春秋
(
前720年~
前697年)
周桓王,(生年不详,卒於前697年)。姓姬,名林,东周第二代国王,他是周平王的孙子。前720年,周平王卒,太子姬狐由郑国奔丧至洛邑,悲伤过度而死,子姬林即位,在位二十三年,死后谥号桓王。
周桓王初即位时,周天子的势力还很强大,控制的地盘也大,相当于今天的河南省黄河以南的大片地区。此时与周相邻的郑国在郑庄公的统治下日趋强大,常与周发生边界冲突。桓王为显天子权威,多次率兵伐郑,结果均遭失败。
尤其是前711年的伐郑战争,周军大败,损失惨重,桓王也被射伤,险些被俘。此次伐郑的失败,使得周天子的威信一落千丈。
自
周桓王后,周天子的威信愈加低落,各大诸侯国之间争霸的序幕已经拉开。
King Huan of Zhou, (birth year unknown, died 697 years ago). Surnamed Ji, were forest, the second king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, he was the grandson of King Ping of Zhou. 720 years ago, King Ping of Zhou Death, Prince Edward Fox from the Zheng Ji to Luoyi funerals, grief over death, Zi Ji Lin came to the throne, reigned 20 years, Huan Wang posthumous name after his death.
Since King Huan of Zhou, the prestige of the Zhou increasingly low, the major feudal hegemony between the prologue has been opened.