King Gong of Zhou
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King Gong of Zhou (ch 周共王 zhōu gōng wáng) or King Kung of Chou was the sixth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 922-900 BC or 917/15-900 (Cambridge History of Ancient China).
King Mu is portrayed in the core chapters of the Mu Tianzi zhuan (ca 4 c. BC) as travelling to the distant west in order to collect tribute. The description, purely fictional, is created to parallel the Yu gong (Lewis, The Construction of Space, p.258).
[edit] Personal information
| Family name | Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese |
| Given name | Yihu (繄扈 yī hù) in Chinese |
| Era name | none |
| Father | King Mo of Zhou |
| Mother | Taisi |
| Wife | unknown |
| Children | King Yi of Zhou (Ji Jian) |
| Approximate duration of reign | 922 - 900 BC |
| Tomb | unknown |
| Temple name | unknown |
| Courtesy name | unknown |
| Posthumous name | Gong 共 (pinyin gōng), literary meaning: "communal" |
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King Gong of Zhou
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| Preceded by Mu |
King of China 922 BC – 900 BC |
Succeeded by Yi |
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