King Weilie of Zhou explained

King Weilie of Zhou
周威烈王
Succession:King of China
Reign:425–402 BC
Predecessor:King Kao of Zhou
Successor:King An of Zhou
Full Name:Ancestral name

(姬)
Given name: (午)

House:Zhou dynasty
Death Date:402 BC
Father:King Kao of Zhou
Issue:King An of Zhou

King Weilie of Zhou, personal name Jī Wǔ, was the thirty-second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the twentieth of the Eastern Zhou.

His reign started in 425 BC, after his father King Kao of Zhou had died and lasted until his death in 402 BC.[1]

He officially established three breakaway provinces of Jin (Hán, Wèi and Zhào) as feudal states, to act as a buffer between his royal domain and Qin (nominally one of his subject states).[2]

King Weilie fathered his successor King An of Zhou.

Family

Sons:

See also

Family tree of ancient Chinese emperors

References

  1. Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian
  2. https://sites.google.com/site/historicdynasties/china/zhou4 ZHOU GENEALOGY