Duke Ping of Jin (), personal name Ji Biao, was from 557 BC to 532 BC the ruler of the
Jin state. He succeeded his father,
Duke Dao, who died in 558 BC.
Battle of Zhanban
In 557 BC, soon after Duke Ping ascended the throne, Jin fought its last major battle with its traditional enemy
Chu
Chu or CHU may refer to:
Chinese history
* Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty
* Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu
* Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...
at Zhanban (湛阪, in present-day
Pingdingshan
Pingdingshan ( zh, s=平顶山, t=平頂山, p=Píngdǐngshān), also known as Eagle City ( zh, s=鹰城, p=Yīngchéng, t=鷹城), is a prefecture-level city in central Henan province, China. It had 4,904,701 inhabitants at the 2010 census who ...
,
Henan Province
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luo ...
). Chu was defeated and lost all of its territory north of
Fangcheng. The Battle of Zhanban marked the end of the eight-decade-long Jin-Chu rivalry, as a weakened Chu would be consumed by numerous wars with its new enemy
Wu, culminating in the 506 BC
Battle of Boju
The Battle of Boju () was the decisive battle of the war fought in 506 BC between Wu and Chu, two major kingdoms during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. The Wu forces were led by King Helü, his brother Fugai, and Chu exile Wu Z ...
, when the Wu army would capture and destroy the Chu capital
Ying
Ying may refer to:
People
* Yíng (嬴), a Chinese surname, the ancestral name of Qin Shi Huang, first Emperor of China in the Qin dynasty, and some contemporary rival royal families such as the Zhaos
* Yīng (应), a Chinese surname from the Z ...
.
Meanwhile, Jin would increasingly be riven by internal strife that would ultimately lead to its
partition into the new states of
Han,
Zhao, and
Wei.
Battle of Pingyin
In 555 BC,
Duke Ling of the
State of Qi
Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a ancient Chinese state, regional state of the Zhou dynasty in History of China#Ancient China, ancient China, whose rulers held Zhou dynasty nobility, titles of ''Hou'' (), then ''Gong (title), Go ...
switched his alliance from Jin to its enemy Chu. In response, Duke Ping invaded and inflicted a crushing defeat on Qi. The Jin army occupied large swathes of Qi territory, besieged the Qi capital
Linzi, and burned down the outer portion of the city.
Rebellion of Luan Ying
In 550 BC, Jin general Luan Ying (欒盈) from the powerful Luan clan rebelled at
Quwo
Quwo County () is a county under the administration of Linfen city, in southern Shanxi Province, China. The county has spans an area of 437 square kilometers, and has a population of 230,000 as of 2013.
History
From 745 to 677 BC Quwo was a stat ...
with support from
Duke Zhuang II of Qi. Aided by the Wei clan, Luan's forces captured the capital
Jiang (綘), before being defeated by the Jin army. Luan Ying was killed at Quwo and the Luan clan was exterminated. Two years later Jin attacked Qi again for supporting Luan's rebellion.
Death and succession
Duke Ping reigned for 26 years and died in 532 BC. He was succeeded by his son Yi,
Duke Zhao of Jin.
References
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Monarchs of Jin (Chinese state)
6th-century BC Chinese monarchs
530s BC deaths
Year of birth missing