King Kuang of Zhou

King Kuang of Zhou
周匡王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign612–607 BC
PredecessorKing Qing of Zhou
SuccessorKing Ding of Zhou
Died607 BC
Names
Ancestral name: (姬)
Given name: Bān (班)
Posthumous name
King Kuang (匡王)
HouseJi
DynastyZhou (Eastern Zhou)
FatherKing Qing of Zhou[1]

King Kuang of Zhou (Chinese: 周匡王; pinyin: Zhōu Kuāng Wáng), personal name Ji Ban,[2] was a king of China's Zhou dynasty.

King Kuang's father was King Qing, whom he succeeded.[3] Kuang was succeeded by his brother, King Ding.[4]

  1. ^ Mirroring the past: the writing and use of history in imperial China by Qingjia Edward Wang. University of Hawaii Press.
  2. ^ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá
  3. ^ Eastern Zhou Dynasty Archived 2014-11-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian