Duke Yi of Chen (; reigned 780 BC – died 778 BC), given name Yue (說), was the ninth ruler of the
ancient Chinese state
Ancient Chinese states () were typified by variously sized city-states and territories that existed in China prior to its unification by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BCE. In many cases these were vassal states and fiefs established in the '' fengjian'' ...
of
Chen during the
Western Zhou
The Western Zhou ( zh, c=, p=Xīzhōu; c. 1045 BC – 771 BC) was a royal dynasty of China and the first half of the Zhou dynasty. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when the Quanrong n ...
dynasty. Yi was his
posthumous name
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.
Duke Yi succeeded his father
Duke Wu of Chen, who died in 781 BC. Duke Yi's reign coincided with that of
King You, the last king of Western Zhou. Duke Yi died after only three years of reign, and was succeeded by his younger brother Xie, known as
Duke Ping of Chen.
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Monarchs of Chen (state)
8th-century BC Chinese monarchs
778 BC deaths