King Hui of Zhou (), personal name Ji Lang, was the seventeenth 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 fifth 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 ...
.
['']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
Sima Qian (; ; ) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206AD220). He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his ''Records of the Grand Historian'', a general history of China covering more than two thousand years be ...
Family
Queens:
* Queen Chen ()
* Queen Hui of Zhou, of the Gui clan of
Chen (), known as Chen Gui (); possibly a daughter of
Duke Xuan of Chen
Duke Xuan of Chen (; reigned 692 BC – died 648 BC) was the sixteenth ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Chen during the Spring and Autumn period. His ancestral surname was Gui, given name Chujiu (杵臼), and Xuan (宣) was his posthumous nam ...
; married in 676 BC; the mother of Crown Prince Zheng and Prince Dai
Sons:
* Crown Prince Zheng (; d. 619 BC), ruled as
King Xiang of Zhou from 651–619 BC
* Prince Dai (; 672–635 BC), ruled as Duke Zhao of Gan () until 635 BC
Daughters:
* Wang Ji ()
** Married
Duke Xiang of Song
Duke Xiang of Song (宋襄公) (died 637 BC) was the leader in the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn period. His personal name was Zifu (子茲甫) and he took his throne in 650 BC.
After the death of the Hegemon of China, Duke Huan of Q ...
(d. 637 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
652 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
7th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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