King Weilie of Zhou

King Weilie of Zhou
周威烈王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign425–402 BC
PredecessorKing Kao of Zhou
SuccessorKing An of Zhou
Died402 BC
IssueKing An of Zhou
Names
Ancestral name: (姬)
Given name: Wǔ (午)
Posthumous name
King Weilie (威烈王)
HouseJi
DynastyZhou (Eastern Zhou)
FatherKing Kao of Zhou
King Weilie of Zhou
Posthumous name
Chinese
Literal meaningThe Mighty King of Zhou
The Powerful and Strong King of Zhou
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōu Wēiliè Wáng
Wade–GilesChou Wēiliè-wang
King Wēiliè of Chou

King Weilie of Zhou (Chinese: 周威烈王; pinyin: Zhōu Wēiliè Wáng), personal name Ji Wu, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.

His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao had died and lasted until his death in 402 BC.[1]

During King Weilie's reign, he created Han, Wei and Zhao as feudal states separate from Jin, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subject states).[2]

King Weilie was succeeded by his son, King An.[3]

  1. ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
  2. ^ ZHOU GENEALOGY (Warring States Period)
  3. ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press