King Tai of Zhou (Chinese: 周太王; pinyin: Zhōu Tài Wáng; lit. 'Great King of Zhou') or Gugong Danfu (Chinese: 古公亶父; pinyin: Gǔgōng Dǎnfù; lit. 'The Ancient...
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King Wu of Zhou (Chinese: 周武王; pinyin: Zhōu Wǔ Wáng; died c. 1043 BCE), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology...
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Taibo (redirect from Count Tai of Wu)
1150 BCE), or Wu Taibo, was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou and the legendary founder of the State of Wu. His exact birth and death dates are unknown...
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granted the title of king, and often referred to as Ji, King of Zhou. Jili's ancestral name was Ji. He was the youngest son of King Tai. Sima Qian recorded...
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King Kang of Zhou (Chinese: 周康王; died 996/78 BC), personal name Ji Zhao, was the third king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. He was a son of his predecessor...
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King Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文王; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang (Chinese: 姬昌), the patriarch...
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King Cheng of Zhou (Chinese: 周成王; pinyin: Zhōu Chéng Wáng; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Ch‘êng2 Wang2; 1055–1021 BC), personal name Ji Song, was the second king...
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Tai Si (Chinese: 太姒, c. 12th – 11th century BC) was the wife of King Wen of Zhou and is revered as a highly respected woman of ancient China. She was a...
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of the clan to Bin 1st ruler: Gugong Danfu, also known as King Tai of Zhou 2nd ruler: Jili, also known as King Ji of Zhou 3rd ruler: King Wen of Zhou...
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Wu (surname) (section History of the surname Wu (吳))
ruled by Tai Wang (King Tai of Zhou). His surname was originally Ji (姬). He had three sons: Taibo, Zhongyong, and Jili. King Tai of Zhou favored the youngest...
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as the establishment of the Rites of Zhou. His personal name was Dan (旦). He was the fourth son of King Wen of Zhou and Queen Tai Si. His eldest brother...
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Jiang Ziya (redirect from Duke Tai of Qi)
Duke Tai of Qi, was the founding monarch of the Qi state. He was a military general and strategist who assisted King Wen of Zhou and King Wu of Zhou overthrow...
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King Yi of Zhou (Chinese: 周夷王; pinyin: Zhōu Yí Wáng), personal name Ji Xie, was a king of China's Zhou dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 885–878...
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'Grand(est) King') may refer to: Taiwang, Jilin, a town in Ji'an, Jilin, China King Tai of Zhou or Taiwang of Zhou (fl. 12th century BC?), a leader of predynastic...
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Bo Yikao (category Investiture of the Gods characters)
eldest son of King Wen of Zhou and the elder brother of King Wu who was the founder of the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. As a member of the Zhou royal house...
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called Bin, which his descendants ruled for generations. Tai later led the clan from Bin to Zhou, an area in the Wei River valley (modern Qishan County)...
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to his rank as the second son of King Tai of Zhou. According to traditional Chinese history, the youngest son of King Tai Jili was so renowned for his...
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Wu (region) (category Regions of China)
(present-day Nanjing). The state of Wu was founded by Taibo and Zhongyong, the first and second son of King Tai of Zhou. Meili (梅里) was the capital city...
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Zhongyong of Wu, the son of King Tai of Zhou, territory to the northeast of Pinglu in Shanxi. The kingdom was named Yu (虞國/国) and they took the name of Yu (虞)...
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Northern Zhou dynasty of China, ruling as Heavenly Prince (Tian Wang). He was the heir of Western Wei's paramount general Yuwen Tai, and after Yuwen Tai's death...
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King Kang may refer to: King Kang of Xia, three rulers of the Xia dynasty with the personal name Kang: Tai Kang (literally "Highest Kang"), third king...
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by the same name by Hong Kong novelist Jin Yong. Zhou played Wong Tai Sin, the lead role in Trail of the Everlasting Hero, a wuxia-fantasy television...
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Zheng (state) (redirect from State of Chang)
the rank of Bo (伯), a kinship term meaning "elder". Zheng was founded in 806 BC when King Xuan of Zhou, the penultimate king of the Western Zhou, made his...
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Chengdu (redirect from Twin cities of Chengdu)
Geography of the Taiping Era, which states that the ninth king of Shu's Kaiming dynasty named his new capital Chengdu after a statement by King Tai of Zhou that...
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Qi (state) (redirect from State of Qi)
shortly after the Zhou conquest of Shang, c. 1046 BCE. Its first monarch was Jiang Ziya (Lord Tai; r. 1046–1015 BCE ), minister of King Wen and a legendary...
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bore the title Di (帝) This is a family tree for the Zhou dynasty, descendants of Duke Wu of Zhou who overthrew the last Shang ruler, thereby establishing...
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Yin Jiao (deity) (category Investiture of the Gods characters)
In Investiture of the Gods, he is the first son of the cruel King Zhou of Shang and the crown prince of the dynasty. Although King Zhou is a historical...
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I Ching (redirect from Changes of Zhou)
changed into another. The Zhou yi was traditionally ascribed to the Zhou cultural heroes King Wen of Zhou and the Duke of Zhou, and was also associated...
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Despite the holding companies of the group, namely Chow Tai Fook Capital Limited, Chow Tai Fook (Holding) Limited, Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited, etc...
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