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Zhuang Bo Of Quwo
Count Zhuang of Quwo or Earl Zhuang of Quwo (), personal name Ji Shan, was a ruler of the Quwo (曲沃) state. He was the son of the founding ruler of Quwo, Huan Shu, and half-brother of Viscount Wu of Han, the first leader of the Han clan. In 724 BC, Count Zhuang killed Marquis Xiao of Jin in the capital of Jin, Yi (翼). Then, Jin troops attacked Count Zhuang, forcing the latter to retreat to Quwo. Marquis E of Jin then ascended to the Jin throne. According to the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', when Count Zhuang heard the news of the death of Marquis E of Jin, he led troops to attack Jin. King Huan of ZhouAccording to the yearly chronicle of the feudal lords (No. 14 of "Records of the Grand Historian"). House of Jin (No. 39 of "Records of the Grand Historian" describes that the king was King Ping of Zhou, but King Ping of Zhou was dead in BC 720. ordered the Duke of Guo (虢公) to attack Count Zhuang, resulting in Count Zhuang's retreat to Quwo. The Jin people then sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huan Shu Of Quwo
Huan Shu of Quwo (; 802–731 BC), personal name Ji Chengshi, was the first ruler of the Quwo (曲沃) state, a fief of the Jin state. He was a son of Marquis Mu of Jin and the younger brother of Marquis Wen of Jin. He was also uncle of Marquis Zhao of Jin, who granted him the land of Quwo. In 745 BC, Marquis Zhao of Jin enfeoffed Huan Shu at Quwo (around modern-day Quwo County, Shanxi Shanxi; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanised as Shansi is a Provinces of China, province in North China. Its capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-level cities are Changzhi a ...). He was said to be a benevolent ruler beloved by the people of Quwo. In 739 BC, Jin official Panfu (潘父) murdered Marquis Zhao of Jin and invited Huan Shu to ascend the throne of Jin. However, Huan Shu was defeated by Jin troops and retreated to Quwo. In 731 BC, Huan Shu died and was succeeded by his son, Count Zhuang of Quwo, to the Quwo t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Wu Of Jin
Duke Wu of Jin (), personal name Ji Cheng, also known as Duke Wu of Quwo (), was the last ruler of the Quwo (曲沃) state who later became a ruler of the Jin state. Reign in Quwo In 716 BC, Count Zhuang of Quwo died and his son Cheng ascended the throne of Quwo. In 710 BC, the eighth year of the reign of Marquis Ai of Jin, Marquis Ai of Jin invades a small state south of Jin called Xingting (陘廷). Xingting then made an alliance with Duke Wu of Quwo. In the spring of 709 BC, they attacked Yi (翼), the capital of Jin. Then, he stayed in Xingting for a while. Then, he ordered his half uncle, Han Wan, to ride a chariot with Liang Hong (梁弘) by his right and chase Marquis Ai of Jin who escaped from Yi. They chased him around the bank of the Fen River (汾水) and at that night, they managed to capture Marquis Ai of Jin. The Jin people asked the son of Marquis Ai of Jin, to become the next ruler of Jin and he became Marquis Xiaozi of Jin. In 709 BC, the first year of the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Surname
Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western name order, Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use, but the great proportion of Han Chinese people use only a relatively small number of these surnames; 19 surnames are used by around half of the Han Chinese people, while 100 surnames are used by around 87% of the population. A report in 2019 gives the List of common Chinese surnames, most common Chinese surnames as Wang (surname), Wang and Li (surname 李), Li, each shared by over 100 million people in China. The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang (surname), Zhang, Liu, Chen (surname), Chen, Yang (surname), Yang, Huang (surname), Huang, Zhao (surname), Zhao, Wu (surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ji (Zhou Dynasty Ancestral Surname)
''Jī'' () was the ancestral name of the Zhou dynasty which ruled China between the 11th and 3rd centuries BC. Thirty-nine members of the family ruled China during this period while many others ruled as local lords, lords who eventually gained great autonomy during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Ji is a relatively uncommon surname in modern China, largely because its bearers often adopted the names of their states and fiefs as new surnames. The character is composed of the radicals (Old Chinese: ''nra'', "woman") and (OC: ''ɢ(r)ə'', "chin").Baxter, Wm. H. & Sagart, Laurent. '' '', pp. 61, 106, & 175. 2011. Accessed 11 October 2011. It is most likely a phono-semantic compound, with ''nra'' common in the earliest Zhou-era family names and ''ɢ(r)ə'' marking a rhyme of (OC: ''K(r)ə''). The legendary and historical record shows the Zhou Ji clan closely entwined with the Jiang (), who seem to have provided many of the Ji lords' high-ranking spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Wan
Han Wan (), also known by his posthumous name as the Viscount Wu of Han, was the first leader of Han clan in the Jin state. He was the son of Huan Shu of Quwo, half-brother of Count Zhuang of Quwo, and the progenitor of the Han state. Han Wan was a charioteer for his nephew, Duke Wu of Quwo, and helped to kill Marquess Ai of Jin. Duke Wu of Quwo then took over the throne of Jin, and bestowed Han Wan the land of Han. Han Wan's descendants later adopted "Han" as the clan name based on the name of the fief. Han Wan's descendants became high-ranking officials in the Jin state. The family became very powerful and eventually partitioned the Jin state. Ancestors References *Shiji Chapter 45 *Zizhi Tongjian The ''Zizhi Tongjian'' (1084) is a chronicle published during the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) that provides a record of Chinese history from 403 BC to 959 AD, covering 16 dynasties and spanning almost 1400 years. The main text is ... Volume 1 {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis Xiao Of Jin
Marquis Xiao of Jin (), personal name Ji Ping, was a monarch of the Jin state. In 739 BC, Jin official Panfu murdered Marquis Zhao (Marquis Xiao's father) and attempted to place Huan Shu of Quwo Huan Shu of Quwo (; 802–731 BC), personal name Ji Chengshi, was the first ruler of the Quwo (曲沃) state, a fief of the Jin state. He was a son of Marquis Mu of Jin and the younger brother of Marquis Wen of Jin. He was also uncle of Marquis ... on the Jin throne. Huan Shu of Quwo was met with resistance from the Jin people and returned back to Quwo. Then, the Jin people supported Marquis Xiao to take over as the next Jin marquis. After Marquis Xiao ascended the throne, he killed Panfu in revenge for him killing his father. In 724 BC, the son of Huan Shu of Quwo, Count Zhuang of Quwo, murdered Marquis Xiao while in the capital of Jin, Yi (). In response, Jin troops attacked Count Zhuang, resulting in his retreat back to Quwo. The Jin people then supported Marquis Xiao's younger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin (Chinese State)
Jin (, Old Chinese: ''*''), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major Ancient Chinese states, state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi. Although it grew in power during the Spring and Autumn period, its aristocratic structure saw it break apart when the duke lost power to his nobles. In 403BC, the Zhou court recognized Jin's three successor states: Han (Warring States), Han, Zhao (state), Zhao, and Wei (state), Wei. The Partition of Jin marks the end of the Spring and Autumn period and the beginning of the Warring States period. Geography Jin was located in the lower Fen River drainage basin on the Shanxi plateau. To the north were the Xirong and Beidi peoples. To the west were the Lüliang Mountains and then the Loess Plateau of northern Shaanxi. To the southwest the Fen River turns west to join the south-flowing part of the Yello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis E Of Jin
Ji Xi (), commonly known as Marquis E of Jin (), was a marquis of the Jin state. He reigned for six years from 724 BC to 718 BC. According to the ''Records of the Grand Historian'', when Count Zhuang of Quwo heard the news of the death of Marquis E, he brought troops to attack Jin. King Huan of ZhouAccording to the yearly chronicle of the feudal lords (No. 14 of "Records of the Grand Historian"). House of Jin (No. 39 of "Records of the Grand Historian" describes that the king was King Ping of Zhou, but King Ping of Zhou was dead in BC 720. ordered the Duke of Guo (虢公) to attack Count Zhuang of Quwo, resulting in Count Zhuang of Quwo's retreat to Quwo. The Jin people then supported Marquis E's son, Marquis Ai, to take the throne of Jin. The ''Zuo Zhuan The ''Zuo Zhuan'' ( zh, t=左傳, w=Tso Chuan; ), often translated as ''The Zuo Tradition'' or as ''The Commentary of Zuo'', is an ancient Chinese narrative history traditionally regarded as a commentary on the ancient C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Records Of The Grand Historian
The ''Shiji'', also known as ''Records of the Grand Historian'' or ''The Grand Scribe's Records'', is a Chinese historical text that is the first of the Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written during the late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC by the Han dynasty historian Sima Qian, building upon work begun by his father Sima Tan. The work covers a 2,500-year period from the age of the legendary Yellow Emperor to the reign of Emperor Wu of Han in the author's own time, and describes the world as it was known to the Chinese of the Western Han dynasty. The ''Shiji'' has been called a "foundational text in Chinese civilization". After Confucius and Qin Shi Huang, "Sima Qian was one of the creators of Imperial China, not least because by providing definitive biographies, he virtually created the two earlier figures." The ''Shiji'' set the model for all subsequent dynastic histories of China. In contrast to Western historiographical conventions, the ''Shiji'' does no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Huan Of Zhou
King Huan of Zhou (; died 697 BC), personal name Ji Lin (姬林), was the fourteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the second of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. King Huan's father was King Ping's son, Crown Prince Xiefu (洩父). King Huan succeeded his grandfather in 719 BC. In 707 BC, the Eastern Zhou forces were defeated in the Battle of Xuge by Duke Zhuang of Zheng. King Huan himself was wounded by an arrow in the shoulder, and the defeat destroyed the prestige of the Zhou royal court. King Huan was succeeded by his son, King Zhuang, in 697 BC. Family Queens * Ji Ji Jiang, of the Jiang clan of Ji (), a princess of Ji by birth; married in 703 BC Sons * Prince Tuo (; d. 682 BC), ruled as King Zhuang of Zhou from 696–682 BC * Prince Ke (), fled to Southern Yan () in 694 BC Daughters * Zhou Wang Ji () ** Married Duke Xiang of Qi (729–686 BC) in 695 BC See also Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Ping Of Zhou
King Ping of Zhou (; died 16 April 720 BC), personal name Ji Yijiu, was the thirteenth king of China's Zhou dynasty and the first of the Eastern Zhou dynasty. Sima Qian. '' Records of the Grand Historian'', "Zhou Dynasty Annals". History He was the son of King You of Zhou and Queen Shen (申后). King You had exiled Queen Shen and Ji Yijiu after the king became enamoured with his concubine Bao Si and made her queen and his son Bofu his heir. As a result, Queen Shen’s father, the Marquess of Shen, teamed with the Quanrong nomads and local satellite states to overthrow King You. In the Battle of Mount Li King You and Bofu were killed, and Bao Si was captured. Ji Yijiu ascended the throne. At about the same time, Jī Hàn (姬翰), Duke of Guó (虢公), elevated Jī Yúchén (姬余臣) to the throne as King Xie of Zhou (周携王), and the Zhou Dynasty saw a period of two parallel kings until King Xie was killed by Marquis Wen of Jin (晋文侯) in 750 BCE. The Xin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marquis Ai Of Jin
Marquis Ai of Jin (), personal name Ji Guang, was a marquis of the Jin state. He reigned from 718 BC to 709 BC. In 710 BC, Marquis Ai attacked a small state south of Jin known as Xingting (陘廷). The next year, Xingting, allied with Duke Wu of Quwo, sacked Yi (翼), the capital of Jin. Duke Wu of Quwo enlisted the help of his half-uncle, Viscount Wu of Han, to kill the escaping Marquis Ai. The Jin people then supported Marquis Ai's son, Marquis Xiaozi, as the next ruler of Jin. Monarchs of Jin (Chinese state) 8th-century BC Chinese monarchs 700s BC deaths 8th-century BC murdered monarchs Assassinated Chinese politicians Year of birth unknown Assassinated Chinese heads of state Ancient assassinated Chinese people {{China-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
