Ruler · 401 – 321 BCE

King Xian of Zhou

Lived 401 – 321 BCE; monarch. Chinese king of Zhou dynasty, 368 BCE – 321 BCE; also in the line of Warring States period and Eastern Zhou.

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Lived: 401 BCE – 321 BCE; 80 years
In office: 47 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Chinese king

Zhou dynasty · the 35th of 37 dated reigns · 1042 BCE – 256 BCE · read from the line of Eastern Zhou

31 before

King Weilie of Zhou425 BCE – 402 BCE

King An of Zhou402 BCE – 376 BCE

King Lie of Zhou376 BCE – 369 BCE

King Xian of Zhou368 BCE – 321 BCE

King Shenjing of Zhou320 BCE – 315 BCE

King Nan of Zhou314 BCE – 256 BCE

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 368 BCE – 321 BCE · 47 years · came to it aged 33

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 321 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Warring States period (9th of 11, read from the line of Eastern Zhou) and Eastern Zhou (22nd of 24).

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