King Zhending of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jie, was the twenty-eighth 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 sixteenth 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 ...

.Phương Thi Danh, ''Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc'' He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.

Family

King Zhending had four sons: * First son, Prince Quji (; d. 441 BC), ruled as

King Ai of Zhou King Ai of Zhou () personal name Ji Quji, was the twenty-ninth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the seventeenth of Eastern Zhou. He was the eldest son of King Zhending of Zhou. He succeeded his father in 441 BC, but was killed by his you ...

in 441 BC * Prince Shuxi (; d. 441 BC), ruled as

King Si of Zhou King Si of Zhou (), personal name Ji Shu, was the 30th king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the 18th of Eastern Zhou. He gained the throne in 441 BC by killing his older brother King Ai of Zhou, but he was then killed by his younger brother Kin ...

in 441 BC * Prince Wei (; d. 426 BC), ruled as

King Kao of Zhou King Kao of Zhou (), alternatively King Kaozhe of Zhou (周考哲王), personal name Jī Wéi, was the thirty first king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the nineteenth of the Eastern Zhou. He reigned from 440 BC to 426 BC. King Kao's father wa ...

from 440–426 BC * Prince Jie (; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou () from 440–415 BC

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

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