Zhou, known as the Later Zhou (/dʒoʊ/; simplified Chinese: 后周; traditional Chinese: 後周; pinyin: Hòu Zhōu) in historiography, was a short-lived Chinese...

in the armies of Later Tang, Later Han, and Later Zhou. Zhao, also a professional soldier, rose through the ranks of the Later Zhou before seizing the...

the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou, Liao, and Northern Song dynasties of China. He served as a chancellor under the Later Zhou dynasty...

Look up Zhou or zhou in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Zhou may refer to: Predynastic Zhou (周 or 先周; c. 1150–c. 1046 BC), the state in modern Shaanxi...

Wei, the Northern Zhou, the Sui dynasty, the Tang dynasty, the Later Liang, the Later Tang, the Later Jin, the Later Han, the Later Zhou, the Northern Song...

The Zhou dynasty ([ʈʂóʊ]; Chinese: 周) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from c. 1046 BC until 256 BC, the longest of such reign in...

his death in January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Mao Zedong and aided the Communist Party in rising to power, later helping consolidate its control...

The Later Han were overthrown in 951 by the Later Zhou but retained control of Taiyuan with the support of the Liao dynasty. Ascending the Later Zhou throne...

Zhou Guanyu (Chinese: 周冠宇; pinyin: Zhōu Guànyǔ, pronounced [ʈʂóʊ kwân.ỳ]; born 30 May 1999) is a Chinese racing driver who currently competes in Formula...

which has a different character and pronunciation (周; Zhōu). In later times, the story of King Zhou became a cautionary tale on what could befall a kingdom...

Qiyu Zhou (Chinese: 周齐宇; born January 6, 2000), also known as Nemo Zhou and her online alias akaNemsko, is a Chinese-born Canadian chess player who holds...

conquering the Min and Ma Chu dynasties in 945 and 951 respectively. The Later Zhou dynasty invaded the Southern Tang domain in 956 and defeated them by 958...

by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Zhou (周太祖), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Later Zhou dynasty during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms...

and Ten Kingdoms Period of China that resulted in the overthrow of the Later Zhou dynasty and the foundation of the Song dynasty. In response to an invasion...

two years later when a Han Chinese named Guo Wei led a military coup and declared himself emperor of the Later Zhou. The remnants of the Later Han returned...

July 959), later known as Guo Rong (郭榮), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizong of Zhou, was the second emperor of the Later Zhou dynasty of...

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...

The Predynastic Zhou or Proto-Zhou (/dʒoʊ/; Chinese: 先周) refers to the state of Zhou that existed in the Guanzhong region of modern Shaanxi province during...

Pan would also later execute Wang Kui. Zhou Xingfeng then demoted Pan for murdering Wang, causing Pan to be angry and rebellious. Zhou then sent envoys...

unknown, 932–993) was an empress consort and empress dowager during the Later Zhou dynasty. She was a daughter of general Fu Yanqing and a younger sister...

Elder, first empress consort of Chai Rong 959–959: Empress Dowager Fu (Later Zhou), second empress consort of Chai Rong ?–968: Empress Guo, empress consort...

to relinquish his title as an emperor and accept the Later Zhou's overlordship in 958, and later the Northern Song's overlordship after 960. Parents Father:...

dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, ending the...

Kingdoms period, in AD 937. Later Han dynasty (AD 947–951) during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Later Zhou dynasty (AD 951–960) during the...

general Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han, and later Guo Wei, who founded Later Zhou. After becoming the Later Zhou chancellor, his excessive actions...

The Eastern Zhou is a period in Chinese history comprising the latter half of the Zhou dynasty from c. 771 BCE to 256 BCE, following the Zhou capital's...

Zhou Yu (Chinese: 周瑜, pronunciation) (175–210), courtesy name Gongjin (Chinese: 公瑾), was a Chinese military general and strategist serving under the warlord...

of Cancer, and a few seasons later Comet Halley appeared. One or more of these was interpreted by the powerful Lord of Zhou as a visible sign indicating...

Dowager Shunde of Wuyue. She died in 952. Then-reigning Emperor Taizu of Later Zhou honored her and gave her the posthumous name of Gongyi ("respectful and...

general of the Later Zhou dynasty, Emperor Taizu came to power after staging a coup d'état and forcing Emperor Gong, the last Later Zhou ruler, to abdicate...