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Encyclopedia > King Gong of Zhou

King Gong of Zhou (ch 周共王 zhōu gōng wng) or King Kung of Chou was the sixth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.


Personal information

family name Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
given name Yihu (繄扈 yī h) in Chinese
era name none
father King Mo of Zhou
mother unknown
wife unknown
children King Yi of Zhou (Ji Jian)
approximate duration of reign 946 BC-934 BC
tomb unknown
temple name unknown
courtesy name unknown
posthumous name Gong 共 (pinyin gōng), literary meaning: "communal"
Preceded by:
King Mu of Zhou
Zhou Dynasty Succeeded by:
King Yi of Zhou (Ji Jian)

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Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty 周 event history (www.chinaknowledge.de) (6248 words)
King Zhou (Zhow) burned himself, and his kingdom was conquered by the armies of Zhou and their allies from the west, among them many Non-Chinese tribes like Shu 蜀, Qiang 羌 (Tibetian), and Pu 濮.
King Xuanwang rewarded some important chieftains that helped hims against military pressure as feudal lords, the most important among these new fiefs were Qin 秦 in the west and Xie 謝 and Zheng 鄭 in the east.
King Huaiwang was allured to visit the court of Qin, was taken as hostage and died far from his homelands as prisoner in the west.
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