King Yuan of Zhou (,) personal name Ji Ren, was the twenty-seventh 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 ...

and the fifteenth of

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 ...

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Records of the Grand Historian ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese his ...

'' by Sima Qian He ruled from 476 BC to 469 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Prince Jie (), who ruled as

King Zhending of Zhou King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou.Phương Thi Danh, ''Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc'' He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC. Family Kin ...

from 468 BC to 441 BC.

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469 BC deaths Zhou dynasty kings 5th-century BC Chinese monarchs Year of birth unknown {{China-royal-stub

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