King Xiang of Zhou (died 619 BC), personal name Ji Zheng, was a king of the Zhou dynasty of China.[2] He succeeded his father King Hui to the throne.[1]
| King Xiang of Zhou 周襄王 | |||||||||
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| King of the Zhou dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 651–619 BC[1] | ||||||||
| Predecessor | King Hui of Zhou | ||||||||
| Successor | King Qing of Zhou | ||||||||
| Died | 619 BC | ||||||||
| Spouse | Queen Di | ||||||||
| Issue | King Qing of Zhou | ||||||||
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| House | Ji | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | ||||||||
| Father | King Hui of Zhou | ||||||||
| Mother | Queen Hui of Zhou | ||||||||
| Ji Zheng | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 姬鄭 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 姬郑 | ||||||||
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| Posthumous name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 周襄王 | ||||||||
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He married Lady of the Dí, but later dismissed her.[3]
In 635, King Xiang was driven from the capital[4] by his brother Dai and was restored by Duke Wen of Jin.[5][6]
Family
editSpouse:
- Zhai Hou, of the Kui clan of Di (翟後 隗姓), deposed
Sons:
- Prince Renchen (王子壬臣; d. 613 BC), ruled as King Qing of Zhou from 618 to 613 BC
- Youngest son, the father of Prince Man (王孫滿), who rebuffed King Zhuang of Chu regarding the weight of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons
Ancestry
edit| King Zhuang of Zhou (d. 682 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King Xi of Zhou (d. 677 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King Hui of Zhou (d. 652 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King Xiang of Zhou (d. 619 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| Chen Gui of Chen | |||||||||||||||
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward L., eds. (1999). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8.
- ^ Sima Qian; Sima Tan (1739) [90s BCE]. "Vol. 4: Basic Annals of Zhou". Shiji 史記 [Records of the Grand Historian] (in Chinese) (punctuated ed.). Beijing: Imperial Household Department.
- ^ "周 Zhou Genealogy (Eastern Zhou Dynasty)". Historic Dynasties of the World. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)[user-generated source] - ^ Eastern Zhou Dynasty Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. "Just at that moment, King Xiang of Zhou was driven to exile by Prince Dai (帶) who colluded with the Di tribes. So he, in alliance with other dukes, defeated Prince Dai and brought King Xiang back to the capital Luoyi."
- ^ Wars with the Xiongnu. Authors: Guang Sima and Joseph P. Yap. See this page for more details.
- ^ Mirroring the past: the writing and use of history in imperial China by Qingjia Edward Wang. University of Hawaii Press.
- ^ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá
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