King Ling of Zhou
Appearance
King Ling of Zhou 周靈王 | |||||
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King of China | |||||
Reign | 571–545 BC | ||||
Predecessor | King Jian of Zhou | ||||
Successor | King Jing of Zhou (Gui) | ||||
Died | 545 BC | ||||
Issue | Ji Jin King Jing of Zhou (Gui) | ||||
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House | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Jian of Zhou |
King Ling of Zhou (Chinese: 周靈王; pinyin: Zhōu Líng Wáng) was the twenty-third king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty[1] and the eleventh of Eastern Zhou.[2] He died in 545 BC.[3]
In the twenty-first year of his reign, Confucius was born.[4]
His successor was his son King Jing of Zhou (Gui).
His other son was the Crown prince Ji Jin (姬晉).[5] Empress Wu Zetian claimed that her lover Zhang Changzong was a reincarnation of Ji Jin.
Notes
- ^ 大成 (Great perfection: religion and ethnicity in a Chinese millennial kingdom = Da-Cheng) by Terry F. Kleeman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Shiqiu Liang and Dazun Chen: From a cottager's sketchbook/[Ya she xiao pin xuan ji/Liang Shiqiu zhu; Chen Dazun Ying yi]. See this page.
- ^ Chunjiang Fu: Origins of Chinese names. See this page.