King Lie of Zhou (Chinese: 周烈王; pinyin: Zhōu Liè Wáng), or King Lieh of Chou, was the thirty-third king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty and the twenty-first of Eastern Zhou.
| King Lie of Zhou Zhou Dynasty Died: 369 BC | ||
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| Preceded by King An of Zhou |
King of China 375–369 BC |
Succeeded by King Xian of Zhou |
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| Name | King Lie of Zhou |
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| Short description | King of Zhou Dynasty China |
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| Date of death | 376 BC |
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Famous quotes containing the words king and/or lie:
“I would not like a king who could obey.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)
“All morality depends upon our sentiments; and when any action or quality of the mind pleases us after a certain manner we say it is virtuous; and when the neglect or nonperformance of it displeases us after a like manner, we say that we lie under an obligation to perform it.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)