| King Shenjing of Zhou 周慎靚王 | |||||
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| King of China | |||||
| Reign | 320–315 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | King Xian of Zhou | ||||
| Successor | King Nan of Zhou | ||||
| Died | 315 BC | ||||
| Issue | King Nan of Zhou | ||||
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| House | Zhou dynasty | ||||
| Father | King Xian of Zhou | ||||
| King Shenjing of Zhou | |||||||||
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| Posthumous name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 周慎靚王 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Cautious and Beautiful King of Zhou | ||||||||
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King Shenjing of Zhou (Chinese: 周慎靚王; pinyin: Zhōu Shènjìng Wáng), personal name Jī Dìng, was the thirty-sixth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twenty-fourth of the Eastern Zhou.[1]
He was a son of his predecessor, King Xian of Zhou[2] and thus nephew of King Lie;[3] his paternal grandfather was King An of Zhou.[4] He reigned from 320 BC until his death in 315 BC.
Shenjing fathered his successor, King Nan of Zhou, who went on to have a very long reign.[5]
Family[edit]
Sons:
- Prince Yan (王子延; d. 256 BC), ruled as King Nan of Zhou from 314–256 BC
Ancestry[edit]
| King Weilie of Zhou (d. 402 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King An of Zhou (d. 376 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King Xian of Zhou (d. 321 BC) | |||||||||||||||
| King Shenjing of Zhou (d. 315 BC) | |||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
References[edit]
- ^ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China by Bill Porter
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
- ^ Pines, Envisioning Eternal Empire, 2009:238-9.