King Dao of Zhou

{{Short description|King of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty (died 520 BC)}}

{{Expand Chinese|周悼王|topic=bio|date=August 2012}}

{{infobox royalty

| name = King Dao of Zhou
周悼王

| succession = King of the Zhou dynasty

| reign = 520 BC

| predecessor = King Jĭng of Zhou

| successor = King Jìng of Zhou

| full name = Ancestral name: Jī (姬)
Given name: Měng (猛)

| house = Ji

| dynasty = Zhou (Eastern Zhou)

| death_date = 520 BC

| posthumous name = King Dao (悼王)

| father = King Jĭng of Zhou

}}

{{chinese

|altname=Posthumous name |c2={{linktext|周|悼|王}} |p2=Zhōu Dào Wáng |w2=Chou Dào-wang
King Dào of Chou |l2=The Mournful King of Zhou

}}

King Dao of Zhou ({{zh|c=周悼王|p=Zhōu Dào Wáng}}; died 520 BC), personal name Ji Meng, was a king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.The History of China: from Mythology to Today[http://ctext.org/dynasty.pl?if=en&id=757 Rulers of Zhōu at the Chinese Text Project][http://www.chinaknowledge.de/History/Zhou/zhou-rulers.html Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty 周]

Dao succeeded his father, King Jǐng. After a reign of less than a year, he was killed by his brother Prince Chao (朝). Following King Dao's death, the throne passed to another of his brothers, King Jìng.