Zheng (state)

State of Zheng 鄭國
806 BC–375 BC
Map of states in Zhou dynasty including Zheng
Status	Duchy
Capital	Zheng (鄭) Xinzheng (新鄭)
Common languages	Old Chinese
Religion	Taoism, Animism, ancestor worship
Government	Monarchy
Duke
• 806–771 BC	Duke Huan of Zheng
• 743–701 BC	Duke Zhuang of Zheng
• 395–375 BC	Duke Kang of Zheng
History
• King Xuan of Zhou granting land to Prince You	806 BC
• Conquest of the State of Han	375 BC
Currency	Chinese coin; Spade coin
Preceded by Succeeded by Zhou Dynasty Han (Warring States)

Zheng
"Zheng" in seal script (top), Traditional (middle), and Simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	鄭
Simplified Chinese	郑
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jenq Wade–Giles Chêng4 IPA [ʈʂə̂ŋ] Wu Suzhounese Zên Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jehng Jyutping Zeng6 IPA [tsɛːŋ˨] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tēn Tâi-lô Tēnn Old Chinese Baxter–Sagart (2014) *[d]reŋ-s

Zheng (/dʒɛŋ/; Chinese: 鄭; Old Chinese: *[d]reng-s) was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty (1046–221 BCE) located in the centre of ancient China in modern-day Henan Province on the North China Plain about 75 miles (121 km) east of the royal capital at Luoyang. It was the most powerful of the vassal states at the beginning of the Eastern Zhou (771–701 BCE), and was the first state to clearly establish a code of law in its late period of 543 BCE. Its ruling house had the ancestral name Ji (姬), making them a branch of the Zhou royal house, who held the rank of Bo (伯), a kinship term meaning "elder".