominally considered to be the second part of the Eastern...

In 342 BC, the state of Wei attacked the state of Han, and Han turned to Qi for help. Again Tian Ji and Sun Bin acted as co-commanders of the Qi army to save Han. Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 390s BC - 380s BC - 370s BC - 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC _ 330s BC - 320s BC - 310s BC - 300s BC - 290s BC 347 BC 346 BC 345 BC 344 BC 343 BC 342 BC 341 BC 340 BC... The Han (simplified Chinese: 韩, traditional Chinese: 韓) was a state during the Warring States Period in China. ... Sun Bin (孫臏) (died 316 BC) was a military strategist who lived during the Warring States Period in ancient China. ...

In order to mislead his enemy, Sun Bin ordered his soldiers to make less stoves day by day. As Pang Juan, general of Wei, saw this, he judged the soldiers of Qi were leaving their army and decided to pursue the Qi army. When Pang Juan arrived in Maling, the Qi army launched a surprise attack. Seeing his army defeated under the Qi arrows, Pang Juan killed himself.

Also killed in that war was Prince Shen of Wei. The power of the state of Wei decreased considerably after this battle.