Huan Shu of Quwo

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Huan Shu of Quwo (802–731 BC), personal name Ji Chengshi, was the first ruler of the Quwo state, a fief of Jin. He was the son of Marquis Mu of Jin, the younger brother of Marquis Wen of Jin, and the uncle of Marquis Zhao of Jin, who granted him the land of Quwo. In 745 BC Zhao enfeoffed him at Quwo, near today’s Quwo County in Shanxi. He is remembered as a benevolent ruler who was loved by the people of Quwo. In 739 BC, Jin official Panfu murdered Marquis Zhao of Jin and invited Huan Shu to become Jin’s ruler, but Huan Shu was defeated by Jin troops and returned to Quwo. He died in 731 BC and was succeeded by his son, Count Zhuang of Quwo. Another son, Viscount Wu of Han, became the ancestor of the Han state’s ruling line. His ancestral name was Ji, given name Chengshi, and his posthumous name was Huan.