Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou, commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating...
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the Duke of Zhou assisted his nephew King Cheng in consolidating royal power. Wary of the Duke of Zhou's increasing power, the "Three Guards", Zhou princes...
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Jiang Ziya (redirect from Duke Tai of Qi)
minister for the Zhou. He remained loyal to the regent, the Duke of Zhou, during the Rebellion of the Three Guards. Following the Duke's punitive campaigns...
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second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The dates of his reign are 1042–1021 BCE or 1042/35–1006 BCE. Ji Dan, Duke of Zhou served as regent during his...
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the legacy of King Wen. Some consider him the first epic hero of Chinese history. Although frequently confused with his fourth son Duke of Zhou, also known...
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to Duke of Zhou's younger son Duke Ping of Zhou (周平公) and his descendants, lasting at least until 580 BC under Chu, Duke of Zhou (周公楚). Western Zhou (state)...
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Western Zhou (Chinese: 西周; pinyin: Xīzhōu; c. 1046 – 771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty...
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Lu (state) (redirect from List of Dukes of Lu)
ruled the Zhou dynasty. The first duke was Boqin, a son of the Duke of Zhou, who was brother of King Wu of Zhou and regent to King Cheng of Zhou. Lu was...
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alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou government under the Duke of Zhou's regency...
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Shangdi (category Names of God)
between Shang and Zhou adoptions. Historically, the regency of the Duke of Zhou sought to re-stabilize the Zhou dynasty. The Zhou court modeled their...
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Duke Wen of Eastern Zhou (Chinese: 東周文公; pinyin: Dōng Zhōu Wén Gōng) (?–249 BC), personal name Jī Jié, reigned as King Hui of Zhou over the remaining rump...
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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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Zhou (Chinese: 东周; pinyin: Dōngzhōu; Wade–Giles: Tung1 Chou1; c. 771 – 256 BC) is a period in Chinese history comprising the latter half of the Zhou dynasty...
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(唐) rebelled, so the Duke of Zhou conquered them. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, one day, King Cheng of Zhou was playing with his younger...
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Hui of Zhou, of the Gui clan of Chen (周惠後 媯姓), known as Chen Gui (陳媯); possibly a daughter of Duke Xuan of Chen; married in 676 BC; the mother of Crown...
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Yuanshi Tianzun (category Investiture of the Gods characters)
the Classic of History records the Duke of Zhou building an altar in the southern part of Luo.[citation needed] Although the Duke of Zhou is presented...
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of Zhou Rulers of Xi Rulers of Yan from Duke of Shao, brother of King Wu of Zhou Rulers of Cen (岑), from Viscount Ji Qu, nephew of the Duke of Zhou Rulers...
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Wu Zetian (redirect from Empress Wu of Zhou)
posthumously honored as the Duke of Zhou) and Lady Yang by giving them the titles of the Prince and Princess of Taiyuan. Meanwhile, the son of Empress Wu's older...
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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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Jī Hàn (姬翰), Duke of Guó (虢公), elevated Jī Yúchén (姬余臣) to the throne as King Xie of Zhou (周携王), and the Zhou Dynasty saw a period of two parallel kings...
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The Rites of Zhou (Chinese: 周禮), originally known as "Officers of Zhou" (周官; Zhouguan), is a Chinese work on bureaucracy and organizational theory. It...
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production of As You Like It. In 2010, Zhou was awarded a Robertson Scholarship, which allowed her to study film at Duke University, graduating in 2014. Zhou appeared...
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Tai Si (category Zhou dynasty nobility)
and was the mother of ten sons, including King Wu of Zhou – founder of the Zhou dynasty – and his younger brother the Duke of Zhou. Particularly respected...
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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 Old Duke Father...
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Shang dynasty (redirect from List of kings of the Shang dynasty)
Wu of Zhou ennobled Lin Jian (林堅), the son of Prince Bigan, as the Duke of Bo'ling. The Records of the Grand Historian states that King Cheng of Zhou, with...
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house of Zhou. Wang Chong's Lunheng calls him the elder brother of the Duke of Zhou. Huangfu Mi states Lord Shao was the son of King Wen of Zhou by a concubine...
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Solar term (category Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity)
position of the sun at the time. According to the Book of Documents, the first determined term was Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) by Dan, the Duke of Zhou, while...
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Zhoubi Suanjing (redirect from Zhōu Bì Suàn Jīng)
presentation of Chinese cosmology and a form of the Pythagorean theorem. It claims to present 246 problems worked out by the Duke of Zhou as well as members of his...
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King Nan of Zhou (?–256 BC), personal name Ji Yan,, also less commonly known as King Yin of Zhou, was the last king of the Zhou dynasty of China. He was...
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Wu Geng (category Zhou dynasty people)
death and the ascension of his young son Cheng, Wugeng joined the failed rebellion of the Three Guards against the regent Duke of Zhou. He in turn was joined...
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