King Xian of Zhou (), personal name Ji Bian, was the thirty-fifth 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 twenty-third 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 ...
.
Very little is known about him. He succeeded his brother
King Lie of Zhou
King Lie of Zhou (), personal name Ji Xi, was the thirty-fourth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-second of Eastern Zhou. He reigned from 375 BC to his death in 369 BC. His father was King An of Zhou.
Ancestry
See also
* Family ...
in 368 BC and ruled until his death in 321 BC.
He sent gifts to many of the feudal states, supposedly his vassals, particularly
Qin and
Chu. Late in his reign, the leaders of the states declared themselves kings, and ceased to recognise the king of Zhou as even nominally their overlord.
After his death, his son
King Shenjing of Zhou
King Shenjing of Zhou (), personal name Jī Dìng, was the thirty-sixth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-fourth of the Eastern Zhou.
He was a son of his predecessor, King Xian of Zhou and thus nephew of King Lie; his paternal ...
ruled over
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
.
[''Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá'']
Family
Sons:
* Prince Ding (; d. 315 BC), ruled as
King Shenjing of Zhou
King Shenjing of Zhou (), personal name Jī Dìng, was the thirty-sixth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-fourth of the Eastern Zhou.
He was a son of his predecessor, King Xian of Zhou and thus nephew of King Lie; his paternal ...
from 320–315 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. ...
Notes
321 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
4th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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