| King Ping of Zhou 周平王 | |||||||||
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| King of the Zhou dynasty | |||||||||
| Reign | 770–16 April 720 BC | ||||||||
| Predecessor | King You of Zhou | ||||||||
| Successor | King Huan of Zhou | ||||||||
| Died | 16 April 720 BC[1] | ||||||||
| Issue | Crown Prince Xiefu Prince Hu Ruizu of Zhou (周睿祖) | ||||||||
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| House | Ji | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Zhou (Eastern Zhou) | ||||||||
| Father | King You of Zhou[2] | ||||||||
| Mother | Queen Shen | ||||||||
| King Ping of Zhou | |||||||||
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| Chinese | 周平王 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Peaceful King of Zhou | ||||||||
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King Ping of Zhou (Chinese: 周平王; pinyin: Zhōu Píng Wáng; died 16 April 720 BC), personal name Ji Yijiu,[3] was the thirteenth king of China's Zhou dynasty and the first of the Eastern Zhou dynasty.[4]
- ^ 左丘明. 《春秋左氏傳‧隱公三年》 (in Chinese).
三年，春，王三月，壬戌，平王崩，赴以庚戌，故書之。
- ^ Chinese Text Project, Rulers of the Zhou states – with links to their occurrences in pre-Qin and Han texts.
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
- ^ Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian, "Zhou Dynasty Annals".