King Zhending of Zhou
周貞定王
King of China
Reign468–441 BC
PredecessorKing Yuan of Zhou
SuccessorKing Ai of Zhou
Died441 BC
IssueKing Ai of Zhou
King Si of Zhou
King Kao of Zhou
Duke Huan of Western Zhou
Names
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Jiè (介)
HouseZhou dynasty
FatherKing Yuan of Zhou[1]
King Zhending of Zhou
Posthumous name
Chinese周貞定王
Literal meaningThe Chaste and Calm King of Zhou

King Zhending of Zhou (Chinese: 周貞定王; pinyin: Zhōu Zhēndìng Wáng), personal name Ji Jie,[2] was the twenty-eighth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty[3] and the sixteenth of Eastern Zhou.[4][5] He ruled between 468 BC and 441 BC.

Family

King Zhending had four sons:

Ancestry

King Ling of Zhou (d. 545 BC)
King Jing of Zhou (d. 520 BC)
King Jing of Zhou (d. 477 BC)
King Yuan of Zhou (d. 469 BC)
King Zhending of Zhou (d. 441 BC)

See also

  1. Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Sources

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Contemporary Chinese Thought: Translations and Studies. "It is just as the Qing Dynasty scholar Gu Yanwu pointed out about the 133-year period between year two of the reign of King Zhending of Zhou (467 b.c.e.) and year thirty-five of the reign of King Xian of Zhou (334 b.c.e.)."
  3. ^ Problems of chronology and eschatology: four lectures on the Essay on Buddhism by Tominaga Nakamoto (1715-1746)
  4. ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
  5. ^ Phương Thi Danh, Niên biểu lịch sử Trung Quốc
King Zhending of Zhou Zhou Dynasty Died: 441 BC Regnal titles Preceded byKing Yuan of Zhou King of China 468–441 BC Succeeded byKing Ai of Zhou


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