子女

• 吳王僚，壽夢的庶長子。春秋時期吳國第23任君主，後被其弟夷末之子公子光的刺客專諸刺殺。

• 諸樊，壽夢的嫡長子。春秋時期吳國第20任君主，進攻巢國國都的城門時中箭而死。

• 餘祭，壽夢的嫡次子。春秋時期吳國第21任君主。

• 蹶由，壽夢的兒子，餘祭的弟弟，春秋時吳國宗室。前537年，楚靈王率軍伐吳，餘祭派蹶由出使楚營，但楚國大敗。楚靈王則帶蹶由回國以作為人質，長達15年滯楚時間。前523年，令尹子瑕勸說楚平王放回蹶由。

• 餘眛，壽夢的嫡三子。春秋時期吳國第22任君主。

• 季札。壽夢的嫡四子。餘眛去世時，想傳位於公子季札。季札避讓，逃去，僚繼位為王。

• 掩餘，吳王僚的同母弟，吳王壽夢的庶子。

• 燭庸，吳王僚的同母弟，吳王壽夢的庶子。

在位年與西曆對照表

在位年與西曆對照表

注釋

Background

It was under Shoumeng's reign that Wu first began to interact with the other Spring and Autumn states.

Information about the history of Wu prior to Shoumeng is scarce: the Records of the Grand Historian lists the names of 18 rulers before him, but provides no exact regnal dates or biographical information. As such the only known fact about Shoumeng's father and predecessor is that his name was Quqi.

Biography

Shoumeng ascended the throne in 586 BC and was the first Wu ruler to use the title "king", implying equality in rank to the king of Zhou. In the second year of Shoumeng's reign he forged an alliance with Jin, which provided him with modern weapons and training in exchange for his help against Jin's rival Chu. Wu would repeatedly attack Chu in the coming years, and was itself invaded by Chu in Shoumeng's 16th year.

Shoumeng ruled for 25 years. On his deathbed, he had wanted his fourth and youngest son Jizha to succeed him, but Jizha refused. Thus, Shoumeng devised a succession model where his sons would become kings one after the other, hoping that by the time the turn came to Jizha, he would have changed his mind. However, after Shoumeng's death, Jizha stuck to his refusal for the remainder of his life, with the next king instead being the third brother's son.