Wu of Zhou information

King Wu of Zhou (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...

ruled as female emperor of the Wu Zhou dynasty of China from 690 to 705. She was the only female sovereign in the history of China widely regarded as...

Wu of Zhou may refer to: King Wu of Zhou (fl. 11th century BC) Emperor Wu of Zhou (543–578), emperor of Northern Zhou Empress Wu of Zhou (624–705), or...

Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou ((北)周武帝) (543 – 21 June 578), personal name Yuwen Yong (宇文邕), Xianbei name Miluotu (禰羅突), was an emperor of the Xianbei-led...

parents were King Wu of Zhou (周武王) and Queen Yi Jiang (邑姜). King Cheng was young when he ascended the throne. His uncle the Duke of Zhou, fearing that Shang...

dynasty, before the period of the Eastern Zhou. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when Quanrong...

with Western Zhou bronzes, indicating close bonds between the Rong and the Western Zhou. During the Western Zhou (1045–771 BC), King Wu maintained the...

King Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文王; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang (Chinese: 姬昌), the...

King Zhou ([ʈ͡ʂoʊ]; Chinese: 紂王; pinyin: Zhòu Wáng) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin of Shang (商帝辛; Shāng Dì Xīn) or King Shou of Shang...

kept records about Zhou in oracle bones. The texts about Zhou inscribed by the Shang court are mainly those from the reign of Wu Ding and the last Shang...

of Muye, Mu, or Muh (c. 1046 BC) took place in ancient China between the rebel Zhou state and the reigning Shang dynasty. The Zhou army, led by Wu of...

Qing. In 1678, Wu declared himself the new Emperor of China and the ruler of Zhou, only to die within months. For a time, his grandson Wu Shifan succeeded...

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. He was...

Wu Geng or Wugeng (Chinese: 武庚 Wǔgēng), a.k.a. 祿父 Lùfù, was an ancient Chinese noble who was the son of Zhou, the last king of the Shang. After his father...

capable ruler, Northern Zhou destroyed rival Northern Qi in 577, taking over Northern Qi's territory. However, Emperor Wu's death in 578 doomed the state...

However, Zhou Wu sent three of his brothers and an army to ensure that Wu Geng would not rebel. After Zhou Wu's death, the Shang joined the Rebellion of the...

T'ai-po) (circa 1150 BCE), or Wu Taibo, was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou and the legendary founder of the State of Wu. His exact birth and death dates...

victories served as the bedrock of Sun Quan's regime, which in 222 became Eastern Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms. Zhou Yu did not live to see Sun Quan's...

After the fall of the Shang dynasty, King Wu of Zhou had appointed his younger brothers Guanshu, Caishu and Huoshu as the "Three Guards" of the East to secure...

King Ping of Zhou (Chinese: 周平王; pinyin: Zhōu Píng Wáng; died 16 April 720 BC), personal name Ji Yijiu, was the thirteenth king of the Zhou dynasty and...

China and the sole emperor of the Wu Zhou dynasty. These are Wu Zetian's paternal ancestors. Great-Great-Great-Grandfather Wu Keji (武克已), posthumously honored...

government minister. She was married to King Wu of Zhou (r. 1046–1043 BC). She was the first queen of the Zhou dynasty. She, Fu Hao and Lady Nanzi belonged...

King Kang of Zhou (Chinese: 周康王; died 996/78 BC) was the third king of the Zhou Dynasty and son of King Cheng of Zhou. The dates of his reign are 1020–996...

(後; hòu): e.g., Later Zhao, Later Han Surname of the ruling family e.g., Wu Zhou, Ma Chu Other types of prefixes e.g., Shu Han (the prefix "Shu" is a...

works such as the Wu Wang Fa Zhou Pinghua (武王伐紂平話), the Fengshen Yanyi, and the Lieguo Zhi. She is considered a classic example of how a beautiful femme...