King Xian of Zhou

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Categories: 321 BC deaths | Zhou Dynasty kings

King Xian of Zhou (Traditional Chinese: 周顯王, Simplified Chinese: 周显王, Pinyin: Zhōu Xĭan Wáng, Wade-Giles: King Hsien of Chou) was the thirty-fourth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twenty-third of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Personal information

Family name	Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name	Bian (扁 bĭan) in Chinese
Era name	none
Father	King An of Zhou
Mother	unknown
Wife	unknown
Children	King Shenjing of Zhou
Duration of reign	368 BC-321 BC
Tomb	unknown
Temple name	unknown
Courtesy name	unknown
Posthumous name	顯 (pinyin xĭan), literary meaning: "remarkable" or "illustrious"