Timeline of Western Zhou Dynasty history
Posted: April 16th, 2009 | Author: xiaochong | Filed under: history of china timeline | Tags: Western Zhou Dynasty history | 1 Comment »Timeline of Western Zhou Dynasty history
| Date | Ruler | Events | Other people/events |
| 1034 BC | Wu | Bronzeware script in greater use. | |
| 1042 BC | Cheng | ||
| 1027 BC | |||
| 1020 BC | Kang | ||
| 1000 BC | Earliest possible date for the compilation of the Shi Jing | ||
| 995 BC | Zhao | ||
| 976 BC | Mu | During the 12th year of King Mu’s reign, Zhou forces attacked and defeated some branches of the Rong people, allowing for territorial expansion of Zhou. King Mu’s critics, including the Duke of Zhai (as recorded in a later 4th century BC discourse of the Mu Tian zizhuan), stated that Mu’s expeditions to displace the Rong people were unjustified, as they kept to their own lands and hence abided by their station in the cosmological-political order withChina at the center. | |
| 922 BC | Gong | ||
| 899 BC | Yi (Ji Jian) | ||
| 891 BC | Xiao | ||
| 885 BC | Yi (Ji Xie) | When the nomadic Rong people of Taiyuan staged an attack on the Zhou capital at Haojing, King Yi called upon the aid of his nobles, a significant event which demarcated the beginning of the Zhou monarchs’ dependence on their regional nobles to defend the kingdom. Under the command of Guo Gong, the Zhou were able to defeat the Rong people in a significant battle circa 854 BC, reportedly capturing about a thousand horses. | |
| 877 BC | Li | During Li’s reign, the Western Rong people launched an invasion deep into Chinese territory before being pushed out. | |
| 841 BC | Gonghe Regency | First year of concise, consecutive court dating at the beginning of the regency of Gonghe. | |
| 827 BC | Xuan | ||
| 781 BC | You | ||
| 771 BC | After King You had replaced Queen Shen with a favored concubine Baosi, the queen’s father, the Marquis of Shen, allied with the Quanrong nomadic tribe to sack the capital. Queen Shen’s son Ji Yijiu was then put on the throne, initiating the Eastern Zhou era. |
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