King Weilie of Zhou
Zhou Dynasty king of China from 425 to 402 BC
| King Weilie of Zhou 周威烈王 | |||||
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| King of China | |||||
| Reign | 425–402 BC | ||||
| Predecessor | King Kao of Zhou | ||||
| Successor | King An of Zhou | ||||
| Died | 402 BC | ||||
| Issue | King An of Zhou | ||||
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| House | Zhou dynasty | ||||
| Father | King Kao of Zhou | ||||
| King Weilie of Zhou | |||||||||
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| Posthumous name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 周威烈王 | ||||||||
| Literal meaning | The Mighty King of Zhou The Powerful and Strong King of Zhou | ||||||||
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King Weilie of Zhou (Chinese: 周威烈王; pinyin: Zhōu Wēiliè Wáng), personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.
His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died and lasted until his death in 402 BC.[1]
He officially established three breakaway provinces of Jin (Hán, Wèi and Zhào) as feudal states, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subject states).[2]
King Weilie fathered his successor King An of Zhou.[3]
Family
Sons:
- Prince Jiao (王子驕; d. 376 BC), ruled as King An of Zhou from 401–376 BC
Ancestry
| King Jing of Zhou (d. 477 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Yuan of Zhou (d. 469 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Zhending of Zhou (d. 441 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Kao of Zhou (d. 426 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
| King Weilie of Zhou (d. 402 BC) | |||||||||||||||||||
See also
Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors
References
- ^ Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
- ^ ZHOU GENEALOGY (Warring States Period)
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
King Weilie of Zhou Died: 402 BC | ||
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| Preceded by | King of China 425–402 BC | Succeeded by |
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