King Wu of Zhou
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King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Zhou dynasty of China. He is considered one of the inaugurators of the Chinese dynastic cycle and a model ruler in the Confucian trad
Depiction of King Wu by Ma Lin
Li gui showing 珷, top-right.
The Li gui, cast seven days after the Battle of Muye.
The Tianwang gui, thought to refer to King Wu performing a ritual to King Wen of Zhou.
The Rebellion of the Three Guards, or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion, was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peop
The Duke of Zhou's seizure of power was one of the major causes for the rebellion.
Illustration of Duke Qin imprisoning the Shu Du of Cai from the Imperial Illustrated Edition of the Book of Documents.
The Kang Hou gui (康侯簋), made after subduing the rebellion.