King Yuan of Zhou
Appearance
King Yuan of Zhou 周元王 | |||||
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King of China | |||||
Reign | 476–469 BC | ||||
Predecessor | King Jing of Zhou (Gai) | ||||
Successor | King Zhending of Zhou | ||||
Died | 469 BC | ||||
Issue | King Zhending of Zhou | ||||
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House | Zhou Dynasty | ||||
Father | King Jing of Zhou (Gai)[1] |
King Yuan of Zhou (Chinese: 周元王; pinyin: Zhōu Yuán Wáng[2]) was the twenty-seventh king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the fifteenth of Eastern Zhou.[3] His son was his successor, King Zhending of Zhou.
Sources
- ^ A Journey Into China's Antiquity: Palaeolithic Age, Low Neolithic Age, Upper Neolithic Age, Xia Dynasty, Shang Dynasty, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period
- ^ Xuetong Yan: Ancient Chinese Thought, Modern Chinese Power. The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. See this page.
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian