King Xian of Zhou (), personal name Ji Bian, was the thirty-fifth king of the Chinese

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 ...

and the twenty-third 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 ...

. Very little is known about him. He succeeded his brother

King Lie of Zhou King Lie of Zhou (), personal name Ji Xi, was the thirty-fourth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-second of Eastern Zhou. He reigned from 375 BC to his death in 369 BC. His father was King An of Zhou King An of Zhou (), personal ...

in 368 BC and ruled until his death in 321 BC. He sent gifts to many of the feudal states, supposedly his vassals, particularly

Qin Qin may refer to: Dynasties and states * Qin (state) (秦), a major state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China * Qin dynasty (秦), founded by the Qin state in 221 BC and ended in 206 BC * Daqin (大秦), ancient Chinese name for the Roman Emp ...

and Chu. Late in his reign, the leaders of the states declared themselves kings, and ceased to recognise the king of Zhou as even nominally their overlord. After his death, his son

King Shenjing of Zhou King Shenjing of Zhou (), personal name Jī Dìng, was the thirty-sixth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-fourth of the Eastern Zhou. He was a son of his predecessor, King Xian of Zhou and thus nephew of King Lie; his paternal ...

ruled over China.''Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá''

Family

Sons: * Prince Ding (; d. 315 BC), ruled as

from 320–315 BC

Ancestry

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321 BC deaths Zhou dynasty kings 4th-century BC Chinese monarchs Year of birth unknown {{China-royal-stub

Family

Ancestry

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