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 |
