King Gong of Zhou

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King Gong of Zhou
周共王
King of the Zhou dynasty
Reign922/17/15–900 BC [1]
Predecessor King Mu of Zhou [2]
Successor King Yi of Zhou
BornJi Yihu (姬繄扈)
Died900 BC
SpouseWang Gui
Issue King Yi of Zhou [3]
Names
Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Yīhù (繄扈)
Posthumous name
King Gong (共王 or 恭王 or 龔王)
House Ji
Dynasty Zhou (Western Zhou)
Father King Mu of Zhou [4]
King Gong of Zhou
Posthumous name
Chinese 周 恭 王
Literal meaningThe Respectful King of Zhou
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Zhōu Gòng Wáng
Wade–Giles Chou Kong-wang
King Kong of Chou
King Kang of Zhou (1040–996 BC)
King Zhao of Zhou (1027–977 BC)
Wang Jiang
King Mu of Zhou (992–922 BC)
Queen Fang
King Gong of Zhou (d. 900 BC)

See also

Sources

  1. 1 2 Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China , Cambridge University Press
  2. ↑ Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian . Vol. 4.
  3. ↑ Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations by John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau
  4. ↑ Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 2. Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.
  5. ↑ Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels by Edward L. Shaughnessy
  6. ↑ Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China by Lisa Ann Raphals. Gong is mentioned with one woman.
  7. ↑ "King Gong of Zhou Ji Yihu in history of China".
King Gong of Zhou
 Died: 900 BC
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of China
922–900 BC		Succeeded by


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