King Zhuangxiang of Qin

**King Zhuangxiang of Qin**
King Zhuangxiang of Qin
Traditional Chinese	秦莊襄王
Simplified Chinese	秦庄襄王
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qín Zhuāngxiāng Wáng
Yiren
Traditional Chinese	異人
Simplified Chinese	异人
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yìrén
Zichu
Chinese	子楚
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zǐchǔ

Full name
	Family name: Ying; Given name: Yiren / Zichu;

King Zhuangxiang of Qin
秦莊襄王
King Zhuangxiang of Qin; 秦莊襄王
King of Qin
Reign	c. November 250 BCE – 6 July 247 BCE
Predecessor	King Xiaowen of Qin
Successor	Ying Zheng
Born	281 BCE
Died	6 July 247 BCE (aged 33–34)
Burial	Zhiyang
Spouse	Queen Dowager Zhao
Issue	Ying Zheng; Chengjiao
Full name
Full name
	Family name: Ying; Given name: Yiren / Zichu;
Father	King Xiaowen of Qin
Mother	Queen Dowager Xia

King Zhuangxiang of Qin (281– 6 July 247 BCE^[2]), personal names Yiren and Zichu, was the penultimate ruler of the Qin state during the third century BCE in the Warring States period of ancient China.^[3]

^ (Volume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King Xiaowen died on the 3rd day after his coronation, on the xinchou day of the 10th month of the 1st year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. (孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒...))
^ Volume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King Zhuangxiang died on the bingwu day of the 5th month of the 4th year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 6 Jul 247 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. ([四年]...。五月丙午，庄襄王卒...)
^ ‘‘Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty (English translation). (1996). Ssu-Ma, Ch'ien. Sima, Qian. Burton Watson as translator. Edition: 3, reissue, revised. Columbia. University Press. ISBN 0231081693, 9780231081696. pg 35. pg 59.

[1] (Volume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King Xiaowen died on the 3rd day after his coronation, on the xinchou day of the 10th month of the 1st year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 14 Nov 250 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. (孝文王除丧，十月己亥即位，三日辛丑卒...))

[2] Volume 05 of Records of the Grand Historian indicated that King Zhuangxiang died on the bingwu day of the 5th month of the 4th year of his reign. Using the Zhuanxu calendar, the date corresponds to 6 Jul 247 BCE on the proleptic Julian calendar. ([四年]...。五月丙午，庄襄王卒...)

[RGH-3] ‘‘Records of the Grand Historian: Qin Dynasty (English translation). (1996). Ssu-Ma, Ch'ien. Sima, Qian. Burton Watson as translator. Edition: 3, reissue, revised. Columbia. University Press. ISBN 0231081693, 9780231081696. pg 35. pg 59.

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