Predynastic Zhou: Difference between revisions

According to [[Sima Qian]], it was established by [[Gugong Danfu]] when he relocated his clan from their home of Bin to a new settlement near [[Mount of Qi]]，Zhouyuan (周原) along the [[Wei River]].<ref>[[Sima Qian]]. ''[[Records of the Grand Historian]]''.</ref> His two elder sons [[Wu Taibo|Taibo]] and [[Zhongyong of Wu|Zhongyong]] were said to have abandoned the territory and fled south to establish [[state of Wu|Wu]] on the lower [[Yangtze]]. His youngest son [[King Ji of Zhou|Jili]] then inherited Zhou and expanded it with numerous campaigns against the [[Xirong|Rong]] "[[hua-Yi distinction|barbarians]]" around Shang. His power threatened King [[Wen Ding]] and he was tricked into an ambush at a place called Saiku ({{lang|zh|塞库}}). Jili's son [[King Wen of Zhou|King Wen]] was likewise imprisoned by [[King Zhou of Shang]] at [[Youli]] before being ransomed by other nobles. In some accounts, Wen was forced to consume his [[Boyi Kao|eldest son]] as meat cakes or a soup at the king's bequest. His second son then avenged his grandfather and brother at the [[Battle of Muye]], defeating King Zhou and ending the Shang.