King Jian of Zhou
King Jian of Zhou 周簡王 | |||||||||
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King of the Zhou dynasty | |||||||||
Reign | 585–572 BC | ||||||||
Predecessor | King Ding of Zhou | ||||||||
Successor | King Ling of Zhou | ||||||||
Died | 572 BC | ||||||||
Issue | King Ling of Zhou | ||||||||
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House | Ji | ||||||||
Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | ||||||||
Father | King Ding of Zhou[1] |
King Jian of Zhou (Chinese: 周簡王; pinyin: Zhōu Jiǎn Wáng), personal name Ji Yi, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[2]
Family
[edit]Sons:
- Prince Xiexin (王子洩心; d. 545 BC), ruled as King Ling of Zhou from 571 to 545 BC
- A son (d. 545 BC) who was the progenitor of the Dan lineage and the father of Dan Kuo (儋括)
- Known as Dan Ji (儋季)
Ancestry
[edit]King Xiang of Zhou (d. 619 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Qing of Zhou (d. 613 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Ding of Zhou (d. 586 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Jian of Zhou (d. 572 BC) | |||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press