Duke Jing of Jin () was according to

Sima Qian Sima Qian (; ; ) was a Chinese historian of the early Han dynasty (206AD220). He is considered the father of Chinese historiography for his ''Records of the Grand Historian'', a general history of China covering more than two thousand years b ...

's ''

Records of the Grand Historian ''Records of the Grand Historian'', also known by its Chinese name ''Shiji'', is a monumental history of China that is the first of China's 24 dynastic histories. The ''Records'' was written in the early 1st century by the ancient Chinese hist ...

'' (''Shiji'') the last ruler of the State of Jin during the early

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of ancient China. His given name was Jùjiǔ (), and he supposedly succeeded his father Duke Xiao of Jin but reigned for only two years before being overthrown by the states of

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, Zhao, and

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that were founded by former aristocratic clans of Jin. However, ''Shiji's'' account of the last rulers of Jin is often self-contradictory, and is further contradicted by the ''

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'', which does not mention any Jin ruler after

Duke Huan of Jin Duke Huan of Jin () was from 388 to 369 BC the titular ruler of the State of Jin during the beginning of the Warring States period of ancient China. His ancestral name was Ji, given name Qi, and Duke Huan was his posthumous title recorded in th ...

(probably the same person as the Duke Xiao of ''Shiji'').'' Annals of Wei'', ''

''. Historians such as

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, and Han Zhaoqi generally regard the ''

'' as more reliable, since it was unearthed from the tomb of King Xiang (died 296 BC) of the

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, one of the three successor states of Jin. Duke Huan is therefore generally considered the final ruler of Jin, and the historicity of Duke Jing has been cast in doubt.

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