Back پاشا ووی ویلایەتی چوو CKB Wu von Chu German Roi Wu de Chu French Wu od Chua Croatian Xiong Che ID 武王 (楚) Japanese 초 무왕 Korean Sở Vũ vương Vietnamese 楚武王 Chinese 楚武王 ZH-CLASSICAL
| King Wu of Chu 楚武王 | |||||||||
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 King Wu of Chu and his queen, as depicted by Gu Kaizhi | |||||||||
| King of Chu | |||||||||
| Reign | 704–690 BC | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Himself (as viscount) | ||||||||
| Successor | King Wen | ||||||||
| Viscount of Chu | |||||||||
| Reign | 740–704 BC | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Fenmao | ||||||||
| Successor | Himself (as king) | ||||||||
| Died | 690 BC | ||||||||
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| House | Mi | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Chu | ||||||||
King Wu of Chu (Chinese: 楚武王), personal name Xiong Che, also known as Xiong Tong, was a monarch of the Chu state. He ruled as viscount from 740 BC to 704 BC, and as king from 704 BC to 690 BC.
He was the second son of Xiao'ao, and brother of the previous ruler, Fenmao, whom he is rumored to have murdered in 740 BC in order to usurp the throne.[A] He was also the first ruler among the Zhou dynasty's vassal states to declare himself "king"; Chu was one of a few states where local rulers styled themselves kings prior to the Warring States period. Other such polities included Wu and Yue.