Zhuang Bo of Quwo Ancestral name is Ji(姬), given name is Shan (鱓), (died 716 BCE) was a Chinese feudal ruler, the second ruler of the state of Quwo during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was the son of Huan Shu of Quwo

Huan Shu of Quwo

Huan Shu of Quwo , ancestral name Ji, given name is Chengshi , was a Chinese feudal ruler, the first ruler of the state of Quwo during the Spring and Autumn Period...

 and half-brother of Wuzi of Han

Wuzi of Han (Spring and Autumn)

Wuzi of Han , ancestral name Jì , clan name Hán , given name Wàn , and posthumously known as Wuzi of Han, was the head of the House of Han...

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In 724 BCE, Zhuang Bo of Quwo murdered Marquis Xiao of Jin

Marquis Xiao of Jin

Marquis Xiao of Jin , Ancestral name is Ji, given name is Ping , was the thirteenth ruler of the state of Jin. He was also the third ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period...

 while in the capital of Jin, Yi (翼). Then, Jin troops attacked Zhuang Bo of Quwo so he retreated back to Quwo. The Jin people asked the son of Marquis Xiao of Jin, to become the next ruler of Jin and he became Marquis E of Jin

Marquis E of Jin

Marquis E of Jin , Ancestral name is Ji, given name is Xi , was the fourteenth ruler of the state of Jin. He was also the fourth ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. He reigned for six years....

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According to the Records of the Grand Historian

Records of the Grand Historian

The Records of the Grand Historian, also known in English by the Chinese name Shiji , written from 109 BC to 91 BC, was the Magnum opus of Sima Qian, in which he recounted Chinese history from the time of the Yellow Emperor until his own time...

, in 718 BCE, when Zhuang Bo of Quwo heard the news of the death of Marquis E of Jin, he brought troops to attack Jin. King Ping of Zhou

King Ping of Zhou

King Ping of Zhou , also referred to as Crown Prince Yijiu or King P'ing of Chou was the thirteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the first of Eastern Zhou Dynasty...

 ordered the Duke of Guo (虢公) to attack Zhuang Bo of Quwo, so Zhuang Bo of Quwo retreated back to Quwo. The Jin people asked the son of Marquis E of Jin, to ascend the throne and he became the next ruler of Jin: Marquis Ai of Jin

Marquis Ai of Jin

Marquis Ai of Jin , Ancestral name is Ji, given name is Guang , was the fifteenth ruler of the state of Jin. He was also the fifth ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. He reigned for nine years....

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The Zuo Zhuan

Zuo Zhuan

The Zuo Zhuan , sometimes translated as the Chronicle of Zuo or the Commentary of Zuo, is among the earliest Chinese works of narrative history and covers the period from 722 BCE to 468 BCE. It is one of the most important sources for understanding the history of the Spring and Autumn Period...

 has a different record of the event. It says that Zhuang Bo of Quwohad an alliance with the state of Zheng

Zheng (state)

Zheng （) was a vassal state in China during the Zhou Dynasty located in the centre of ancient China in modern day Henan Province on the North China Plain about east of the royal capital at Luoyang. It was the most powerful of the vassal states at the beginning of the Eastern Zhou...

 and the state of Xing (邢) and they attacked Yi (翼), the capital of Jin. King Huan of Zhou

King Huan of Zhou

King Huan of Zhou was the fourteenth sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the second of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.-Personal information: Family name Jī Given name Lín Era name none Grandfather...

 sent troops to help Quwo so Marquis E of Jin fled. Soon afterward Zhuang Bo of Quwo betrayed King Huan of Zhou and attacked him. King Huan of Zhou then sent the Duke of Guo (虢公) during the autumn of that year to attack Quwo and to put the son Gongzi Guang of Marquis E of Jin, on the throne of Jin and Gongzi Guang became Marquis Ai of Jin.

In 716 BCE, he died and his son Cheng, ascended the throne of Quwo and became Duke Wu of Quwo

Duke Wu of Jin

Duke Wu of Jin ,Ancestral name is Ji,Given name is Cheng and formerly known as Duke Wu of Quwo , was the eighteenth ruler of the state of Jin. He was also the eighth ruler of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period...

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