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King Zhending of Zhou

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King Zhending of Zhou
周貞定王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign468–441 BC
PredecessorKing Yuan of Zhou
SuccessorKing Ai of Zhou
Died441 BC
IssueKing Ai of Zhou
King Si of Zhou
King Kao of Zhou
Duke Huan of Western Zhou
Names
Ancestral name: (姬)
Given name: Jiè (介)
Posthumous name
King Zhending (貞定王)
HouseJi
DynastyZhou (Eastern Zhou)
FatherKing Yuan of Zhou[1]
King Zhending of Zhou
Posthumous name
Chinese
Literal meaningThe Chaste and Calm King of Zhou
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Zhēndìng Wáng
Wade–GilesChou Chēndìng-wang
King Chēndìng of Chou

King Zhending of Zhou[2] (Chinese: 周貞定王; pinyin: Zhōu Zhēndìng Wáng), personal name Ji Jie, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[3][4][5] He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.

Family

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King Zhending had four sons:

  • First son, Prince Quji (王子去疾; d. 441 BC), ruled as King Ai of Zhou in 441 BC
  • Prince Shuxi (王子叔襲; d. 441 BC), ruled as King Si of Zhou in 441 BC
  • Prince Wei (王子嵬; d. 426 BC), ruled as King Kao of Zhou from 440 to 426 BC
  • Prince Jie (王子揭; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou (西周桓公) from 440 to 415 BC

Ancestry

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King Jing of Zhou (d. 520 BC)
King Jing of Zhou (d. 477 BC)
King Yuan of Zhou (d. 469 BC)
King Zhending of Zhou (d. 441 BC)

See also

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  1. Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Sources

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  1. ^ A Journey Into China's Antiquity: Palaeolithic Age, Low Neolithic Age, Upper Neolithic Age, Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period
  2. ^ Guanghui, Jiang (2008). "Problems Concerning the Rearrangement, Interpretation, and Orientation of the Ancient Preface to the Poetry (Shixu)". Contemporary Chinese Thought. 39 (4): 32. doi:10.2753/CSP1097-1467390402. It is just as the Qing dynasty scholar Gu Yanwu pointed out about the 133-year period between year two of the reign of King Zhending of Zhou (467 B.C.E.) and year thirty-five of the reign of King Xian of Zhou (334 B.C.E.)...
  3. ^ Durt, Hubert (1994). Problems of Chronology and Eschatology: Four Lectures on the Essay on Buddhism by Tominaga Nakamoto (1715–1746). Kyoto: Istituto italiano di cultura, Scuola di studi sull'Asia orientale.
  4. ^ Sima, Qian. Records of the Grand Historian.
  5. ^ Phương Thi Danh. Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc.
King Zhending of Zhou
 Died: 441 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of China
468–441 BC
Succeeded by