King Xian of Zhou
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King Xian of Zhou (Traditional Chinese: 周顯王, Simplified Chinese: 周显王, Pinyin: Zhōu Xĭan Wáng, Wade-Giles: King Hsien of Chou) was the thirty-fourth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twenty-third of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
[edit] Personal information
Family name | Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese |
Given name | Bian (扁 bĭan) in Chinese |
Era name | none |
Father | King An of Zhou |
Mother | unknown |
Wife | unknown |
Children | King Shenjing of Zhou |
Duration of reign | 368 BC-321 BC |
Tomb | unknown |
Temple name | unknown |
Courtesy name | unknown |
Posthumous name | 顯 (pinyin xĭan), literary meaning: "remarkable" or "illustrious" |
Preceded by: King Lie of Zhou |
Zhou Dynasty | Succeeded by: King Shenjing of Zhou |