King Kuang of Zhou

King Kuang of Zhou (Chinese: 周匡王; pinyin: Zhōu Kuāng Wáng), personal name Jī Bān,[2] was the twentieth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the eighth of Eastern Zhou.

King K’uang of Zhou
周匡王
King of China
Reign612–607 BC
PredecessorKing Qing of Zhou
SuccessorKing Ding of Zhou
Died607 BC
Full name
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Bān (班)
HouseZhou Dynasty
FatherKing Qing of Zhou[1]

King Kuang's father was King Qing of Zhou.[3] Kuang was succeeded by his brother King Ding of Zhou.[4]

Family
  • Parents:
    • Prince Renchen (王子壬臣; d. 613 BC), ruled as King Qing of Zhou from 618–613 BC
gollark: Market systems good, competition good, planned economy bad, expecting people to magically get along (anarcho.\*) bad.
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gollark: Modern democratic decision making processes problematic.
gollark: America bad.

See also
  1. Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

References
  1. Mirroring the past: the writing and use of history in imperial China by Qingjia Edward Wang. University of Hawaii Press.
  2. Trình Doãn Thắng, Ngô Trâu Cương, Thái Thành (1998), Cố sự Quỳnh Lâm, NXB Thanh Hoá
  3. Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
  4. Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
King Kuang of Zhou
Zhou Dynasty
 Died: 607 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by
King Qing of Zhou		 King of China
612–607 BC		 Succeeded by
King Ding of Zhou


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