Ancient China · Ruler

King Xuan of Zhou

Xuan Wang

Attested BC 827 - BC 782

Passages
5
Chapters
5
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify King Xuan of Zhou as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 5 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal King Xuan of Zhou Xuan Wang
Title King Xuan Xuan
Title King Xuan 周宣
Title King Xuan 周宣 Zhou Xuan
Title King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王
Title Zhou's Xuan 周宣
Personal Zhou's Xuan 周宣

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 八月戊申 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 929
    Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:143:s0165
  • Source Date: Text: 周宣 · Western Interval: Start: BC 827 · End: BC 782
  • Source Date: Text: 周宣王之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 827 · End: BC 782
    Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0143

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 98Volume 87a: Yang Xiong 1 · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 31Volume 28a: Biographies of Huan Tan; Feng Yan · 1 passage
Book of Later Han, Chapter 110Volume 99: Rituals and Worship Part Three · 1 passage
Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 1 passage