King Kao of Zhou (), alternatively King Kaozhe of Zhou (周考哲王), personal name Jī Wéi, was the thirty first king of the
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Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...
and the nineteenth of the
Eastern Zhou
The Eastern Zhou (; zh, c=, p=Dōngzhōu, w=Tung1-chou1, t= ; 771–256 BC) was a royal dynasty of China and the second half of the Zhou dynasty. It was divided into two periods: the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States.
History
In 770 ...
. He reigned from 440 BC to 426 BC.
King Kao's father was
King Zhending, son of the
King Yuan of Zhou
King Yuan of Zhou (,) personal name Ji Ren, was the twenty-seventh king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the fifteenth of Eastern Zhou.''Records of the Grand Historian'' by Sima Qian He ruled from 476 BC to 469 BC. He was succeeded by his son, Prin ...
. Kao fathered
King Weilie of Zhou
King Weilie of Zhou (), personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died and lasted until his death in 402 ...
, whose reign started in 425 BC, after Kao's death.
His grandson was
King An of Zhou
King An of Zhou (), personal name Ji Jiao, was the thirty-third king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-first of the Eastern Zhou.
He succeeded his father King Weilie of Zhou on the throne of China in 401 BC and reigned until his death ...
.
['']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 ...
'' by 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 ...
Family
Sons:
* Prince Wu (; d. 402 BC), ruled as
King Weilie of Zhou
King Weilie of Zhou (), personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died and lasted until his death in 402 ...
from 425–402 BC
Ancestry
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the period of the Five Emperors up through the end of the Spring and Autumn period.
Five Emperors
The legendary Five Emperors were traditionally regarded as the founders of the Chinese state. ...
References
426 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
5th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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