KING JIAN OF ZHOU

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'King Jian of Zhou' (ch.: 周簡王, pinyin zhōu jĭan wáng) or 'King Chien of Chou' (wg) was the twenty-second sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the tenth of Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

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Family name	Ji (姬 jī) in Chinese
Given name	Yi (夷 yí) in Chinese
Era name	none
Father	King Ding of Zhou
Mother	unknown
Wife	unknown
Children	King Ling of Zhou
Duration of reign	585 BC-572 BC
Tomb	unknown
Temple name	unknown
Courtesy name	unknown
Posthumous name	簡 (pinyin jĭan), literary meaning: "concise" or "selected"