Ziban ( Chinese : 子般 ; pinyin : Zǐ Bān ; lit. ' Son Ban ' ; died 6 October 662 BC), personal name Ji Ban (姬般), was a ruler of the Lu state . He is generally known in historiography as Ziban due to his reign being less than a year long, as Ziban died in the same year as his father, Duke Zhuang .
5-448: Ziban's mother was Meng Ren (孟任), a woman from the Dang (黨) family who Duke Zhuang saw from a tower he built, which overlooked the Dang residence. Duke Zhuang followed her and promised to make her his concubine. Meng Ren agreed and made a covenant with him by cutting her arm. Later, Ziban was born. After the death of Duke Zhuang in 662 BC, Prince You (友), Duke Zhuang's brother, installed Ziban to
10-514: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Duke Min of Lu Duke Min of Lu ( Chinese : 魯閔公 ; pinyin : Lǔ Mǐn Gōng ; died 7 September 660 BC), personal name Ji Qi , was a duke of the Lu state . He ruled from 661 BC to 660 BC. Duke Min was a son of the Duke Zhuang of Lu and Shu Jiang (叔姜), one of Duke Zhuang's concubines and a sister of Ai Jiang (哀姜), Duke Zhuang's wife. He
15-496: The Lu throne. Two months into his reign, Ziban was murdered by Qingfu (慶父), another one of Duke Zhuang's brothers. Qingfu installed Qi (Duke Min), Ziban's brother, to the Lu throne, while Prince You fled to the Chen state . This Chinese biographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biography of a member of a noble house or article about nobility
20-603: Was installed by Prince Qingfu (慶父), who murdered Ziban , Duke Zhuang's son, only two months after Duke Zhuang's death and Ziban's succession. Duke Min was a grandnephew of the Duke Huan of Qi , one of the hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period, as Duke Xiang of Qi , Shu Jiang's father, is one of Duke Huan's brothers. Zuo Zhuan suggests that the Qi state helped to install Duke Min due to this relationship. Two years into his reign, Duke Min
25-674: Was murdered by a man named Bu Yi (卜齮), whose land had been appropriated by Duke Min's tutor, at the gate of the Lu palace on the command of Prince Qingfu, who had long sought the Lu throne. Prince You (友), a brother of Prince Qingfu and Duke Zhuang, who sought refuge in the Chen state after the murder of Ziban, fled to the nearby Zhu state , having had forced Prince Ya (牙), another brother, to kill himself after he voiced support for Prince Qingfu's succession of Duke Zhuang. He brought Prince Shen (申), another son of Duke Zhuang, with him. The people of Lu, angered by Prince Qingfu's repeated regicide, forced him out of Lu. Prince Qingfu then sought refuge in
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