Wen
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Wen is the posthumous title of King Wen of Zhou, the virtuous and foundational ruler traditionally credited with laying the groundwork for the Zhou dynasty in ancient China.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Wen of Zhou | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
founder figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ posthumous title ⓘ |
| ancestralTempleName | Shizu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliedTo | ruler Ji Chang of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Book of Changes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mandate of Heaven doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child |
Duke of Bi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duke of Shao NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creditedWith |
establishing the ideological foundations of the Zhou dynasty
ⓘ
laying the groundwork for the Zhou conquest of Shang ⓘ |
| culture | Chinese ⓘ |
| dynasty | Zhou dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | 11th century BCE ⓘ |
| father | Ji Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandfather | Gong Liu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Ji clan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imprisonedBy | King Zhou of Shang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
strategic preparation for overthrow of Shang
ⓘ
virtue and benevolent governance ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Classical Chinese ⓘ |
| legacy | model of virtuous rulership in Chinese political thought ⓘ |
| meaning | cultured; refined; civil ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Shangshu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shiji NERFINISHED ⓘ Shijing NERFINISHED ⓘ Yijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mother | Tairen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| personalName | Ji Chang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| posthumousNameMeaning | cultured ⓘ |
| posthumousTitle | Wen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ji Li NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | King Wen of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Guanzhong region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEra | late Shang dynasty period ⓘ |
| religiousStatus | subject of ancestral worship in Zhou ⓘ |
| role | foundational ruler of the Zhou dynasty ⓘ |
| spouse | Tai Si NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | King Wu of Zhou NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Count of the West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | reordering the hexagrams of the I Ching ⓘ |
| veneratedAs | sage king ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Confucian tradition ⓘ |
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