King Xuan of Zhou
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King Xuan of Zhou, personal name Ji Jing, was king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty; his reign has been reconstructed to be 827/25Template:Snd782 BC.Template:Sfnp He worked to restore royal authority after the Gonghe Regency. He fought the "Western Barbarians" (probably Xianyun) and another group on the Huai River to the southeast. In the ninth year of his reign, he called a meeting of all the lords. Later he intervened militarily in succession struggles in the states of Lu, Wey and Qi. Sima Qian said "from this time on, the many lords mostly rebelled against royal commands."Template:Sfnp According to Zhang Shoujie's annotation Correct Meanings (Template:Zhi) to Sima's Shiji,<ref>Volume 4 quote: Template:Lang</ref> King Xuan is said to have killed the innocent Du Bo and according to tradition was himself killed by an arrow fired by Du Bo's ghost.Template:Sfnp His son King You would the last king of the Western Zhou.
The Stone Drums of Qin were long mistakenly ascribed to King Xuan.Template:Sfnp
Family
Queens:
- Queen Xian of Zhou, of the Lü lineage of the Jiang clan of Qi (Template:Lang), known as Queen Jiang; a daughter of Duke Wu of Qi; married in 826 BC; the mother of Crown Prince Gongsheng
Concubines:
- Lady Hou
- Nü Jiu (Template:Lang)
Sons:
- Crown Prince Gongsheng (Template:Lang; Template:Died-in), ruled as King You of Zhou (Template:R.)
- Prince Yuchen (Template:Lang; Template:Died-in), claimed the throne as King Xie of Zhou (Template:R.)
- Prince Changfu (Template:Lang), ruled as the Marquis of Yang
See also
- Family tree of Chinese monarchs (ancient)
- Song gui - a ritual bronze attributing his appointment of an official.
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