father predecessor successor succession article_title name reign
king wu of zhou none xie , marquis of jin ruler of the state of jin shu yu of tang
 shu yu of tang 唐叔虞 1042 -- ? bc
shu yu of tang

shu yu of tang -lrb- -rrb- , surname -lrb- 姓 -rrb- : ji -lrb- 姬 -rrb- given name -lrb- 名 -rrb- : yu -lrb- 虞 -rrb- , and ziyu -lrb- 子於 -rrb- , was the founder of the state of tang during the early zhou dynasty -lrb- 1046 -- 771 bc -rrb- of ancient china .
the state of tang would later be renamed jin by shu yu 's son and successor , xie .
he was the son of king wu of zhou and the younger brother of king cheng of zhou .
shortly after the establishment of the zhou dynasty , king wu of zhou died .
his son , prince song , ascended the throne and became king cheng of zhou .
since he was very young and too inexperienced to run the newly founded dynasty , his uncle , the duke of zhou , served as regent and handled all political affairs until king cheng of zhou became old enough to rule .
in the year that king cheng of zhou ascended the throne , the people of a land called tang -lrb- 唐 -rrb- rebelled , so the duke of zhou conquered them .
according to the records of the grand historian , one day , king cheng of zhou was playing with his younger brother , prince yu .
king cheng of zhou suddenly picked up a parasol tree leaf and gave it to prince yu .
then he said playfully , '' let this be a proof that i will make you a feudal lord . ''
prince yu happily got the leaf and he then told this to the duke of zhou .
the duke of zhou thought that whatever the young king cheng of zhou said should not be taken lightly since he was the king .
the duke of zhou approached the young king and asked him if it were true .
the young king said that he was just joking with his brother .
then the duke of zhou replied , `` a sovereign must not joke about the things he says and do as what he has said . ''
the young king thought it was reasonable and gave the recent conquered called tang land , west of modern yicheng county in shanxi , to his brother , prince yu .
shu yu 's son and successor , xie , moved the capital jiang -lrb- 绛 -rrb- nearer to the jin river and renamed the state jin .
