entity Updated 2026-08-19 Tags: Person, Ruler, Zhou-Dynasty, Pre-Qin

周慎靓王 / Zhou Shenliang Wang

周慎靓王 / Zhou Shenliang Wang appears in 《资治通鉴·周纪》40丨5月出生的孩子惹谁啦? as the son and successor of 周显王 after Zhou Xian Wang dies in 321 BCE. The source file renders the title as 周慎亮王; this page keeps that spelling visible while normalizing the page title to the common 周慎靓王 form.

The episode does not develop his reign. His wiki role is to mark the closing handoff after Zhou Xian Wang’s forty-eight-year annalistic frame, before the source turns to Yan succession and the Qi/Tian-family story.

《资治通鉴·周纪》45|以史为鉴,君王到底该不该杀人成性? makes his reign the first half of the 周纪三 frame. The episode says 周纪三 covers 320-298 BCE, combining Zhou Shenliang Wang’s six years with the first seventeen years of 周赧王.

Connections

  • 周显王 - predecessor and father in the source notice.
  • 周王室 - dynastic setting.
  • 《资治通鉴》 - chronicle frame.
  • 战国时期 - period setting in which Zhou succession frames stronger-state politics.
  • 周赧王 - successor whose early reign completes this episode’s 周纪三 range.