King Qing of Zhou

King Qing of Zhou
周頃王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign618–613 BC
PredecessorKing Xiang of Zhou
SuccessorKing Kuang of Zhou
Died613 BC[1]
IssueKing Kuang of Zhou
King Ding of Zhou
Duke Kang of Liu (劉康公)
Names
Ancestral name: (姬)
Given name: Rénchén (壬臣)
Posthumous name
King Qing (頃王)
HouseJi
DynastyZhou (Eastern Zhou)
FatherKing Xiang of Zhou

King Qing of Zhou (Chinese: 周頃王; pinyin: Zhōu Qǐng Wáng), personal name Ji Renchen, was a king of China's Zhou dynasty.

The son of King Xiang, King Qing ascended to the throne in 618 BC[1] after his father died.[2]

King Qing had three sons, Princes Ban (King Kuang), Yu and Jizi. After King Qing died in 613 BC, he was succeeded by Ban.[3]

  1. ^ a b Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
  2. ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
  3. ^ Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá