Ancient China · Ruler

King Zhuang of Chu 莊王

Zhuāng Wáng

Attested BC 613 - BC 591

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Zhuang of Chu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 613 to BC 591 楚…莊王
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 39

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 39

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 2 passages

昔楚、宋列國，俱為諸侯，莊王以宋執其使，遂有投袂之師。 When Chu and Song were coequal states, King Zhuang of Chu marched the moment Song seized his envoy—sleeve flung, army on the move.

夫楚、魏非有分職匡正之大義也，莊王但為爭強而發忿，公子以一言而立信耳。 Neither Chu nor Wei had the solemn mandate of setting the realm right; King Zhuang acted from wounded pride, Xinling from a single pledge kept.