King Xiang of Zhou (周襄王)

Overview

The translated histories identify King Xiang of Zhou as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	King Xiang of Zhou	周襄王	Zhōu Xiāng Wáng
Title	King Xiang	襄王
Title	King Xiang of Zhou	周襄王	Zhōu Xiāng Wáng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Uncertain

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 周襄王二十六年 · Regnal Year: 26 · Western Year: BC 626
Explicit · shiji:026:s0031

Places and affiliations

Polity: Zhou · Relation: ruled
Explicit · shiji:026:s0031

Events and relationships

Kind: calendrical · Role: ruler · Action: intercalary-third-month-criticized-by-Spring-and-Autumn
Explicit · shiji:026:s0031
Type: consort · Person Id: Empress Hui (惠後) · Text: 惠後之難
Explicit · hanshu:096:s0203

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 96Volume 85: Gu Yong and Du Ye · 1 passage

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周襄王內迫惠後之難，而遭居鄭之危。 King Xiang of Zhou, squeezed by palace strife, fell into danger as a guest of Zheng.

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

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周襄王二十六年閏三月，而春秋非之。 In the twenty-sixth year of King Xiang of Zhou, there was an intercalary third month, which the Spring and Autumn Annals criticized.