clan_name title given_name family_name article_title name reign
xióng -lrb- 熊 -rrb- viscount of chu dàn -lrb- 䵣 -rrb- mǐ -lrb- 羋 -rrb- xiong dan
 xiong dan circa 941 bc
xiong dan

xiong dan -lrb- , reigned circa 941 bc -rrb- was the third viscount of the state of chu during the early zhou dynasty of ancient china .
his grandfather xiong yi was enfeoffed by king cheng of zhou and granted the hereditary noble rank of viscount .
xiong dan succeeded his father xiong ai .
according to the `` bamboo annals '' , after the death of king zhao of zhou during his expedition against chu , his son king mu of zhou again attacked chu in the 37th year of his reign -lrb- 941 bc -rrb- and was again defeated .
it is generally believed that this happened during xiong dan 's reign .
xiong dan was succeeded by his son , xiong sheng .
his younger son xiong yang also ascended the throne after xiong sheng 's death .
