King Weilie of Zhou (), personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
and the twentieth of the
Eastern Zhou
The Eastern Zhou (; zh, c=, p=Dōngzhōu, w=Tung1-chou1, t= ; 771–256 BC) was a royal dynasty of China and the second half of the Zhou dynasty. It was divided into two periods: the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States.
History
In 770 ...
.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father
King Kao of Zhou
King Kao of Zhou (), alternatively King Kaozhe of Zhou (周考哲王), personal name Jī Wéi, was the thirty first king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the nineteenth of the Eastern Zhou. He reigned from 440 BC to 426 BC.
King Kao's father wa ...
had died and lasted until his death in 402 BC.
He officially established three breakaway provinces of
Jin (
Hán,
Wèi and
Zhào) as feudal states, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subject states).
King Weilie fathered his successor
King An of Zhou
King An of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jiao, was the thirty-third king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-first of the Eastern Zhou.
He succeeded his father King Weilie of Zhou on the throne of China in 401 BC and reigned until his death ...
.
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Family
Sons:
* Prince Jiao (; d. 376 BC), ruled as
King An of Zhou
King An of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jiao, was the thirty-third king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-first of the Eastern Zhou.
He succeeded his father King Weilie of Zhou on the throne of China in 401 BC and reigned until his death ...
from 401–376 BC
Ancestry
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the period of the Five Emperors up through the end of the Spring and Autumn period.
Five Emperors
The legendary Five Emperors were traditionally regarded as the founders of the Chinese state. ...
References
402 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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