1042–1035 BC alongside Duke of Shao and Jiang Ziya
Issue
Bo Qin Junchen, Duke Ping of Zhou Elder of Fan (凡伯) Jiang Boling Yin Pengshu Mao Shu Zuo Bo Ji Bo
Names
Ancestral name: Ji (姬) Given name: Dan (旦)
Posthumous name
Duke Wen of Zhou (周文公) King Baode (褒德王), honored by Wu Zetian King Wenxian (文憲王), honoured by Zhenzong of Song
Father
King Wen of Zhou
Mother
Tai Si
Duke of Zhou
Chinese
周公旦
Literal meaning
"Dàn, Duke of Zhou"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhōu Gōng Dàn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Jou Gong Dann
Wade–Giles
Chou1 Kung1 Tan4
IPA
[ʈʂóʊ kʊ́ŋ tân]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jāu Gūng Daan
Jyutping
Zau1 Gung1 Daan3
IPA
[tsɐu˥koŋ˥taːn˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Chiu Kong Tàn
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*tiwC.qˤoŋ[d]ˤa[n]ʔ
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese
姬旦
Literal meaning
(personal name)
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Jī Dàn
Wade–Giles
Chi1 Tan4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Gēi Daan
Jyutping
Gei1 Daan3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ
Ki Tàn
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)
*[k](r)ə[d]ˤa[n]ʔ
Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文公旦; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Gōng Dàn; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Wên2 Kung1 Tan4), commonly known as the Duke of Zhou (Chinese: 周公; pinyin: Zhōu Gōng; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Kung1), 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.[1][2] He was renowned for acting as a capable and loyal regent for his young nephew King Cheng, and for successfully suppressing the Rebellion of the Three Guards and establishing firm rule of the Zhou dynasty over eastern China. He is also a Chinese culture hero credited with writing the I Ching and the Book of Poetry,[3] and establishing the Rites of Zhou.
^Anne Birrell (7 April 1999). Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. JHU Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-8018-6183-3.
^Thomas H. C. Lee (January 2004). The New and the Multiple: Sung Senses of the Past. Chinese University Press. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-962-996-096-4.
^Hinton, David. (2008). Classical Chinese Poetry: an Anthology. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-10536-7
Dan, Duke Wen ofZhou (Chinese: 周文公旦; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Gōng Dàn; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Wên2 Kung1 Tan4), commonly known as the DukeofZhou (Chinese: 周公; pinyin:...
King Wu ofZhou (Chinese: 周武王; pinyin: Zhōu Wǔ Wáng; died c. 1043 BCE) was the founder and first king of the Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign...
the DukeofZhou assisted his nephew King Cheng in consolidating royal power. Wary of the DukeofZhou's increasing power, the "Three Guards", Zhou princes...
parents were King Wu ofZhou (周武王) and Queen Yi Jiang (邑姜). King Cheng was young when he ascended the throne. His uncle the DukeofZhou, fearing that Shang...
The DukeofZhou stamped out this rebellion and conquered more territory to bring other people under Zhou rule. The Duke formulated the Mandate of Heaven...
the legacy of King Wen. Some consider him the first epic hero of Chinese history. Although frequently confused with his fourth son DukeofZhou, also known...
minister. He remained loyal to the regent DukeofZhou during the Rebellion of the Three Guards; following the Duke's punitive raids against the restive Eastern...
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 ofZhou over the remaining rump...
alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou government under the DukeofZhou's regency...
Eastern Zhou. Queens: Queen Chen (陳後) Queen Hui ofZhou, of the Gui clan of Chen (周惠後 媯姓), known as Chen Gui (陳媯); possibly a daughter ofDuke Xuan of Chen;...
Jī Hàn (姬翰), Dukeof Guó (虢公), elevated Jī Yúchén (姬余臣) to the throne as King Xie ofZhou (周携王), and the Zhou Dynasty saw a period of two parallel kings...
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...
changed into another. The Zhou yi was traditionally ascribed to the Zhou cultural heroes King Wen ofZhou and the DukeofZhou, and was also associated...
posthumously honored as the DukeofZhou) and Lady Yang by giving them the titles of the Prince and Princess of Taiyuan. Meanwhile, the son of Empress Wu's older...
and was restored by Duke Wen of Jin. After his death, his son King Qing ofZhou succeeded him. Spouse: Zhai Hou, of the Kui clan of Di (翟後 隗姓), deposed...
presentation of Chinese cosmology and a form of the Pythagorean theorem. It claims to present 246 problems worked out by the DukeofZhou as well as members of his...
King Si ofZhou in 441 BC Prince Wei (王子嵬; d. 426 BC), ruled as King Kao ofZhou from 440–426 BC Prince Jie (王子揭; d. 415 BC), ruled as Duke Huan of Western...
The Rites ofZhou (Chinese: 周禮), originally known as "Officers ofZhou" (周官; Zhouguan), is a Chinese work on bureaucracy and organizational theory. It...
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...
and was the mother of ten sons, including King Wu ofZhou - founder of the Zhou Dynasty - and his younger brother the DukeofZhou. Particularly respected...
ruled as King Hui ofZhou from 676 to 652 BC Prince Hu (王子虎; d. 624 BC), ruled as Duke Wen of Wangshu (王叔文公) until 624 BC Family tree of ancient Chinese...
Tai ofZhou (Chinese: 周太王; pinyin: Zhōu Tài Wáng; lit. 'Great King ofZhou') or Gugong Danfu (Chinese: 古公亶父; pinyin: Gǔgōng Dǎnfù; lit. 'The Old Duke Father...
King Zhuang ofZhou from 696–682 BC Prince Ke (王子克), fled to Southern Yan (南燕) in 694 BC Daughters: Zhou Wang Ji (周王姬) Married Duke Xiang of Qi (729–686...
position of the sun at the time. According to the Book of Documents, the first determined term was Dongzhi (Winter Solstice) by Dan, the DukeofZhou, while...
house ofZhou. Wang Chong's Lunheng calls him the elder brother of the DukeofZhou. Huangfu Mi states Lord Shao was the son of King Wen ofZhou by a concubine...
Cheng ofZhou had when he was in his minority and under the regency of Ji Dan, the DukeofZhou—to claim that he was as faithful as the DukeofZhou. However...
Wu ofZhou ennobled Lin Jian (林堅), the son of Prince Bigan, as the Dukeof Bo'ling. The Records of the Grand Historian states that King Cheng ofZhou, with...
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