Template:Short description Template:Infobox royalty Template:Infobox Chinese King Ling of Zhou (Template:Zh), personal name Ji Xiexin, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.<ref>大成 (Great perfection: religion and ethnicity in a Chinese millennial kingdom = Da-Cheng) by Terry F. Kleeman. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.</ref><ref>Sima Qian: Records of the Grand Historian</ref> He died in 545 BC.<ref> Template:Citation </ref>
In the twenty-first year of his reign, Confucius was born.<ref>Shiqiu Liang and Dazun Chen: From a cottager's sketchbook/[Ya she xiao pin xuan ji/Liang Shiqiu zhu; Chen Dazun Ying yi]. See this page.</ref>
His was succeeded by his son, King Jǐng.
His other son was the crown prince Ji Jin (姬晉).<ref>Chunjiang Fu: Origins of Chinese names. See this page.</ref> Empress Wu Zetian claimed that her lover Zhang Changzong was a reincarnation of Ji Jin.
Ancestor of the Taiyuan WangEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} During the Tang dynasty the Li family of Zhaojun 赵郡李氏, the Cui family of Boling 博陵崔氏, the Cui family of Qinghe 清河崔氏, the Lu family of Fanyang 范陽盧氏, the Zheng family of Xingyang 荥阳郑氏, the Wang family of Taiyuan 太原王氏, and the Li family of Longxi 隴西李氏 were the seven noble families among whom marriage was banned by law.<ref> http://history.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/slides/Dissertation.pdf Template:Webarchive p. 67.</ref> Moriya Mitsuo wrote a history of the Later Han-Tang period of the Taiyuan Wang. Among the strongest families was the Taiyuan Wang.<ref> Template:Cite book </ref> The prohibition on marriage between the clans issued in 659 by the Gaozong Emperor was flouted by the seven families since a woman of the Boling Cui married a member of the Taiyuan Wang, giving birth to the poet Wang Wei.<ref name="WangBarnstone1991"> Template:Cite book </ref> He was the son of Wang Chulian who in turn was the son of Wang Zhou.<ref name="Yang2007"> Template:Cite book </ref> The marriages between the families were performed clandestinely after the prohibition was implemented on the seven families by Gaozong.<ref> Template:Cite book </ref> The Zhou dynasty King Ling's son Prince Jin is assumed by most to be the ancestor of the Taiyuan Wang.<ref name="Warner2003"> Template:Cite book </ref> The Longmen Wang were a cadet line of the Zhou dynasty descended Taiyuan Wang, and Wang Yan and his grandson Wang Tong hailed from this cadet line.<ref name="Warner2014"> Template:Cite book </ref> Both Buddhist monks and scholars hailed from the Wang family of Taiyuan such as the monk Tanqian.<ref name="Chen2002"> Template:Cite book </ref> The Wang family of Taiyuan included Wang Huan.<ref name="Moore2004"> Template:Cite book </ref> Their status as "Seven Great surnames" became known during Gaozong's rule.<ref name="Nienhauser2010"> Template:Cite book </ref> The Taiyuan Wang family produced Wang Jun who served under Emperor Huai of Jin.<ref name="KnechtgesChang2010"> Template:Cite book </ref> A Fuzhou based section of the Taiyuan Wang produced the Buddhist monk Baizhang.<ref name="HeineWright2010"> Template:Cite book </ref>
FamilyEdit
QueensEdit
- Qi Jiang, of the Jiang clan of Qi ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), possibly a daughter of Duke Ling of Qi; married in 558 BC
SonsEdit
- First son, Crown Prince Jin ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), the father of Zongjing ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), who served as the Minister of Education of Zhou
- Prince Gui ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; d. 520 BC), ruled as King Jĭng of Zhou from 544–520 BC
- Prince Ningfu ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}; d. 543 BC)
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