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Bi Gan
Bi Gan (about 1110-1047 B.C.) was a native of Muye (present-day Weihui, Henan Province), who was also known as Prince Bi Gan because he was enfeoffed in the land of Bi, and was the concubine son of King Wen Ding of Shang. He was an intelligent and diligent scholar at an early age. He was …
From Jiang Ziya to see the path of students seeking employment
He was born into the noble family of Lu, but his family fell into disgrace; he started his career in Chao Ge, but he thought that Shang Zhou was obscene and violent. He had the talent, he had the vision, how could he get along with the foul king? So he resolutely resigned from his …
Jiang Ziya
Jiang Ziya (c. 1156 – c. 1017 B.C.), surnamed Jiang, Lu, was named Shang, Ziya, and Fei Xiong. He was an outstanding politician, military man and tactician in ancient China, the founding father of the Zhou Dynasty, and the founder of military science in the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties. Half of his life …
The historical truth of King Wu’s conquest of Zhou
The author has traveled to Anyang Yinxu, Tangyin Yili City, Xinxiang Muye ancient battlefield, and other places, recalling the great battle more than 3,000 years ago, is still heart pounding, but that history is after all too distant, today’s people’s understanding of that history mostly from the novel “Feng Shen Yan Yi” and some TV …
King Wu of Zhou
About King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa (? -(1043 BC), surnamed Ji Fa (often referred to as the King of Inferiority in Western Zhou bronze inscriptions), was a native of Qizhou (Qishan County, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province), and the first son of King Wen Ji Chang and Ta Si of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Biography …
The Reign of Chengkang
Introduction The reign of Chengkang, also known as the reign of Chengkang, refers to the reign of Ji Chant and Ji Zhao in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Historians say that “during the reign of Chengkang, the world was peaceful, and the punishment was not used for more than 40 years”. During the reigns of …
What exactly is the use of the I Ching?
About the I Ching, we have heard too much about its legend. For example, the two meters, four elephants and eight trigrams, and then such as the five elements of yin and yang, Hetu Luoshu, taiji diagram, and so on and so forth. They are mysterious and obscure, but also fascinating to think about. It …
The Influence of the I Ching on Chinese Art
The I Ching is the source of classical Chinese aesthetics, in which the natural beauty of the unity of heaven and man, the harmony of rigidity and flexibility, and the abstract beauty of metaphorical symbolism have profoundly influenced the way of thinking and aesthetic habits of the Chinese people. The I Ching laid an unshakable …
The God of Feudalism
Story Prototype Its prototype can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty’s “The Vermilion Text of King Wu’s Expulsion of Zhou”, which may also refer to the “Shang Zhou Yi” and “Kunlun Eight Immortals’ Journey to the East”. Story Outline Background The world of “The Legend of the Gods” is divided into the “Immortal …