King Ling of Zhou

Deceased Person

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Who was King Ling of Zhou?

King Ling of Zhou was the twenty-third king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the eleventh of Eastern Zhou. He died in 545 BC.

His tomb forms one of the earliest Chinese pyramids.

In the twenty-first year of his reign, Confucius was born.

His successor was his son King Jing of Zhou.

His other son was the Crown prince Ji Jin. Empress Wu Zetian claimed that her lover Zhang Changzong was a reincarnation of Ji Jin.

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on July 23, 2013

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