King Ping of Zhou

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Categories: 720 BC deaths | Zhou Dynasty kings

King Ping of Zhou (before 771 BC - 720 BC) (ch. 周平王 zhōu píng wáng) or King P'ing of Chou was the thirteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the first of Eastern Zhou Dynasty. He fled when his father died.

Personal information

Family name	Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name	Yijiu (宜臼 yí jìu) in Chinese
Era name	none
Father	King You of Zhou
Mother	Daughter of Marquis of Shen
Wife	unknown
Grandchildren	King Huan of Zhou
Duration of reign	770 BC-720 BC
Tomb	unknown
Temple name	unknown
Courtesy name	unknown
Posthumous name	Ping 平 (pinyin píng), literary meaning: "peaceful"