King Gong of Zhou

King Gong of Zhou 周共王
King of China[1]
Reign	922–900 BC
Predecessor	King Mu of Zhou[2]
Successor	King Yì of Zhou
Died	900 BC
Issue	King Yì of Zhou[3]
Full name Ancestral name: Jī (姬) Given name: Yīhù (繄扈)
Father	King Mu of Zhou[4]

King Gong of Zhou (Chinese: 周共王; pinyin: Zhōu Gòng Wáng or Chinese: 周恭王; pinyin: Zhōu Gōng Wáng) or King Kung of Chou was the sixth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.^[5][6] Estimated dates of his reign are 922-900 BC or 917/15-900 (Cambridge History of Ancient China).

Although he is commonly known as Gong, this is actually his posthumous name. His given name was Yihu and his ancestral name was Jī.

Sources

1. Cambridge History of Ancient China
2. Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian 4.
3. Classical Chinese Literature: An Anthology of Translations by John Minford, Joseph S. M. Lau
4. Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 2. Taipei: Caves Books Ltd.
5. Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels by Edward L. Shaughnessy
6. Sharing the Light: Representations of Women and Virtue in Early China by Lisa Ann Raphals. Gong is mentioned with one woman.