King Ding of Zhou

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Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Template:Infobox royalty King Ding of Zhou (Template:Zh), personal name Ji Yu, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[1] He was a son of King Qing and brother of his predecessor, King Kuang.[2]

He sent an official named Wangsun Man (王孫滿) to present gifts to the Chu army.[3] He met King Zhuang of Chu.[4][5]

Family

Spouse

  • Queen Ding of Zhou, of the Jiang clan of Qi (Script error: No such module "Lang".), possibly a daughter of Duke Hui of Qi; married in 603 BC

Sons

  • Prince Yi (Script error: No such module "Lang".; d. 572 BC), ruled as King Jian of Zhou from 585 to 572 BC

See also

  1. Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

Sources

  1. Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian
  2. 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.
  3. Wen Fong: The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China. New York, 1980.
  4. Chinese bronzes: ferocious beauty by Wangheng Chen. Singapore. Page 140Template:Dead link.
  5. Constance A. Cook: Defining Chu: Image And Reality In Ancient China
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King Ding of Zhou
 Died: 586 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check King of China
606–586 BC Template:S-ttl/check
Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by