King Ping of Zhou

King Ping of Zhou
King Ping of Zhou
Posthumous name
Chinese	周平王
Literal meaning	The Peaceful King of Zhou
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōu Píng Wáng
Wade–Giles	Chou Píng-wang; King Píng of Chou

Names
	Ancestral name: Jī (姬); Given name: Yíjiù (宜臼)

King Ping of Zhou
周平王
King Ping of Zhou; 周平王
King of China
Reign	770–16 April 720 BC
Predecessor	King You of Zhou
Successor	King Huan of Zhou
Died	16 April 720 BC
Issue	Crown Prince Xiefu; Prince Hu; Ruizu of Zhou 周睿祖
Names
Names
	Ancestral name: Jī (姬); Given name: Yíjiù (宜臼)
House	Zhou Dynasty
Father	King You of Zhou
Mother	Queen Shen

King Ping of Zhou (Chinese: 周平王; pinyin: Zhōu Píng Wáng; died 16 April 720 BC), personal name Ji Yijiu,^[3] was the thirteenth king of the Zhou dynasty and the first of the Eastern Zhou dynasty.^[4]

^ 左丘明. 《春秋左氏傳‧隱公三年》 (in Chinese). 三年，春，王三月，壬戌，平王崩，赴以庚戌，故書之。
^ Chinese Text Project, Rulers of the Zhou states – with links to their occurrences in pre-Qin and Han texts.
^ Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press
^ Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian, "Zhou Dynasty Annals".

[1] 左丘明. 《春秋左氏傳‧隱公三年》 (in Chinese). 三年，春，王三月，壬戌，平王崩，赴以庚戌，故書之。

[2] Chinese Text Project, Rulers of the Zhou states – with links to their occurrences in pre-Qin and Han texts.

[3] Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy, ed. (1999), The Cambridge History of Ancient China, Cambridge University Press

[shiji-4] Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian, "Zhou Dynasty Annals".

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