| King Xie of Zhou 周攜王 | |||||||||
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| Reign | 770 – 750 BCE | ||||||||
| Predecessor | King You of Zhou | ||||||||
| Died | 750 BCE | ||||||||
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| House | Ji | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Zhou (Western Zhou) | ||||||||
King Xie of Zhou (died 750 BCE), personal name Ji Yuchen, was a pretender to the throne of the Chinese Zhou dynasty, in the final years of the Western Zhou.
After King You replaced the then Queen Shen with his concubine Bao Si, whilst at the same time substituting Ji Yijiu (King Ping) as crown prince with Bao Si's son Bofu, Queen Shen's father, the Marquess of Shen became irate. Along with the Zeng state and a band of Quanrong nomads he attacked the Western Zhou capital at Haojing. You was killed in the assault whereupon the Marquesses of Shen and Zeng, together with Duke Wen of Xu (許文公), enthroned Ji Yijiu as king of Zhou and relocated the capital to Luoyi.[1][2] At the same time, Ji Han (姬翰), Duke of Guo (虢), conspired with the Quanrong to elevate Ji Yuchen to the Zhou throne. Thus began a period when there existed two parallel Zhou kings, a stalemate brought to an end in 750 BCE when Marquis Wen of Jin killed King Xie of Zhou.