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King Xi of Zhou
周僖王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign681–677 BC
PredecessorKing Zhuang of Zhou
SuccessorKing Hui of Zhou
Died677 BC
IssueKing Hui of Zhou
Duke Wen of Wangshu
Names
Ancestral name: (姬)
Given name: Húqí (胡齊)
Posthumous name
King Xi (僖王 or 釐王)
HouseJi
DynastyZhou (Eastern Zhou)
FatherKing Zhuang of Zhou

King Xi of Zhou (died 677 BC) (Chinese: 周僖王; pinyin: Zhōu Xī Wáng), personal name Ji Huqi, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[1]

He was the successor to his father King Zhuang,[2] and was in turn succeeded by his son, King Hui.

By the time of King Xi's reign, China proper had dissolved into a multitude of Warring States, only nominally subject to the Eastern Zhou king, who was no longer even the most powerful figure (that was Duke Huan of the Qi state).[3]

Family

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Sons:

  • Prince Lang (王子閬; d. 652 BC), ruled as King Hui of Zhou from 676 to 652 BC
  • Prince Hu (王子虎; d. 624 BC), ruled as Duke Wen of Wangshu (王叔文公) until 624 BC

Ancestry

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Xiefu
King Huan of Zhou (d. 697 BC)
King Zhuang of Zhou (d. 682 BC)
King Xi of Zhou (d. 677 BC)

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
  2. ^ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá
  3. ^ ZHOU GENEALOGY (Warring States period)
King Xi of Zhou
 Died: 677 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of China
681–677 BC
Succeeded by