Ancient China · Ruler

King Cheng of Zhou 周成王

Zhou Cheng Wang

Attested BC 1042

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Cheng of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1042 early Zhou genealogy / conquest setting
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 124

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of King Wu of Zhou (周武王)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 35, passage 124

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 35Houses of Guan and Cai · 1 passage

然周武王崩，成王少，天下既疑，賴同母之弟成叔、冉季之屬十人為輔拂，是以諸侯卒宗周，故附之世家言。 However, when King Wu of Zhou died, King Cheng was young, and the world was already suspicious. The royal house relied on King Wu's younger brothers by the same mother, Cheng Shu, Ran Ji, and the rest of the ten brothers, to assist and protect it, and thus the feudal lords ultimately honored Zhou. Therefore, this account is attached to the hereditary houses.