Marquis Li of Jin (), ancestral name Ji (姬), given name Fu (福), was the fifth ruler of the
state of Jin during the
Western Zhou Dynasty
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 nomad ...
. After his father,
Marquis Cheng of Jin
Marquis Cheng of Jin (, Ancestral name is Ji (姬), given name is Furen (服人), was the fourth ruler of the state of Jin during the Western Zhou Dynasty. He succeeded his father, Marquis Wu of Jin
Marquis Wu of Jin (), Ancestral name is Ji ( ...
, died, he ascended the throne of Jin. After he died in 859 BC, his son, Yijiu, ascended the throne as the next ruler of Jin:
Marquis Jing of Jin.
In 1992, an ancient tomb dating back to the Zhou Dynasty was discovered in
Quwo County
Quwo County () is a county under the administration of Linfen city, in southern Shanxi Province
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The ca ...
,
Shanxi
Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...
. One of the tombs was marked as the tomb of Marquis Li of Jin. Quwo County is known to be the site of the ancient capital of the state of Jin.
Monarchs of Jin (Chinese state)
859 BC deaths
9th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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