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unusual facts about King Wen of Zhou


Tsinghua Bamboo Slips

The gathering takes place in the ancestral temple to King Wen of Zhou, King Wu's father, and incorporates beer drinking and the recitation of hymns in the style of the received Shi Jing.


Battle of Muye

King Wen of Zhou, the ruler of the Zhou, who was a Shang vassal, was given the title "Count of the West" by the King Di Xin of Shang (King Zhou).

King Wen sequence

Traditionally, it is said that 周文王 Zhōu Wén Wáng (King Wen) arranged the hexagrams in this sequence while imprisoned by 商紂王 Shāng Zhòu Wáng in the 12th century BC.


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