Ruler · 551 – 477 BCE

King Jing of Zhou (Gai)

Lived 551 – 477 BCE; politician. Chinese king of Zhou dynasty, 519 BCE – 477 BCE; also in the line of Spring and Autumn period and Eastern Zhou.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 551 BCE – 477 BCE; 74 years
In office: 42 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Chinese king

Zhou dynasty · the 26th of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE · read from the line of Eastern Zhou

22 before

King Ling of Zhou571 BCE – 545 BCE

King Jing of Zhou544 BCE – 520 BCE

King Dao of Zhou520 BCE

King Jing of Zhou (Gai)519 BCE – 477 BCE

King Yuan of Zhou476 BCE – 469 BCE

King Zhending of Zhou468 BCE – 441 BCE

King Si of Zhou441 BCE

8 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 519 BCE – 477 BCE · 42 years · came to it aged 32

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 477 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Spring and Autumn period (13th of 13, read from the line of Eastern Zhou) and Eastern Zhou (13th of 24).

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