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King Wu of Zhou, the Glossary

King Wu of Zhou (died), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty.^[1]

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1043 BC deaths
11th-century BC Chinese monarchs
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Battle of Muye

The Battle of Muye, Mu, or Muh took place in ancient China between the rebel Zhou state and the reigning Shang dynasty.

Bo Yikao was the 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. King Wu of Zhou and bo Yikao are Investiture of the Gods characters.

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Book of Rites

The Book of Rites, also known as the Liji, is a collection of texts describing the social forms, administration, and ceremonial rites of the Zhou dynasty as they were understood in the Warring States and the early Han periods.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese sovereign

The Chinese sovereign was the ruler of a particular monarchical regime in the historical periods of ancient China and imperial China.

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Duke Hu of Chen

Duke Hu of Chen (fl. 11th century BC) was the posthumous title given to Gui Man (Chinese: 媯滿, with "Man" being his given name and "Gui" being his ancestral temple surname) by his father-in-law, King Wu of Zhou, who founded the Zhou dynasty in 1046 BC. King Wu of Zhou and Duke Hu of Chen are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs and Founding monarchs.

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Duke of Zhou

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 the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu.

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Duke Yǐ of Qi

Duke Yǐ of Qi (reigned 10th century BC) was the third recorded ruler of the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Western Zhou Dynasty.

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Family tree of Chinese monarchs (ancient)

This is a family tree of Chinese monarchs covering the period of the Five Emperors up through the end of the Spring and Autumn period.

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Fengjian

Fēngjiàn (l) was a governance system in Ancient China and Imperial China, whose social structure formed a decentralized system of confederation-like government.

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Han (NW Zhou state)

Han was a minor Chinese state under the Zhou dynasty.

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Han dynasty

The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.

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Haojing

Hao or Haojing, also called Zongzhou (宗周), was one of the two settlements comprising the capital of the Western Zhou dynasty (1066–770 BCE), the other being Fēng or Fēngjīng (灃京).

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Ji, King of Zhou

Jili was a leader of the Predynastic Zhou during the Shang dynasty of ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and Ji, King of Zhou are kings of the Zhou dynasty and Shang dynasty people.

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Jiang Ziya

Jiang Ziya (century BC – century BC), also known by several other names, was a Chinese military general, monarch, strategist, and writer who helped kings Wen and Wu of Zhou overthrow the Shang in ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and Jiang Ziya are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs, 11th-century BC rebels, Founding monarchs and Investiture of the Gods characters.

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Jin (Chinese state)

Jin (Old Chinese: &ast), originally known as Tang (唐), was a major state during the middle part of the Zhou dynasty, based near the centre of what was then China, on the lands attributed to the legendary Xia dynasty: the southern part of modern Shanxi.

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King Cheng of Zhou

King Cheng of Zhou (1055–1021 BC), personal name Ji Song, was the second king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. King Wu of Zhou and king Cheng of Zhou are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs and kings of the Zhou dynasty.

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King Tai of Zhou

King Tai of Zhou or Gugong Danfu was a leader of the Predynastic Zhou during the Shang dynasty in ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and King Tai of Zhou are Founding monarchs, kings of the Zhou dynasty and Shang dynasty people.

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King Wen of Zhou

King Wen of Zhou (1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang, the patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and King Wen of Zhou are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs, Investiture of the Gods characters, kings of the Zhou dynasty and Shang dynasty people.

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King Zhou of Shang

King Zhou was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang or King Shou of Shang, the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and king Zhou of Shang are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs and Investiture of the Gods characters.

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Ma Lin (painter)

Ma Lin (– after 1256) was a Chinese court painter during the Song dynasty active during the early to mid 13th century.

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Mengjin, Luoyang

Mengjin District is a district in Luoyang City, in the northwest of Henan province, China, located to the north of Luoyang's urban districts.

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Posthumous name

A posthumous name is an honorary name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian culture.

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Predynastic Zhou

The Predynastic Zhou or Proto-Zhou refers to the state of Zhou that existed in the Guanzhong region of modern Shaanxi province during the Shang dynasty of ancient China, before its conquest of the Shang in 1046/1045 BC which led to the establishment of the Zhou dynasty.

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Qi (state)

Qi, or Ch'i in Wade–Giles romanization, was a regional state of the Zhou dynasty in ancient China, whose rulers held titles of Hou (侯), then Gong, before declaring themselves independent Kings.

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Rebellion of the Three Guards

The Rebellion of the Three Guards, or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion, was a civil war, instigated by an 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 in late 11th century BC.

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Shang dynasty

The Shang dynasty, also known as the Yin dynasty, was a Chinese royal dynasty that ruled in the Yellow River valley during the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and followed by the Western Zhou dynasty.

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Shu Yu of Tang

Shu Yu of Tang, ancestral name (姓): Ji (姬) given name (名): Yu (虞), and Ziyu (子於), was the founder of the State of Tang during the early Zhou Dynasty (1046–771 BC) of ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and Shu Yu of Tang are 11th-century BC Chinese monarchs and Founding monarchs.

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Spirit tablet

A spirit tablet, memorial tablet, or ancestral tablet is a placard that people used to designate the seat of a deity or past ancestor as well as to enclose it.

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Tai Si

Tai Si (– 11th century BC) was the wife of King Wen of Zhou and is revered as a highly respected woman of ancient China. King Wu of Zhou and Tai Si are Shang dynasty people.

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Western Zhou

The Western Zhou (771 BC) was a period of Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Zhou dynasty.

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Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project

The Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project was a multi-disciplinary project commissioned by the People's Republic of China in 1996 to determine with accuracy the location and time frame of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties.

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Yellow Emperor

The Yellow Emperor, also known as the Yellow Thearch or by his Chinese name Huangdi, is a mythical Chinese sovereign and culture hero included among the legendary Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and an individual deity (shen) or part of the Five Regions Highest Deities in Chinese folk religion.

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Yellow River

The Yellow River is the second-longest river in China, after the Yangtze; with an estimated length of it is the sixth-longest river system on Earth.

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Yi Jiang

Yi Jiang (11th century BC), was a Chinese queen and government minister.

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Ying (state)

Ying was a minor kingdom in eastern China that existed from circa 1030 BCE to 646 BCE.

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Yu the Great

Yu the Great or Yu the Engineer was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for "the first successful state efforts at flood control," his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. King Wu of Zhou and Yu the Great are Founding monarchs.

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Zhou dynasty

The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest of such reign in Chinese history.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Wu_of_Zhou

Also known as Ji Fa, King Wu of Chou, King Wu of Zhou of China, King Wu of Zou, King Wuwang, Wu King of Zhou, Wu-Wang, Wuwang, Zhou Wu Wang, Zhou Wuwang, Zhou king Wu.

King Wu of Zhou, the Glossary

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1043 BC deaths

11th-century BC Chinese monarchs

11th-century BC rebels

Kings of the Zhou dynasty

Shang dynasty people

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