Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zhou Mu Wang | 周穆王 |
주목왕 (저우무왕) |
(r. 976-922 or 956-918 BCE). King Mu of Zhou. The fifth king of the Zhou dyansty during the Western Zhou period. During his reign, the Zhou made an unsuccessful expedition against the Quanrong 犬戎 tribes and was invaded by the state of Xu 徐. He is reputed to have liked travel. | 목왕(Mu Wang 穆王) |
| Zhou Nan Wang | 周赧王 |
주난왕 (저우난왕) |
(r. 314-256 BCE). King Nan of Zhou. The last king of the Zhou dynasty. After he died in 256 BCE, the state of Qin 秦 took the Nine Tripods 九鼎, the symbol of the Mandate of Heaven 天命, and occupied Zhou territory. | 난왕(Nan Wang 赧王), 주난(Zhou Nan 周赧), 주은왕(Zhou Yin Wang 周隱王) |
| Zhou Ping Wang | 周平王 |
주평왕 (저우핑왕) |
(r. 770-720 BCE). King Ping of Zhou. The thirteenth king of the Zhou dynasty who moved the capital from devastated Haojing 鎬京 to the eastern capital of Luoyi 洛邑. He was a son of King You 幽王, the last king of the so-called Western Zhou dynasty. | 평왕(Ping Wang 平王) |
| Zhou Shizong | 周世宗 |
주세종 (저우스쭝) |
(r. 954-959 CE). The second emperor of the Later Zhou (Hou Zhou 後周) dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (wu dai shi guo 五代十國) period. | 세종(Shizong 世宗) |
| Zhou Tai Wang | 周太王 |
주태왕 (저우타이왕) |
King Tai of Zhou. See Gugong Danfu 古公亶父. | |
| Zhou Taizu | 周太祖 |
주태조 (저우타이쭈) |
See Hou Ji 后稷. | |
| Zhou Tang | 周堂 |
주당 (저우탕) |
Zhou Tang(周堂) was a commandant(守備) during the Jiajing era (1522-1566) of the Ming Dynasty. | 주당(周堂) |
| Zhou Wang | 紂王 |
주왕 (저우왕) |
See Shang Zhou Wang 商紂王. | |
| Zhou Weihan | 周維翰 |
주유한 (저우웨이한) |
A censor 御史 who was dispatched to investigate the Battle of Pyeongyang 平壤 in 1593. He reported that half the Japanese dead bodies were indeed Korean and about ten thousand Korean people were drowned during the battle. | 주유한(周維翰) |
| Zhou Weihan | 周維韓 |
주유한 (저우웨이한) |
See Zhou Weihan 周維翰 | 주유한(周維韓) |