NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Zhou Nan Wang

King Nan of Zhou, ch. 周赧王, py. zhaō năn w�ng, wg, King Nan of Chou, or less commonly King Yin of Zhou, trad. ch.: 周隱王, sim. Ch.: 周隐王, pinyin: zhaō yĭn w�ng, wg: King Yin of Chou was the thirty-sixth and last sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.

Personal information

Family name	Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name	Yan (延 y�n) in Chinese
Era name	none
Father	King Shenjing of Zhou
Mother	unknown
Wife	unknown
Children	unknown
Duration of reign	314 BC-256 BC
Tomb	unknown
Temple name	unknown
Courtesy name	unknown
Posthumous name	赧 (pinyin năn), literary meaning: "flushed" or 隱 (pinyin yĭn), literary meaning: "hiding"

Preceded by:
King Shenjing of Zhou

Zhou Dynasty

Succeeded by:
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Categories: Zhou Dynasty kings

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