Ancient China · Ruler

King Lie of Zhou 周烈王

Zhou Lie Wang

Attested BC 369

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Lie of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 369 周烈王崩
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 44

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Mother of King Lie of Zhou (周烈王母)
mother 母
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 83, passage 46

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 83Biographies of Lu Zhonglian and Zou Yang · 2 passages

居歲餘，周烈王崩，齊後往，周怒，赴於齊曰：『天崩地坼，天子下席。 After more than a year, King Lie of Zhou died, and Qi was late in sending condolences. Zhou was furious and sent word to Qi: 'Heaven has collapsed, and the earth has split open; the Son of Heaven has descended from his mat.

彼天子固然，其無足怪。」 Such is the nature of a Son of Heaven—there is nothing surprising about it.'