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{{infobox royalty
| name = King Ding of Zhou<br/>周定王
| succession = King of the Zhou dynasty
| reign = 606–586 BC
| predecessor  = [[King Kuang of Zhou]]
| successor = [[King Jian of Zhou]]
| full name = [[Chinese ancestral name|Ancestral name]]: [[Ji (Zhou dynasty ancestral surname)|Jī]] (姬)<br/>Given name: Yú (瑜)
| house = Ji
| dynasty = [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] ([[Eastern Zhou]])
| death_date = 586 BC
| posthumous name = King Ding (定王)
| father = [[King Qing of Zhou]]
| spouse = Queen Ding of Zhou
| issue = [[King Jian of Zhou]]
}}
'''King Ding of Zhou''' ({{zh|c=周定王|p=Zhōu Dìng Wáng}}), personal name '''Ji Yu''', was a [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the Chinese [[Zhou dynasty]].<ref>[[Sima Qian]]: [[Records of the Grand Historian]]</ref> He was a son of [[King Qing of Zhou|King Qing]] and brother of his predecessor, [[King Kuang of Zhou|King Kuang]].<ref>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]].</ref>

He sent an official named Wangsun Man (王孫滿) to present gifts to the [[Chu (state)|Chu]] army.<ref>[[Wen Fong]]: ''The Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China''. [[New York City|New York]], 1980.</ref> He met [[King Zhuang of Chu]].<ref>''Chinese bronzes: ferocious beauty'' by Wangheng Chen. [[Singapore]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=6rjS_k_1y2UC&pg=PA140 Page 140]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref><ref>Constance A. Cook: ''Defining Chu: Image And Reality In Ancient China''</ref>

==Family==
Spouse:
* Queen Ding of Zhou, of the Jiang clan of [[Qi (state)|Qi]] ({{lang|zh|周定后 姜姓}}), possibly a daughter of [[Duke Hui of Qi]]; married in 603 BC

Sons:
* Prince Yi ({{lang|zh|王子夷}}; d. 572 BC), ruled as [[King Jian of Zhou]] from 585 to 572 BC

==See also==
#[[Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors]]

== Sources ==
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