Qin Zhong or Zhong of Qin (, died 822 BC), personal name unknown, was a ruler of the state of
Qin, reigning from 844 BC to 822 BC. Qin Zhong succeeded his father
Gongbo, who died in 845 BC.
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 Ying clan at
Quanqiu
Li County or Lixian is an county-level divisions of Gansu, administrative division of the List of prefecture-level divisions of China, prefecture-level city of Longnan in southeastern Gansu, a northwestern Chinese province, province of China. The ...
(present-day
Lixian,
Gansu Province
Gansu is a provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeastern part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan Plateau, Ti ...
). After
King Xuan of Zhou
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King Xuan of Zhou, personal name Ji Jing, was king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty; his reign has been reconstructed to be 827/25782 BC. He worked to restore royal authority after the Gonghe Regency. He fought the "Western Barbarians" ...
ascended the Zhou throne in 827 BC, he made Qin Zhong commander of his forces in the campaign against the Xirong.
Qin Zhong reigned for 22 years until 822 BC, when he was killed in battle against the Xirong. He was succeeded by
Duke Zhuang of Qin, the eldest of five sons. King Xuan of Zhou gave Qin Zhong's sons seven thousand soldiers; with this army, they defeated the Rong and recovered their patrimony. King Xuan of Zhou then awarded Qin the territory of Quanqiu, formerly held by the other branch of the Ying clan, and Duke Zhuang of Qin moved his capital from Qin to Quanqiu.
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Year of birth unknown
Monarchs of Qin
9th-century BC Chinese monarchs
820s BC deaths