Introduction The book “The Interpretation of Dreams by the Duke of Zhou” is a dream interpretation book that relies on people’s dreams to divine good fortune and bad luck, with seven types of dream interpretations. The Duke of Zhou in the book is Zhou Gong Dan, and the dream of Confucius, “I do not dream …
Brief introduction Luoyi, also known as Luoyi, is the ancient name of the capital of the Zhou dynasty, Luoyang, “eight wide, Zhou Luo for the middle, called Luoyi”, the Duke of Zhou camp Luoyi, because it is in the earth, the lords of the four sides of the screen, so Luoyi will be established as …
Introduction The Three Supervisors’ Rebellion is also known as the Guan Cai Rebellion or the Wugeng Rebellion. It was the first rebellion of three noblemen in the Shang region (near Anyang City in Henan Province) in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. After King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty conquered the Shang Dynasty, he listened to …
King Cheng of Zhou, Ji Chant (? -He was the second ruler of the Western Zhou Dynasty. When King Cheng succeeded to the throne, he was still young and was ruled by his uncle Zhou Gongdan, who pacified the rebellion of the Three Supervisors. After the reign of King Cheng, he built the new capital …
Character Profile The Duke of Zhou, surnamed Ji and named Dan, was the fourth son of King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, and the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, who twice assisted King Wu of Zhou in his eastern conquest of King Zhou and made rites and music. He was called …
Introduction The ritual and music system was a cultural system established during the Zhou Dynasty to maintain the feudal system. After King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the rulers of the Western Zhou Dynasty established four major systems to consolidate their rule and establish a stable political system: the feudal system …
Whether the well field system existed or not has been debated by historians. According to the Spring and Autumn Annals, the so-called “well field” was a unit of irrigation in which eight families shared one well. The amount of water from one well could be used to irrigate the fields of one well. The land …
Introduction The patriarchal system evolved from the patriarchal system of clan society and was a system in which the royal nobility distributed state power according to blood ties in order to establish hereditary rule. It is characterized by the merging of clan and state organizations into one, and the complete alignment of the clan hierarchy …
Introduction Feudalism refers to the political system of feudalism; the social form of feudalism; with the color of feudal society. It is derived from the poem “Shang Song – Yin Wu”: “The order was given to the lower state, and feudalism built up its blessings”. Basic Meaning Feudalism is a verb used in conjunction with …
Dynasties IntroductionWestern Zhou (1046 BC ~ 771 BC), a dynasty in Chinese history. In the 11th century B.C., King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, established the state name Zhou, and set the capital at Hao (east of Fenghe River in Chang’an, Shaanxi Province). After the reign of King Cheng of the …