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King Hui of Zhou
Eastern Zhou king driven out by his uncle Prince Tui in 675 BC and restored by Zheng and Guo, who named Duke Huan of Qi leader of the lords in 667 BC
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Ji Lang
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
King Hui of Zhou, personal name Lang, was a son of King Xi and reigned from 676 to 652 BC. The Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) says he seized the property of several officers, and in 675 BC five of them backed his uncle Prince Tui in a revolt that drove the king to Li in Zheng. In 673 BC Duke Li of Zheng and the Lord of Guo fought their way into the royal city, killed Tui and the five officers, and restored him; he rewarded Zheng with the land east of Hulao. The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) dates to 667 BC his naming of Duke Huan of Qi as leader of the lords. Late in life he favoured his queen's son Prince Dai over Crown Prince Zheng, and in 655 BC Duke Huan gathered the lords at Shouzhi to meet the crown prince as a sign of support. He died in 652 BC and the crown prince succeeded as King Xiang.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown–652 BCE