春秋
(
前720年~
前697年)
周桓王,(生年不詳,卒於前697年)。姓姬,名林,東周第二代國王,他是周平王的孫子。前720年,周平王卒,太子姬狐由鄭國奔喪至洛邑,悲傷過度而死,子姬林即位,在位二十三年,死後謚號桓王。
周桓王初即位時,周天子的勢力還很強大,控製的地盤也大,相當於今天的河南省黃河以南的大片地區。此時與周相鄰的鄭國在鄭莊公的統治下日趨強大,常與周發生邊界衝突。桓王為顯天子權威,多次率兵伐鄭,結果均遭失敗。
尤其是前711年的伐鄭戰爭,周軍大敗,損失慘重,桓王也被射傷,險些被俘。此次伐鄭的失敗,使得周天子的威信一落千丈。
自
周桓王後,周天子的威信愈加低落,各大諸侯國之間爭霸的序幕已經拉開。
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.