Marquis E of Jin () was the fourteenth ruler of the State of Jin. He was also the fourth ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn period. He reigned for six years. According to the ''

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'', when Zhuang Bo of Quwo heard the news of the death of Marquis E of Jin, he brought troops to attack Jin.

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According to the yearly chronicle of the feudal lords (No. 14 of "Records of the Grand Historian"). House of Jin (No. 39 of "Records of the Grand Historian" describes that the king was

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, but King Ping of Zhou was dead in BC 720. ordered the Duke of Guo (虢公) to attack Count Zhuang of Quwo so Count Zhuang retreated back to Quwo. The Jin people asked the son of Marquis E of Jin, Guang, to ascend the throne and he became the next ruler of Jin: Marquis Ai of Jin. The '' Zuo Zhuan'' has a different record of the event. It says that Count Zhuang of Quwo had an alliance with the state of

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and the state of Xing (邢) and they attacked Yi (翼), the capital of Jin.

sent troops to help Quwo so Marquis E fled. Soon afterwards Count Zhuang betrayed Huan of Zhou and attacked him. King Huan then sent the Duke of Guo (虢公) during the autumn of that year to attack Quwo and to put the son of Marquis E of Jin, Guang, on the throne of Jin and Guang became Marquis Ai of Jin.

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