Zhaoge

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Zhaoge (Chinese: 朝歌; pinyin: Zhāogē), in modern Qi County, Hebi, Henan province, was the capital of the State of Wey in the Zhou dynasty.[1] According to traditional histories, it had been the last capital of the Shang dynasty, from king Geng Ding or Wu Yi through the final three kings.[2][3] In the 3rd century, Du Yu stated that the Yinxu 'ruins of Yin' mentioned in the Zuo Zhuan was Zhaoge. In the early 20th century, archaeologists discovered the capital of the last nine Shang kings, now known as Yinxu, on the edge of Anyang about 50 km (30 mi) north of Zhaoge.[4]

  1. ^ Li Feng (2006). Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou 1045–771 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-521-85272-2.
  2. ^ Nienhauser, William H. Jr., ed. (1994). The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 1: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China. Indiana University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-253-34021-7.
  3. ^ Shaughnessy, Edward L. (1999). "Western Zhou history". In Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward L. (eds.). The Cambridge History of Ancient China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 292–351. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521470308.007. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, Endymion (2013). Chinese History: A New Manual. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 681. ISBN 978-0-674-06715-8.