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Xiong Yong

monarch of the state of Chu

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ7993719 ↗
Source-derived summary

Xiong Yong (Chinese: 熊勇) was from 847 BC to 838 BC the viscount of the Chu state.

Xiong Yong succeeded his father, Xiong Yan (熊延). He died after 10 years of reign and was succeeded by his younger brother, Xiong Yan (熊嚴).

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The public source identifies “Xiong Yong” as monarch of the state of Chu. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Xiong, Yong and monarch.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current 42-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Xiong, Yong and monarch providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7993719. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Xiong Yong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.