Overview
The translated histories identify King Yi of Zhou as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | King Yi of Zhou | 夷王 | Yí Wáng |
| Title | King Yi | 夷王 | Yí Wáng |
| Personal | King Yi | 夷王 | Yí Wáng |
| Title | King Yi of Zhou | 週夷王 | Zhōu Yí Wáng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 夷王以下 · Western Interval: Start: BC 885 · End: BC 878Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0057
- Source Date: Text: 週夷王 · Western Interval: Start: BC 885 · End: BC 878Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
Career and standing
- Status: Son of Heaven · Label: Son of Heaven / 天子Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Zhou / 周 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: actor · Action: descended the hall to welcome the feudal lords · Label: descended the hall to welcome the feudal lords / 下堂而迎諸侯Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
- Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: Zhou house weakened after his reign; feudal lords used the great road chariot · Label: Zhou decline after King Yi / 夷王以下，周室衰弱，諸侯大路Explicit · houhanshu:130:s0057
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: beginning of the Son of Heaven losing ritual and growing weak · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · houhanshu:130:s0024
References in the histories
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