King of Zhou

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Chinese royal title hereditary office monarchical title

The King of Zhou was the monarch of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, regarded as the nominal supreme ruler and source of political legitimacy for the various feudal states.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
King of Zhou canonical	7
Zhou dynasty kings	1
Zhou kings	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese royal title ⓘ hereditary office ⓘ monarchical title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
confers	fiefs to nobles ⓘ investiture to regional rulers ⓘ titles to feudal lords ⓘ
country	Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
derivesAuthorityFrom	Mandate of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Book of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Zuo Zhuan NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	256 BCE ⓘ
firstHolder	King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Qin imperial title ⓘ
follows	King of Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	royal domain ⓘ
hasInfluenced	Confucian political theory ⓘ later Chinese concepts of rulership ⓘ
hasRole	chief sacrificer ⓘ head of royal clan ⓘ military leader ⓘ monarch ⓘ overlord of feudal lords ⓘ ritual leader ⓘ source of political legitimacy ⓘ supreme ruler ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Classical Chinese ⓘ
lastHolder	King Nan of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLabel	周天子 ⓘ 周王 ⓘ
oversees	feudal states ⓘ
partOf	Chinese feudal system ⓘ Zhou political system ⓘ
positionHeldIn	Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Shang kingship NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousStatus	Son of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Zhou royal capital NERFINISHED ⓘ
seatOfGovernment	Haojing NERFINISHED ⓘ Luoyi NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantHolder	King Cheng of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Kang of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ping of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wen of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	c. 1046 BCE ⓘ
symbolizes	Mandate of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedDuring	Eastern Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring and Autumn period NERFINISHED ⓘ Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedIn	ancient China NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State of Jin → suzerain → King of Zhou ⓘ

Luoyi → governedBy → King of Zhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhou kings

King Wu of Zhou → title → King of Zhou ⓘ

King Ping of Zhou → reignTitle → King of Zhou ⓘ

King Xian of Zhou → positionHeld → King of Zhou ⓘ

King Xian of Zhou → nobleTitle → King of Zhou ⓘ

King Xian of Zhou → partOf → King of Zhou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhou dynasty kings

Emperor of China → inheritsFrom → King of Zhou ⓘ

Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron → commissionedBy → King of Zhou ⓘ

subject surface form: Mao Gong Ding