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King Xuan of Zhou, personal name Ji Jing, was the eleventh 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 th ...
. Estimated dates of his reign are 827/25–782 BC.
He worked to restore royal authority after the
Gong He interregnum. He fought the 'Western Barbarians' (probably
Xianyun) and another group on the
Huai River to the southeast. In his ninth year he called a meeting of all the lords. Later he intervened militarily in succession struggles in the states of
Lu,
Wey
Wey may refer to:
Places
*Wey (state) (衞), or Wei, ancient Chinese state during the Zhou Dynasty
*River Wey, river in Surrey, Hampshire and West Sussex, England
*River Wey (Dorset), river of Dorset, south west England
*Wey and Arun Canal, canal ...
and
Qi.
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 be ...
says "from this time on, the many lords mostly rebelled against royal commands." According to Zhang Shoujie's annotation ''Correct Meanings'' (史記正義) to
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 be ...
's
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 his ...
,
Volume 4
quote: "周春秋云宣王殺杜伯" king Xuan is said to have killed the innocent Du Bo (Duke of Tangdu, 唐杜公) and according to tradition was himself killed by an arrow fired by Du Bo's ghost. His son, King You of Zhou was the last king of the Western Zhou.
The Stone Drums of Qin were long mistakenly ascribed to King Xuan.
Family
Queens:
* Queen Xian of Zhou, of the Lü lineage of the Jiang clan of Qi (), known as Queen Jiang
Queen Jiang (), or Qi Jiang, was the consort of King Xuan of Zhou and the mother of King You of Zhou. She was a daughter of the duke of Qi, and as such a member of the Jiang clan which traditionally provided brides to marry the princes of the Zho ...
; a daughter of Duke Wu of Qi; married in 826 BC; the mother of Crown Prince Gongsheng
Concubines:
* Lady Hou ()
* Nü Jiu ()
Sons:
* Crown Prince Gongsheng (; d. 771 BC), ruled as King You of Zhou from 781–771 BC
* Prince Yuchen (; d. 750 BC), claimed the throne as King Xie of Zhou from 770–750 BC
* Prince Changfu (), ruled as the Marquis of Yang
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. ...
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782 BC deaths
Zhou dynasty kings
8th-century BC Chinese monarchs
9th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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