King Zhending of Zhou
King Zhending of Zhou (Chinese: 周貞定王; pinyin: Zhōu Zhēndìng Wáng), personal name Ji Jie,[2] was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty[3] and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou.[4][5]
| King Zhending of Zhou 周貞定王 | |||||
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| King of China | |||||
| 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 | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
| Father | King Yuan of Zhou[1] | ||||
Famous philosopher Mozi was born between the reigns of King Jing and King Zhending of the Zhou Dynasty.[6]
Zhending had four sons.
Family
- Parents:
- Prince Ren (王子仁; d. 469 BC), ruled as King Yuan of Zhou from 476–469 BC
- Concubines:
- The mother of Princes Wei and Jie
- 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 440–426 BC
- Prince Jie (王子揭; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western Zhou (西周桓公) from 440–415 BC
See also
- Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
Sources
- 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
- Contemporary Chinese Thought: Translations and Studies. "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.)."
- Problems of chronology and eschatology: four lectures on the Essay on Buddhism by Tominaga Nakamoto (1715-1746)
- Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
- Phương Thi Danh, Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc
- Wu Leichuan: a Confucian-Christian in republican China.
King Zhending of Zhou Zhou Dynasty Died: 441 BC | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by King Yuan of Zhou |
King of China 468–441 BC |
Succeeded by King Ai of Zhou |
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