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King of Wu
Traditional Chinese
吳王
Simplified Chinese
吴王
Literal meaning
King of Wu
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Wúwáng
Wade–Giles
Wu Wang
The King of Wu or Prince of Wu was a title referring to Chinese rulers of the area originally controlled by the Gou Wu tribes around Wuxi on the lower Yangtze, generally known as the Wu region. The title wang is written identically in Chinese, but it is common in English to distinguish between the scions of the imperial dynasties (translated "prince") and the dynasties of independent lords (translated "king").
sometimes also written Fucha, was the last kingof the state ofWu during the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. His armies constructed important...
KingWuof Qin (Chinese: 秦武王; 329–307 BC), also known as King Daowulie of Qin (秦悼武烈王) or King Daowu of Qin (秦悼武王) or King Wulie of Qin (秦武烈王), was the...
Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú; Middle Chinese *ŋuo < Eastern Han Chinese: *ŋuɑ), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a dynastic state of...
and ruled from November 222 to May 229 as the KingofWu and from May 229 to May 252 as the Emperor ofWu. Unlike his rivals Cao Cao and Liu Bei, Sun Quan...
T'ai-po) (circa 1150 BCE), or Wu Taibo, was the eldest son ofKing Tai of Zhou and the legendary founder of the State ofWu. His exact birth and death dates...
Monkey King or Sun Wukong (simplified Chinese: 孙悟空; traditional Chinese: 孫悟空; pinyin: Sūn Wù Kōng) is a fictional character best known as one of the main...
"Duke of Wu" and "KingofWu" from 1361 to 1368 as well as "Marquis of Zhu" from 1725 to 1929. Its founder was Zhu Yuanzhang, the leader of a major rebellion...
character, Wu Zixu recommended him to the kingofWu, who made Bo Pi a minister. After the death ofKing Helü, Wu Zixu did not earn the trust ofKing Fuchai...
executed, and Bo Pi fled to Wu, where he served as an adviser to the kingofWu. During a war with the state of Yue, in which Wu had the upper hand, Bo Pi...
KingWuof Chu (Chinese: 楚武王, died 690 BC) was the first kingof the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was the second...
Brianna Wu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer. She co-founded Giant Spacekat, an independent video game development...
Wu Ding (Chinese: 武丁; died c. 1200 BC); personal name Zi Zhao (子昭), was a kingof the Chinese Shang dynasty who ruled the central Yellow River valley...
came into conflict with King Helü ofWu, causing a feud between the two states. Upon the death of Yunchang and the accession of Goujian, Helü seized the...
Wu Zetian (17 February 624 – 16 December 705), personal name Wu Zhao, was Empress of China from 660 to 705, ruling first through others and then (from...
Guang (later King Helü ofWu) wanted to kill King Liao ofWu and take the throne himself, Zhuan Zhu was recommended to Prince Guang by Wu Zixu. In 515...
in late 2016. Wu played Sir George, King Arthur's mentor in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword in 2017. In 2018, Wu played Hong Kong inspector Daniel Tsui...
up WU, Wu, wu, or wu- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wu may refer to: Wu (region) (吳; Wú), a region roughly corresponding to the territory of Wuyue...
systems of the local tribes. Taibo became the first kingofWu, but he left no children and was succeeded by his brother Zhongyong. The future kings ofWu were...
Emperor Wuof Han (156 – 29 March 87 BC), born Liu Che and courtesy name Tong, was the seventh emperor of the Han dynasty from 141 to 87 BC. His reign...
victims of discrimination abroad. The northern Wu eventually became the more sinicized of the two states. The royal family ofWu claimed descent from King Wen...
China to assume the title of Empress Regnant. He was posthumously honored the title ofKing Zhongxiao. Wu was the son ofWu Hua and became a timber merchant...