King Gong of Zhou ( or ), personal name Ji Yihu, was the sixth 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 ...
. Estimated dates of his reign are 922–900 BC or 917/15–900.
Biography
King Gong of Zhou ascended to the throne in the year 922 BC after his father
King Mu of Zhou departed. Unlike some of his ancestors, he dedicated to developing economy and increasing his exchequer, instead of expanding territory or conquering others through wars.
According to one account carried by the
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 ...
, King Gong of Zhou once did initiate a war and destroyed the State of Mi. When he was touring in State of Mi, he saw three extremely beautiful women and commanded Mi's lord to find them out and send them to his own palace. But the lord of the state took the three extremely beautiful women as his own concubines, which irritated King Gong. So he invaded this state and sentenced that lord to death.
After 15 years reign, he passed the throne to his son
King Yì of Zhou and departed peacefully in his own palace.
Family
Queens:
* Wang Gui, of the Gui clan ()
Sons:
* Crown Prince Jian (; 899–892 BC), ruled as
King Yì of Zhou from 899–892 BC
Ancestry
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Sources
900 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
10th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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