Ancient China · Zhou King

King Li of Zhou 厲王胡

Li Wang Hu

Attested BC 877 - BC 841

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

King Li of Zhou was a Zhou King.

Life and dates

Death

At Zhi 彘 · died in exile after fleeing 出奔，遂死於彘
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201

Attested activity

BC 877 to BC 841 厲王
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201
BC 877 to BC 841 幽、厲之後
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 30

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Entered
Exile
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 26, passage 30
Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201

Events and relationships

Fled after disorder
Political · Actor · At Zhi 彘
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201

Assessments and attributes

Assessment hated hearing criticism and caused disorder · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 13, passage 201

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 13Genealogical Tables of the Three Dynasties · 1 passage

厲王胡。以惡聞過亂，出奔，遂死於彘。 King Li Hu. Because he hated hearing the criticism and caused disorder, he fled and died at Zhi.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 26Treatise on the Calendar · 1 passage

幽、厲之後，周室微，陪臣執政，史不記時，君不告朔，故疇人子弟分散，或在諸夏，或在夷狄，是以其禨祥廢而不統。 After the reigns of Kings You and Li, the Zhou house declined; subordinate ministers seized power; historians did not record the seasons; lords did not announce the new moon. Thus, the descendants of the calendar experts scattered, some among the various Xia states and some among the Yi and Di, so their omen observations fell into disuse and lost their system.