King Jian of Zhou
Appearance
King Jian of Zhou 周簡王 | |||||
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King of China | |||||
Reign | 585–572 BC | ||||
Predecessor | King Ding of Zhou | ||||
Successor | King Ling of Zhou | ||||
Died | 572 BC | ||||
Issue | King Ling of Zhou | ||||
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House | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Ding of Zhou[1] |
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King Jian of Zhou (Chinese: 周簡王; pinyin: Zhōu Jiǎn Wáng), or King Chien of Chou, was the twenty-second king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the tenth of Eastern Zhou.[2]
Sources
- ^ Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy: The Cambridge history of ancient China: from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the institutional and cultural history of pre-imperial China.