Duke Ping of Chen (; reigned 777 BC – died 755 BC), given name Xie (燮), was the tenth ruler of the
ancient Chinese state of
Chen during the transition period from the
Western Zhou dynasty to the
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
. Ping was his
posthumous name.
Duke Ping was a younger son of
Duke Wu of Chen, who died in 781 BC and was succeeded by his elder son
Duke Yi of Chen. 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 Western Zhou dynasty was destroyed when the
Quanrong nomads killed
King You of Zhou and occupied the Zhou heartland, forcing the Zhou court to move east to
Luoyang. Duke Ping reigned for 23 years and died in 755 BC. He was succeeded by his son Yu, known as
Duke Wen of Chen
Duke Wen of Chen (; reigned 754 BC – died 745 BC) was the eleventh ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Chen during the early Spring and Autumn period. His given name was Yu (圉), and Wen was his posthumous name.
Duke Wen succeeded his fathe ...
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