King Qing of Zhou (), personal name Jī Rénchén, was the nineteenth 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 seventh 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 ...
.
The son of
King Xiang of Zhou, he became king in 618 BC
after his father died.
King Qing had three sons, Princes Ban, Yu and Jizi. After King Qing died in 613 BC, Bān become
King Kuang.
[''Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá'']
Family
Sons:
* Prince Ban (; d. 607 BC), ruled as
King Kuang of Zhou
King Kuang of Zhou (), personal name Jī Bān, was the twentieth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the eighth of the Eastern Zhou.
King Kuang's father was King Qing of Zhou. Kuang was succeeded by his brother King Ding of Zhou.''Records of th ...
from 612 to 607 BC
* Prince Yu (; d. 586 BC), ruled as
King Ding of Zhou
King Ding of Zhou (), personal name Ji Yu, was the twenty-first king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the ninth of Eastern Zhou. He was a son of King Qing of Zhou and brother of King Kuang of Zhou.
He sent an official named Wangsun Man to prese ...
from 606 to 586 BC
* Prince Jizi (; d. 544 BC), ruled the
State of Liu
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* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
(劉國) as
Duke Kang of Liu
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(劉康公) from 592 to 544 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
External links
壬臣姬
613 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
7th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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