Duke Ping of Chen (; reigned 777 BC – died 755 BC), personal name Gui Xie, was a duke of the Chen state. Duke Ping was a younger son of Duke Wu, who died in 781 BC and was succeeded by his elder son Duke Yi. However, Duke Yi died in 778 BC after only three years of reign, and Duke Ping succeeded his elder brother as the ruler of Chen. In 771 BC, the seventh year of Duke Ping's reign, the

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collapsed after the

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and occupied the Zhou heartland, forcing the Zhou royal court to move east to

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. Duke Ping reigned for 23 years and died in 755 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Yu (Duke Wen).

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