Duke of Ye
Shen Zhuliang, Duke of Ye( 叶公) or Duke of She( c. 529 BCE – after 478 BCE), was a general and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
Shen Zhuliang's father, Shen Yin Shu, was a great- grandson of King Zhuang of Chu and died in the historic Battle of Boju in 506 BCE.
After his father's death, King Zhao of Chu enfeoffed Shen Zhuliang with the city of Ye( in present- day Ye County, Henan) at the northern frontier of the Chu kingdom.
He was known as" Ye Gong"( Duke of Ye), and became the founding ancestor of the Ye surname, which is today the 42nd most common surname in China.
In 489 BCE, Confucius visited Shen Zhuliang in Ye, and their conversations were recorded in the" Analects of Confucius".
In 478 BCE, during the reign of King Hui of Chu, Shen Zhuliang put down the rebellion of and restored the king's rule.
Shen Zhuliang became the Prime Minister and Chief Military Commander, the top two government posts of Chu.
He did not keep both posts for long.
At the same year, he appointed the grandsons of King Ping,( son of) and( son of), as his successors as the Prime Minister and the Chief Military Commander respectively.
Fei Wuji
Fei Wuji( died 515 BCE) was a corrupt official of the state of Chu during the reign of King Ping whose persecution of Crown Prince Jian and the family of Wu Zixu led to the defeat and decline of Chu.
Shenyin Shu
Shenyin Shu or Shenyin Xu(?
- 506 BC) was a general of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
He was a great- grandson of King Zhuang of Chu.
King Ping of Chu
King Píng of Chu (died 516 BC).
During the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China, he was king of the State of Chu from 528 BC to 516 BC.
He was a son of King Gong of Chu and his consort (a sibling of King Zi'ao).
Born Xiong Qiji , Píng changed his name to Xiong Ju  after ascending the throne, and King Píng was his posthumous title.
The likely reason for his name change was his response to a naming taboo.
He married Bo Ying and was succeeded by their son, King Zhao of Chu.
King Cheng of Chu
King Cheng of Chu( died 626 BC) was from 671 to 626 BC king of the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
He was born Xiong Yun to King Wen of Chu, and King Cheng was his posthumous title.
In 672 BC Xiong Yun's older brother king Du'ao tried to kill him, and he escaped to the state of Sui.
He then attacked and killed Du'ao with the help of Sui, and succeeded Du'ao as king of Chu.
In the summer of 648 BC, the State of Huang was annexed by the state of Chu. King Cheng's wife was Zheng Mao.
Their son was possibly King Mu of Chu.
King Ping of Zhou
King Ping of Zhou( died 720 BC), formerly romanized as King P’ing of Chou, was the thirteenth king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty and the first of the Eastern Zhou dynasty.
He was the son of King You of Zhou and Queen Shen, and was known as Crown Prince Yijiu before ascending the throne.
King
You had exiled Queen Shen and Yijiu after the king became enamoured with his concubine Bao Si and made her queen.
As a result, Queen Shen ’s father, the Marquess of Shen, teamed with the Quanrong nomads and local satellite states to overthrow King You.
You was killed, and Bao Si captured.
Yijiu ascended the throne and was posthumously known as" King Ping of Zhou".
At about the same time, Jī Hàn( 姬翰), Duke of Guó( 虢), elevated Jī Yúchén( 姬余臣) to the throne as King Xie of Zhou, and the Zhou Dynasty saw a period of two parallel kings until King Xie of Zhou was killed by Marquis Wen of Jin in 750 BCE.
King
Ping moved the Zhou dynasty east from Haojing to Luoyang, thus ending the Western Zhou and beginning the Eastern Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period.
He is the first Zhou king to be mentioned in the chronological account of the Zuo Zhuan.
Over 14 centuries after King Ping ’s death, Tang dynasty Empress regnant Wu Zetian claimed ancestry from King Ping through his son Prince Wu, and changed the dynastic name to Zhou, which was reverted to Tang after her death.
King Huai of Chu
King Huai of Chu( died 296 BC) was from 328 to 299 BC the king of the state of Chu during the Warring States period of ancient China.
He was born Xiong Huai and King Huai( 懷, a different Chinese character) was his posthumous title.
King Huai succeeded his father King Wei of Chu, who died in 329 BC.
In 299 BC King Huai was trapped and held hostage by King Zhao of Qin when he went to the state of Qin for negotiation, and his son King Qingxiang of Chu ascended the throne.
King Huai managed to escape but was recaptured by Qin.
Three years later, he died in captivity.
One of his grandsons was later reinstated as King of Chu as the Qin dynasty descended into chaos, also under the name" King Huai of Chu"; this grandson was later known as Emperor Yi of Chu.
King Zhao of Chu
King Zhao of Chu( died 489 BC) was from 515 to 489 BC the king of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
He was born Xiong Zhen( 熊珍) and King Zhao was his posthumous title.
Documents unearthed in the former state also show his title as King Shao( 卲王).
King Zhao was the son of King Ping of Chu.
King Gong of Chu
King Gong of Chu (600–560 BC) was from 590 to 560 BC the king of Chu, a major power during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China.
He was born Xiong Shen , and at the age of 10 succeeded his father King Zhuang of Chu, who was the Hegemon of China.
However, in 575 BC King Gong was defeated by Chu's archrival Jin in the Battle of Yanling and Chu's power declined.
He ruled for 31 years and was succeeded by his eldest son, King Kang of Chu.
Three of King Gong's younger sons also ascended the throne, all by treacherous means.
King Ai of Chu
King Ai of Chu (died 228 BC), born Xiong You , was a king of Chu during the late Warring States period of ancient China.
He was the son of King Kaolie of Chu and full younger brother of King You of Chu.
Prince You succeeded his elder brother as king in 228 BC, but was murdered only two months later by the supporters of his elder half-brother Prince Fuchu.
Prince Fuchu ascended the throne as king of Chu.

Question: Who is the paternal grandfather of King Ping Of Chu?
Answer: King Zhuang of Chu