King Gong of Zhou

King Gong of Zhou
周共王
King of China[1]
Reign 922–900 BC
Predecessor King Mu of Zhou[2]
Successor King Yì of Zhou
Died 900 BC
Issue King Yì of Zhou[3]
Full name
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Yīhù (繄扈)
Father King Mu of Zhou[4]

King Gong of Zhou (Chinese: 周共王; pinyin: Zhōu Gòng Wáng or Chinese: 周恭王; pinyin: Zhōu Gōng Wáng) or King Kung of Chou was the sixth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.[5][6] Estimated dates of his reign are 922-900 BC or 917/15-900 (Cambridge History of Ancient China).

Although he is commonly known as Gong, this is actually his posthumous name. His given name was Yihu and his ancestral name was Jī.

See also

  1. Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Sources

  1. ↑ Cambridge History of Ancient China
  2. ↑ Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian. 4.
  3. ↑ Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations by John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau
  4. ↑ Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 2. Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.
  5. ↑ Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels by Edward L. Shaughnessy
  6. ↑ Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China by Lisa Ann Raphals. Gong is mentioned with one woman.
King Gong of Zhou
 Died: 900 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by
King Mu of Zhou		 King of China
922–900 BC		 Succeeded by
King Yi of Zhou (Jian)


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