Ancient China · Ruler

King Xuan of Zhou 周宣王

Zhou Xuan wang

Attested BC 827 - BC 782

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Xuan of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 827 to BC 782 宣王
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 127, passage 146

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 12 Records 27: Murong De · 1 passage

是以宣王龍飛于危周，光武鳳起於絕漢，斯蓋歷數大期，帝王之興廢也。 Therefore King Xuan of Zhou soared from perilous Zhou, Guangwu of Han rose from dying Han; these are the great cycles by which emperors rise and fall.