| King Xuan of Zhou zh|周宣王 | |||||||||||||
| Succession: | King of the Zhou dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Reign: | 827/25782 BC | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor: | Gonghe Regency | ||||||||||||
| Successor: | King You of Zhou | ||||||||||||
| House: | Ji | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty: | Zhou | ||||||||||||
| Death Date: | 782 BC | ||||||||||||
| Father: | King Li of Zhou | ||||||||||||
| Mother: | Shen Jiang | ||||||||||||
| Spouse: | Queen Jiang | ||||||||||||
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King Xuan of Zhou, personal name Ji Jing, was king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty; his reign has been reconstructed to be 827/25782 BC. He worked to restore royal authority after the Gonghe Regency. He fought the "Western Barbarians" (probably Xianyun) and another group on the Huai River to the southeast. In the ninth year of his reign, he called a meeting of all the lords. Later he intervened militarily in succession struggles in the states of Lu, Wey and Qi. Sima Qian said "from this time on, the many lords mostly rebelled against royal commands." According to Zhang Shoujie's annotation Correct Meanings to Sima's Shiji,[1] King Xuan is said to have killed the innocent Du Bo and according to tradition was himself killed by an arrow fired by Du Bo's ghost. His son King You would the last king of the Western Zhou.
The Stone Drums of Qin were long mistakenly ascribed to King Xuan.