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| | King Zhou 纣's campaign against the Yi 夷 - China History Forum, chinese history forum |
 | | In the oracle bones, King Zhou 纣 (known as Di Xin 帝辛 in the records) was known to have a conducted 2 major campaigns against Ren Fang (人方), nowadays identified with the 东夷 of the Zhou period, in the 8th year and 10th year of his reign. |
 | | Although, the 2 campaigns were largely successful, with a lot of captives captured, it has been speculated that these campaigns exalted a huge financial and manpower strain on the Shang that ultimately led to its collapse. |
 | | It simply means that Di Yi and Di Xin were never in the records! (All right, flame me, my 1st thread was crap then....should never have started this thread anyway, but since started, have to shamelessly carry on |
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