Qin Zhong or Zhong of Qin (, died 822 BC) was the
fourth ruler of the
state of
Qin (r. 844 to 822 BC) during China's
Zhou dynasty. Qin at the time was a small
fief that had been granted to his great-grandfather
Feizi for his work breeding horses for
King Xiao of Zhou. Qin Zhong succeeded his father
Gongbo
Gongbo (, died 845 BC) was the third ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Qin, founded when his grandfather Feizi was granted a small fief at Qin by King Xiao of Zhou. Gongbo succeeded his father, the Marquis of Qin, who died in 848 BC, and ruled ...
, who died in 845 BC. Their
ancestral name was Ying ().
In 842 BC, the people of Zhou revolted against
King Li of Zhou, overthrowing him the following year, and the country fell into turmoil. The
Xirong tribes that lived near Qin also rebelled, exterminating the senior branch of the House of Ying at
Quanqiu (present-day
Lixian in
Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province.
The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...
). After
King Xuan ascended the Zhou throne in 827 BC, he made Qin Zhong commander of his forces in the campaign against Xirong.
Qin Zhong reigned for 22 years until 822 BC, when he was killed in battle against the Rong. He was succeeded by
Duke Zhuang (a
posthumous title), the eldest of five sons. King Xuan gave Qin Zhong's sons seven thousand soldiers and they defeated the Rong and recovered their patrimony. King Xuan then awarded Qin the territory of Quanqiu, formerly held by the other branch of his family, and Duke Zhuang moved his capital from Qin to Quanqiu.
References
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Year of birth unknown
Rulers of Qin
9th-century BC Chinese monarchs
822 BC deaths