King Xuan of Chu
{{Short description|King of Chinese state of Chu from 369 to 340 BC}}
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|name = King Xuan of Chu
楚宣王
|succession = King of Chu
|predecessor = King Su
|successor = King Wei
|full name = Ancestral name: Mǐ (羋)
Lineage name: Xióng (熊)
Given name: Liángfū (良夫)
|title =
|reign = 369–340 BC
|father = King Dao
|issue = King Wei
|death_date = 340 BC
|posthumous name = King Xuan (宣王)
|house = Mi
|dynasty = Chu
}}
King Xuan of Chu ({{zh|c=楚宣王|p=Chǔ Xuān Wáng}}), personal name Xiong Liangfu, was from 369 BC to 340 BC the king of the Chu state.{{cite web|url=http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |title=楚世家 (House of Chu) |work=Records of the Grand Historian |author=Sima Qian |language=Chinese |accessdate=1 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310023405/http://www.guoxue.com/shibu/24shi/shiji/sj_040.htm |archivedate=10 March 2012 }}
King Xuan succeeded his older brother, King Su, who died without issue in 370 BC. During King Xuan's reign, Chu sent troops to aid the Zhao state during an invasion by the Wei state in 354 BC.
King Xuan died in 340 BC after 30 years of reign and was succeeded by his son, King Wei.
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Category:Monarchs of Chu (state)
Category:4th-century BC Chinese monarchs
Category:Year of birth unknown
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