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.
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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Chinese | 周威烈王 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | The Mighty King of Zhou The Powerful and Strong King of Zhou | ||||||||
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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 edit
Sons:
- Prince Jiao (王子驕; d. 376 BC), ruled as King An of Zhou from 401–376 BC
Ancestry edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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