The Eight Hundred Years of Zhou Dynasty is a grand epic.
The Zhou Dynasty rose in the western border. King Wen laid the foundation, King Wu defeated Zhou, and the battle of Muye established the empire. The Duke of Zhou followed up by making rituals and music, and established an order based on enfeoffment and patriarchal rule that "everything in the world belongs to the king." He created a paradigm of Chinese civilization with virtue, rituals and music as the core.
However, King You "played with the princes by beacon fire", which caused the royal family to lose its majesty and was forced to move eastward to Luoyi. History entered the Spring and Autumn Period. From then on, "the conquest of rites and music came from the emperor" became "the conquest of rites and music came from the princes". Overlords such as Qi Huan and Jin Wen took turns to compete for hegemony under the banner of "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians".
By the Warring States Period, rituals and music had completely collapsed. The seven heroes stand side by side, reform and strengthen themselves, and fight endlessly. The Zhou royal family has become an insignificant symbol. The farce of the last King Nan of Zhou Dynasty who was "high in debt" played the final song for the dynasty. In 256 BC, the Qin people easily took away the Jiuding, a symbol of royal power, and the Zhou Dynasty was completely destroyed.
After eight hundred years of rise and fall, the Zhou Dynasty moved from the builder of order to the symbol of order, and in its final collapse, it laid the foundation for the unification of later generations. Its civilization of rituals and music and its turbulent history have jointly shaped the DNA of China.
1. Fú yǐ is the name for plantain in ancient literature, also known as "plantain". It is a perennial herb. Its young leaves are edible, and the whole plant and seeds can be used as medicine.
2. Lu Xu, official name. Zhou established this official. In the Zhou Dynasty, twenty-five families were divided into one village, with one person to control the conscription of the households in the village to perform sacrifices and other matters.
The appearance of the urn city can be traced back to distant antiquity, although the exact time of its origin is still uncertain. However, archaeologists have discovered the prototype of a urn city about 4,000 years ago at the Shenmu Shimao site in Shaanxi, which provides valuable clues for research and may trace it back to the late Longshan period to the early Xia Dynasty.
In addition, there are also records about Wengcheng in "Poetry Zheng Feng Out of the East Gate", in which "" is an early form of Wengcheng. This part of the literature provides important support for research and illustrates the existence of Wengcheng in early history.
"Zhou Rites" was called "Zhou Guan" during the Zhou Dynasty. This document was originally called "Zhou Guan", and later also called "Zhou Guan Li".
"Zhou Rites" is a document recording the official system of the Zhou Dynasty. It was written by Zhou Gongdan, a famous politician and thinker in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gongdan made rites and music in Luoyang and formed the "Zhou Rites", which was used to govern the country. The content covered the politics, economy, culture, customs, etiquette and other aspects of social life at that time, with the purpose of maintaining the social stability and patriarchal feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty.
1. Fú yǐ is the name for plantain in ancient literature, also known as "plantain". It is a perennial herb. Its young leaves are edible, and the whole plant and seeds can be used as medicine. 2. Lu Xu, official name. Zhou established this official. In the Zhou Dynasty, twenty-five families were divided into one village, with one person to control the conscription of the households in the village to perform sacrifices and other matters.
The appearance of the urn city can be traced back to distant antiquity, although the exact time of its origin is still uncertain. However, archaeologists have discovered the prototype of a urn city about 4,000 years ago at the Shenmu Shimao site in Shaanxi, which provides valuable clues for research and may trace it back to the late Longshan period to the early Xia Dynasty. In addition, there are also records about Wengcheng in "Poetry Zheng Feng Out of the East Gate", in which "" is an early form of Wengcheng. This part of the literature provides important support for research and illustrates the existence of Wengcheng in early history.
"Zhou Rites" was called "Zhou Guan" during the Zhou Dynasty. This document was originally called "Zhou Guan", and later also called "Zhou Guan Li". "Zhou Rites" is a document recording the official system of the Zhou Dynasty. It was written by Zhou Gongdan, a famous politician and thinker in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Gongdan made rites and music in Luoyang and formed the "Zhou Rites", which was used to govern the country. The content covered the politics, economy, culture, customs, etiquette and other aspects of social life at that time, with the purpose of maintaining the social stability and patriarchal feudal system of the Zhou Dynasty.