King Zhuang of Chu (, reigned 613-591 BC) was a monarch of the
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 ...
State of Chu
Chu, or Ch'u in Wade–Giles romanization, (, Hanyu Pinyin: Chǔ, Old Chinese: ''*s-r̥aʔ'') was a Zhou dynasty vassal state. Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BCE. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou ...
during the
Spring and Autumn period
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in ancient China. His
personal name
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was Xiong Lü (), his
ancestral name
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Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...
was Mi (), and his
posthumous title was King Zhuang. He was one of the five rulers dubbed the
Five Hegemons by
Xunzi and attempted to wrest control of China from
King Ding of Zhou
King Ding of Zhou (), personal name Ji Yu, was the twenty-first king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the ninth of Eastern Zhou. He was a son of King Qing of Zhou and brother of King Kuang of Zhou.
He sent an official named Wangsun Man to pres ...
.
The son of
King Mu of Chu, Zhuang ascended the throne in 613 BC. According to a legend in the ''
Records of the Grand Historian
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