King Jian of Zhou (Chinese: 周簡王; pinyin: Zhōu Jiǎn Wáng), personal name Ji Yi, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.[2]
Family
Sons
- Prince Xiexin (王子洩心; d. 545 BC), ruled as King Ling of Zhou from 571 to 545 BC
- A son (d. 545 BC) who was the progenitor of the Dan lineage and the father of Dan Kuo (儋括)
- Known as Dan Ji (儋季)
Ancestry
King Xiang of Zhou (d. 619 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Qing of Zhou (d. 613 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Ding of Zhou (d. 586 BC) | |||||||||||||||
King Jian of Zhou (d. 572 BC) | |||||||||||||||
See also
Sources
- ^ Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian
- ^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
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