King Wu conquered King Zhou and established the Western Zhou Dynasty

King Wu conquered King Zhou and established the Western Zhou Dynasty in 1046 B.C. This conclusion was based on the inscriptions of the Western Zhou Li Gui and the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. The inscription on the Li Gui recorded that " King Wu conquered Shang, only during the Jiazi period, the year of the tripod, and the Shang Dynasty was conquered." The research on the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties also speculated that King Wu conquered Zhou in 1046 B.C.

After King Wu conquered King Zhou, he established the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Haojing and Fengjing (now southwest of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province).

King Wu conquered Zhou during the Western Zhou Dynasty.

After King Wu conquered King Zhou, he established the Zhou Dynasty.

The next sentence of King Wu's crusade against King Zhou was Shi Yan's escape to the east.

The book was published by the Yuzhang Bookstore in 1981. The book was divided into three volumes, which told the story of King Zhou's Crown Prince Yin Jiao avenging his mother, Empress Jiang, and his experience of helping King Wu to conquer Zhou after he escaped from Zhaoge. This book was the product of the flourishing development of the art of speech in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The speaker liked to collect strange legends to attract the audience. 'Pinghua of King Wu's conquest of Zhou' was one of the best materials for storytellers to tell stories. The movie adaptation of the book,"The Gods (Part One)," would be released in 2023.

The source of King Wu's crusade against King Zhou can be found in Shangshu·Wucheng: " Move forward and change sides, attack the north of the rear." This passage described the background and process of the war when King Wu conquered Zhou.

" Ping Hua of King Wu's Expedition of King Zhou " was a book that narrated the story of Jiang Taigong assisting King Wu of Zhou in destroying the Shang Dynasty. It described King Zhou's tyrannical behavior and Jiang Taigong's wisdom and courage. In the end, King Wu and Jiang Taigong successfully captured King Zhou and executed him. This book was very different from the historical records. It contained some supernatural plots, such as Daji turning into a demon. The author of the book was unknown. It was created during the Song and Yuan Dynasties and was widely circulated. This book was closely related to the Romance of the Gods, which was an expansion and description based on the Pinghua.

King Wu's conquest of Zhou was a war in which King Wu of Zhou led an alliance army to crusade against King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty, which ultimately led to the destruction of the Shang Dynasty. The war took place in 1046 B.C., in the Guanzhong Plain and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The Zhou Coalition Army had about 45,000 soldiers and the Shang Army had about 170,000 soldiers. The battle was intense and the Zhou Coalition Army won in the end.

After King Wu conquered Zhou, the world was not completely pacified. The son of King Zhou, Wu Geng, rebelled and the noble forces of the Shang Dynasty reignited. Duke Dan of Zhou led the army to fight an arduous battle. In the end, he put down the rebellion and killed Wu Geng, completely preventing the Shang Dynasty from being in turmoil again. Duke Dan of Zhou also proposed a large-scale enfeoffment policy to stabilize the Western Zhou regime. Jiang Ziya, or Lu Shang, was the right-hand man of King Cheng, and was granted the title of enjoying life in Qi. Many people in Shandong were said to be descendants of Jiang Ziya.