Yi (Ji Xie, Zhou King)

Yi , King of Zhou or Yih, King of Chu ( Chinese : 周夷王; Pinyin : Zhōu Yí Wáng ) was the ninth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty . He ruled from 865 BC. BC to 858 BC Chr.

Life

Along with Gong , Xiao and Yi, Yi is one of those kings whose reigns very little is known. Yi, whose personal name was Xie (燮, xiè), was installed by the loyal masters of the Zhou house after Xiao probably usurped the throne . However, this restoration of regular succession was only a temporary solution to the conflicts in the royal house.

The bamboo annals report that Yi Qi had Ai Gong , the ruler of the state of Qi , executed by boiling in a cauldron. Before that, the Zhou Army marched into Qi to resolve a succession conflict. This is considered to be a sign of the Zhou House's declining authority. Shortly afterwards, Chu attacked from the south and reached E (today's Nanyang ), from where it could threaten the two Zhou capitals of Zongzhou and Chengzhou . Zhou was only able to fight back when Chengzhou was within reach of the Chu troops and Wu Gong had provided personal troops. The Zhou Six Western Armies and Eight Yin Armies were not enough to push Chu back.

Yi died the year after the war with Chu. His son Hu ascended the throne as Li at a very young age.

Individual evidence

^ Edward L. Shaughnessy : Calendar and Chronology . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 25 .
^ Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 329 .
^ ^A ^b Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 330 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Xiao	King of China 865 BC Chr. – 858 BC Chr.	Li

personal data
SURNAME	Yi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	周夷王 (Chinese); Zhōu Yí Wáng; Yih from Chu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ninth Chinese king of the Zhou dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	858 BC Chr.

[Shaughnessy25-1] Edward L. Shaughnessy : Calendar and Chronology . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 25 .

[Shaughnessy329-2] Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 329 .

[Shaughnessy330-3] A ^b Edward L. Shaughnessy: Western Zhou History . In: Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy (Eds.): The Cambridge History of Ancient China . Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8 , pp. 330 .