Overview
King Xuan was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- BC 827 to BC 782 至於宣王Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 48
Places and affiliations
- Polity Zhou 周 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 48
Events and relationships
- Revived the Zhou wayPolitical · Ruler · Detail raised what was stagnant, repaired abuses, and made clear the merit of Wen and WuDirectly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 48
- Relation Successor who revived the work of · Person King Wu (武)Strongly inferred · Book of Han 65, passage 48
- Relation Successor who revived the work of · Person King Wen (文)Strongly inferred · Book of Han 65, passage 48
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment poets praised the revival; later ages called it a thoroughfare down to the present · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Dong Zhongshu (董仲舒)Directly stated · Book of Han 65, passage 48
References in the histories
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