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  Wikinfo | Zhou Dynasty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Zhou dynasty was founded by the Ji family and had its capital at Hao, near the city of Xi'an, or Chang'an, as it was known in its heyday in the imperial period.
In 771 BC, after King You had replaced his queen with a concubine Baosi, he was then sacked by the joint force of the queen's father, who was the powerful Marquess of Shen, and the barbarians.
The queen's son Ji Yijiu was proclaimed the new king by the nobles from the states of Zheng, Lu, Qin and the Marquess of Shen.
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 Ask Us A Question - The 5th century BC started on January 1, 500 BC and ended on December 31, 401 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
476 BC - King Jing of Zhou / Ji Gai, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China, died.
469 BC - King Yuan of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
442 BC - King Zhending of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China, died.
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 King Xuan of Zhou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Xuan of Zhou (before 841 BC - 781 BC) (ch.
周宣王 zhōu xūan wáng) was the eleventh sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty.
Xuan (pinyin xuān), literary meaning: "proclaimed" or "perspicacious"
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 Zhou Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China -- Research Into Origins Of Huns, Uygurs, ...
King Xiangwang conferred onto Jinn Lord the title of Count and the land of Yangfan or 'he nei' (pronounced as He-rui in ancient Chinese to mean the winding section of the Yellow River).
One of the sons of King Shaokang of Xia Dynasty was permanently assigned to the Kuaiji land to guard the tomb, and the later Yue Principality was said to have descended from this lineage.
Zhou King Pingwang moved eastward to Luoyi in 770 BC under the escort of Qin lord, and promised to Qin the land of Feng and Qishan should Qin defeat Quanrong and recover the territories.
www.republicanchina.org /zhou.html   (13765 words)

  
 Chinese History - Zhou Dynasty 周 government and administration (www.chinaknowledge.de)
The basic structure of Zhou central government is said to be described by the Classic Zhouli 周禮 "Rites of the Zhou", a book compiled during the 3rd century BC.
From the personal rule of the shaman king of Shang times, the rule changed to a king that was simply the head of many officers among whom the ministers, intendants and provisioners became more and more important.
As can be seen from the ritual classics the main focus of early Zhou education was rituals (li 禮) and music (yue 樂), archery (she 射) and driving (yu 御), writing (shu 書) and mathematics (shu 數).
www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Zhou/zhou-admin.html   (1461 words)

  
 Creation of the Gods: A Somewhat Less Than Critical Commentary
King Zhou was named crown prince by his father King Di Yi due to a display of miraculous strength.
King Zhou later found that Daji was deathly ill. Daji convinced the king that the sword was a curse on her, and that King Zhou had been tricked by a sorceror.
King Zhou informed Daji that despite the barbaric torture, the ministers were not afraid to criticize the king.
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 Ethics of Shang, Zhou and the Classics by Sanderson Beck
The king bragged of how the slandering of him had stopped because the people had become even afraid to talk; but the Duke of Shao pointed out that he had merely dammed it up, which could be as dangerous as preventing the flow of water.
In 771 BC King Yu was killed by invading barbarians, and the resulting split between two courts led to the acceptance of the eastern capital as primary, marking the beginning of the Eastern Zhou period.
The Zhou patriarch Wen Wang opposed the use of alcohol except in the ceremonies, as the fall of the Shang dynasty was attributed to excessive drinking.
www.san.beck.org /EC13-Chou.html   (14215 words)

  
 King Li of Zhou - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King Li was a corrupt and decadent king.
King Li's bad rule soon forced many peasants and soldiers into revolt, and Li was forced into hiding.
His son was taken by one of King Li's ministers and hidden.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Li_of_Zhou   (203 words)

  
 Romance of Three Kingdoms - by Luo Guanzhong - History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Zhou people were also taxed by labor, the length of time during which a man had to work for the government varying according to the condition of the crop of each year.
The Zhou Dynasty had regularly appointed officials whose business was to teach the people how to take ores out of the mines and to manure their land; but as to how far this useful knowledge had been acquired, we have very little information.
This King was a descendant of the old ruling house of the state of Chu, and during the troubles attending the breakup of the Qin empire, he setup a kingdom on the ruins.
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Zhou Dynasty (late 10th century BC to late 9th century - 256 BC) followed the Shang Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China.
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 Xi Zhou Dynasty (1134-256 B.C.)
Due to Shang Zhou's cruelty, Wu Wang rebelled against him and established the Zhou Dynasty with the help of Jiang Ziya.
Zhou Wu Wang named his father Zhou Wen Wang.
Married daughter of duke Shen and gave birth to Zhou Xuan Wang.
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 Western Zhou Dynasty Succession
The rebellion and Fa posthumously declared his father first king of the Zhou dynasty.
When King Wu died, his younger brother Shu Dan, titled Zhou Gong, the Duke of Zhou, ruled as regent until Fa's son, Cheng, was old enough to take the throne.
King You lavished such attention on his new wife, Bao Si, that palace defenses deteriorated and a barbarian tribe entered the capital and assassinated him.
www.trinity.edu /sfield/Zhoudynasty.html   (168 words)

  
 Review of Mattos: The stone drums of Ch'in - Title
It is not generally known that remains of [the calligraphy of] Shi Zhou [Shi Zhou zhi ji] are nearby, [here] within the passes [guan zhong, the capital region].
Shi Zhou was the legendary historian of King Xuan of Zhou (trad.
Qizhou, a prefecture (zhou) in the Tang period, is roughly modern Fengxiang County, Shaanxi.
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 Qin Shi Bu
Giles: Jiang was the queen of 周宣王 King Xuan of Zhou (r.
Jiang, daughter of 齊侯 the Marquis of Qi, was the queen of King Xuan of Zhou.
Zhou Liang was light-hearted, lofty and free; he did not seek official position.
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 China   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By this point the Zhou monarchy had lost all control over provincial dynasts, and the remaining Zhou era is known as the "Warring States" period, as various local states contended for the Mandate of Heaven.
According to their legends, King Dongmyeong, the founder of Koguryo, was a prince of Fuyu.
It is well known the founder of Paekche, King Onjo, was a son of King Dongmyeong.
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 Chinese language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Contemporaneous with the end of Shang and Western Zhou periods are the bronze inscriptions.
It is said that during the reign of Zhou King Xuan (&23459;&29579; 827-782 BCE), a revision in the form of written characters were undertaken, and these became refered to as the greater seal script or dazhuan.
Old Chinese (&19978;&21476;&28450;&35486;), sometimes known as Archaic Chinese, was the language common during the early and middle Zhou Dynasty (11th to 7th centuries B.C.), texts of which include inscriptions on bronze artifacts, the poetry of the Shijing, the history of the Shujing, and portions of the Yijing (''I Ching'').
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Moxi, Concubine of King Jie of the Xia Dynasty, Conspectus
Daji, Concubine of King Zhou of the Yin Dynasty, Conspectus
Baosi, Concubine of King You of the Zhou Dynasty, Conspectus
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 Timeline for Military Conflicts - China History Forum, chinese history forum
King Cheng of Zhou's 11th year: War where King Cheng of Zhou attacks the Huai Yi King Kang of Zhou's 1st year: War where King Kang of Zhou invades the Gui Fang
King Gong of Zhou's 1st year: Zhou extinguishes Mi King Yi of Zhou's 1st year: King Yi of Zhou wages war against the Quan Rong
King Li of Zhou's 2nd year: War where Zhou resists the Huai Yi 1st year of Gong He's reign of Zhou: uprising of the people of Zhou
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 Chinese language
The forms of the characters in the inscriptions changed over the 200 to 300 years, and scholars date the inscriptions of the Shang to the ruler by the content, particularly from the name of the diviners who inscribed the shell or bone artifacts.
It is said that during the reign of Zhou King Xuan (宣王 827-782 BCE), the form of written characters was revised, and these became refered to as the "greater seal script" or dazhuan.
Old Chinese (T:上古漢語S:上古汉语P:Shànggǔ Hànyǔ), sometimes known as 'Archaic Chinese', was the language common during the early and middle Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC), texts of which include inscriptions on bronze artifacts, the poetry of the Shijing, the history of the Shujing, and portions of the Yijing (I Ching).
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 Origin of the surname Gong
During the latter part of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a notorious king called Li Wang, who was known for his cruelty.
After the king was ousted, the people wanted Gong He to be in charge of the kingdom.
Gong thus handed his power back to this young king, Zhou Xuan Wang, and returned to his own kingdom of Gong.
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 Lü Shuang Cao
One day as Boqi was wandering in the cold mountains singing about having to tread in the frost the king, out hunting with Yin Jifu, heard him and said that it must be the voice of a filial son.
He was faultless, but his stepmother slandered him with the result that he was forced to leave.
A biography of the king's wife, Jiang Hou, is included in Lienü Zhuan.
www.silkqin.com /02qnpu/10tgyy/tg11lsc.htm   (633 words)

  
 Fully Dated Western Zhou Bronze inscriptions (1997)
Zou ding 19 4 C(28) Xuan 827 809h 3(13) 16
The Bo Ke hu, which I date to 826, appears to be addressed to Gong He, still functioning as head of state; the maker acknowledges his gratitude to "the friendship of tian you wang bo," i.e., to "the lord functioning as king, assisted by Heaven."
Change from hai as first month to zi as first month between the Zou ding and the Ci ding is caused by the change from 827 as yuan to 825 as yuan.
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 "Qixuan wang yu Zhong Wu Yan" (2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Plot Summary: This is a humorous mythical period drama based on the famous Chinese legend of Zhong Wu Yan and Qixuan the King...
The King of Zhou divided China into two hundred of so small kingdoms, and the Qi Xuan King ruled the Kingdom of Qi, made it the strongest one of two hundred kingdoms.
What King of Qi Xuan did was that in the first time in the Chinese history, he enabled Chinese women to have the choice to have a little freedom and independence, but this was done in a rather bad way:
www.imdb.com /title/tt0381835   (571 words)

  
 The Philosophy of Mo Di
He received his education from the learned teachers of his day, who were probably disciples of Confucius or their disciples.
His works are filled with quotations from the Odes and Documents, abound in details of the government and actions of the early sage kings, and exhibit a wide variety of knowledge.
This Gongmeng is identified by the Qing dynasty scholar Hui Dong with Gongming Yi or Gongming Gao in Mengzi (3A.1 and 5A.1 respectively) identified by Zheng Xuan and Zhao Qi as disciples of Zengzi.
www.as.miami.edu /phi/bio/Buddha/modi.htm   (1179 words)

  
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475 BC King Xuan of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty.
468 BC King Zhending of Zhou becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China.
450s BC Pleistoanax succeeds his father Pleistarchus as king of Sparta.
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 Amazon.com: Sources of Western Zhou History: Inscribed Bronze Vessels: Books: Edward L. Shaughnessy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The thousands of ritual bronze vessels discovered by China's archaeologists serve as the major documentary source for the Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.).
These vessels contain long inscriptions full of detail on subjects as diverse as the military history of the period, the bureaucratic structure of the royal court, and lawsuits among the gentry.
The remarkable discoveries of Western Zhou bronze inscriptions in the last decade, of which the Wei family cache at Fufeng is just one example, have excited new interest in this branch of Chinese paleography and have enabled great advances to be made in the study of Western Zhou history.
www.amazon.com /Sources-Western-Zhou-History-Inscribed/dp/0520070283   (1133 words)

  
 Martial Development - Perspectives on martial arts for personal development
Ji Shengzi was training a fighting cock for King Xuan of Zhou.
After ten days of training passed, King Xuan asked, “Is the cock ready for a fight?”  Ji Shengzi said, “Not yet.  He is still haughty and conceited.”
After another ten days went by, King Xuan asked once more.  Ji Shengzi replied, “He is about ready for the fight.  When other cocks crow, he is not affected.  He looks like a cock made of wood.  Other cocks dare not challenge him, they will simply run away.”
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 Western Zhou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Which Zhou customs appear to be continuations of the Shang’s?
What social and political ideals does this story reveal?
How reliable does the Book of Documents appear to be as a historical source?
webspace.ship.edu /jkskaf/China-Traditional/6WestZhou.html   (33 words)

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