Western Zhou period

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era of Chinese history historical period

The Western Zhou period was an early era of Chinese history (c. 1046–771 BCE) marked by the Zhou dynasty’s establishment of a feudal order, development of classical texts, and foundational influence on later Chinese culture and philosophy.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Western Zhou dynasty	8
Western Zhou	7
Zhou feudal system	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Chinese history ⓘ historical period ⓘ
associatedWork	Book of Changes NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Documents NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Odes NERFINISHED ⓘ Rites traditions ⓘ
capital	Fenghao NERFINISHED ⓘ Haojing NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreConcept	Mandate of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dynasty	Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
endEvent	Quanrong invasion of Haojing NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	771 BCE ⓘ
followedBy	Eastern Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ Spring and Autumn period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Shang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ late Shang period NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn	Confucianism NERFINISHED ⓘ Legalism NERFINISHED ⓘ later Chinese statecraft ⓘ
hasMonarch	King Cheng of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Kang of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Li of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Mu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Xuan of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King You of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhao of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ
introducedConcept	Mandate of Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	codification of ritual norms ⓘ development of classical Chinese texts ⓘ establishing Zhou feudal order ⓘ foundational influence on Chinese political philosophy ⓘ foundational influence on later Chinese culture ⓘ
locatedIn	Guanzhong region NERFINISHED ⓘ Wei River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure	feudal enfeoffment system ⓘ
precededBy	Shang dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	ancestor worship ⓘ ritual practices centered on Heaven ⓘ
significantDevelopment	bronze ritual vessel culture ⓘ early Chinese legal and ritual codes ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Muye NERFINISHED ⓘ Quanrong invasion NERFINISHED ⓘ enfeoffment of regional lords ⓘ
startEvent	Zhou conquest of Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	c. 1046 BCE ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

I Ching → timePeriod → Western Zhou period ⓘ

State of Qi → era → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Chang'an → servedAsCapitalOf → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Old Chinese → spokenIn → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Spring and Autumn period → follows → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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State of Jin → era → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Xiong Yi → eraContext → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Haojing → locatedIn → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Haojing → capitalOf → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Haojing → timePeriod → Western Zhou period ⓘ

Mandate of Heaven → associatedWith → Western Zhou period ⓘ

He Zun → culture → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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He Zun → period → Western Zhou period ⓘ

Luoyi → timePeriod → Western Zhou period ⓘ

Eastern Zhou → follows → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Eastern Zhou → precededBy → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Guanzhong region → historicalCoreOf → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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King Wu of Zhou → eraName → Western Zhou period ⓘ

Duke of Zhou → era → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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King You of Zhou → dynasty → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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King You of Zhou → era → Western Zhou period ⓘ

Book of Songs → timePeriod → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Jin State → existedDuring → Western Zhou period ⓘ

subject surface form: Jin (state)

Son of Heaven → firstAttestedIn → Western Zhou period ⓘ

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Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron → period → Western Zhou period ⓘ

subject surface form: Mao Gong Ding

ancient State of Chen → existedDuring → Western Zhou period ⓘ

subject surface form: State of Chen