King Kang of Chu

Chief military commander Zigeng (子庚) and general Yang Youji (养由基) led the Chu army to repel the invaders.

The Battle of Zhanban marked the end of the eight-decade-long Jin-Chu rivalry,[4] as a weakened Chu would be consumed by numerous wars with its new enemy Wu, culminating in the 506 BC Battle of Boju, when the Wu army would capture and destroy the Chu capital Ying.

[5] Meanwhile, Jin was increasingly riven by internal strife that would ultimately lead to its partition into the new states of Han, Zhao, and Wei.

Greatly outnumbered by the Wu army, Chu general Niu Chen (牛臣) pretended to give up Chaocheng and left the city gate wide open.

When King Kang died in 545 BC after 15 years of reign he was succeeded by his son Xiong Yuan (posthumous title Jia'ao) and King Kang's younger brother Prince Wei served as the prime minister.

[2] In 529 BC when King Ling was on an expedition against the State of Xu, his three younger brothers staged a coup d'etat and killed his son Crown Prince Lu.

[2] However, Xiong Qiji, the fifth brother, concealed the truth about King Ling's death from Zi'ao and Zixi.