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.
| King Zhending of Zhou 周貞定王 | |||||||||
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| King of the Zhou dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 468–441 BC | ||||||||
| Predecessor | King Yuan of Zhou | ||||||||
| Successor | King Ai of Zhou | ||||||||
| Died | 441 BC | ||||||||
| Issue | King Ai of Zhou King Si of Zhou King Kao of Zhou Duke Huan of Western Zhou | ||||||||
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| House | Ji | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | ||||||||
| Father | King Yuan of Zhou[1] | ||||||||
| King Zhending of Zhou | |||||||||
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| Posthumous name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 周貞定王 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Chaste and Calm King of Zhou | ||||||||
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Family
editKing 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
edit| 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
editSources
edit- ^ 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
- ^ 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.)...
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sima, Qian. Records of the Grand Historian.
- ^ Phương Thi Danh. Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc.
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