One of the top leaders in Chinese history - Eastern Zhou 02 - Zhou Huan Wang Ji Lin

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reign

720 BC - 697 BC

identity

King Huan of Zhou Ji Lin (?) –697 BC), surnamed Ji (姬), courtesy name Lin.

He was the grandson of Ji Yiusu the Prince of Zhouping and the son of Crown Prince Ji's father.

The second monarch of eastern Zhou.

Life

After King Huan of Zhou ascended the throne, his power was still very strong, and his territory was also large, corresponding to a large area south of the Yellow River in present-day Henan Province. At this time, the zheng state adjacent to Zhou was becoming more and more powerful under the rule of Zheng Zhuanggong, and King Huan suppressed the power of Zheng Zhuanggong in order to show the authority of Tianzi, so Zhou and Zheng fought against each other, and finally the two sides went to war at Gongge, and the zheng general Zhu Shot at the shoulder of King Huan of Zhou, and the authority of Zhou Tianzi disappeared. Zhou repeatedly led troops to attack Zheng and was defeated.

In 697 BC, King Huan of Zhou died, and was succeeded by his son Ji Tuo as King Zhuang of Zhou.

-720

Huan Wang succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Zheng crossed the hostage

-719

Zheng Zhuang was hegemonic and the Battle of Dongmen

Wei Zhou called for the killing of Wei Huan, and Shi Yi was killed

Xuan Gong returned to China and took the throne to take over his daughter-in-law

-714

The Song kingdom was disrespectful, and Zheng Zhuanggong ordered the Song to be cut down

-712

Gongsun Fu scrambled for the car, and Uncle Kao was shot

Gongzi Cui offered his life, and Yin Gong was killed

-710

Li Xin Junhua supervised the bribery, and the Duke of Yan was killed

-707

The Battle of Qiangge, the King of Zhou was shot in the middle of the arrow

-704

The Chu state xiongtong established itself as king

-701

Zheng Guo coup d'état, sacrificed foot was threatened to stand up

-697

Kill the son-in-law and chase the lord, poison and kill the Yong

appraise

Emperor Fumian's "Century of Emperors": "Since King Huan lost faith, Li Yiling was late, men were lascivious, slanderous and falsified, the princes betrayed, they complained and caused disasters, and the nine tribes were not related, so the poet stabbed him." ”

Feng Menglong's "Chronicle of the States of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty": "The pearl is riddled with the ancients, is there a heavenly king who comes out of the car?" Passing on the four sides and degrading the lord, Zheng Renning is not afraid of Wang Wei! ”