How did King Wen of Zhou die, and what kind of person is King Wen of Zhou?

King Ji Chang of Zhou Wen (c. 1152 BC, c. 1056 BC), surnamed Ji, was a native of Qizhou (now Qishan County, Shaanxi). The founder of the Zhou Dynasty, the grandson of King Tai of Zhou, the son of Ji Li, and the father of King Wu of Zhou. Also known as Zhou Hou, Xibo, Ji Bo, Zhou Yuan oracle bone inscription as Zhou Fangbo.

Originally a prince of the Shang Dynasty, he was named Xibo. Able to respect the old and the young, corporal courtesy. Taidian, Hong Yao, San Yisheng, Manzi, Xinjia Doctor and others all defected one after another.

Shang was tyrannical, he knew and sighed, and was imprisoned in Jinli (now Tangyinbei, Henan). After being bribed by Hong Yao and others, he was released, dedicated to the land of Luoxi, and asked for the punishment of abolishing cannon branding. After returning to Zhou, pacifying the dispute between Yu and Rui, and winning the support of the princes, they cut down the dog Rong, Misu (now Lingtai West Yuxiao, Gansu), destroyed Chongguo (now the east of Huxian County, Shaanxi), established Fengyi (now Fenghexi, Chang'an, Shaanxi), and moved the capital here, and then cut down the country of Sui, destroyed the Li country, and the princes returned to the public, "Analects Taber" said that it "has two out of three parts of the world, in order to serve Yin".

In the forty-fourth year of his reign, King Wen was ordained, proclaimed the king, and changed the Yuan.

King Wen of Zhou died in the 50th year of his life, died at the age of 97, and was buried in Biyuan (the tomb of the king of the Western Zhou Dynasty is located at the southern foot of Phoenix Mountain in Qishan County, Shaanxi).

In the first year of Tianzhu (690), Wu Zetian called himself the emperor, claimed to be the descendant of Ji Chang, and posthumously honored King Wen of Zhou as the ancestor Emperor Zhishuwen.

According to historical records, King Wen of Zhou was actually killed by King Shang. It is recorded in the article "King Wu's War": "King Wu cut Yin, took a boat to the river, the military chariot went out, and the boat was broken in the river."

The prince said: 'The prince avenged his father, and now he is dead. 'All the beams that have passed through have been burned.

This information shows that King Wen of Zhou was indeed killed by the king of Shang, and King Wu wanted to lead his troops to avenge his father.

King Jichang of Zhou Wen (c. 1152 BC, c. 1056 BC) was a native of Qizhou (now Qishan County, Shaanxi). The founder of the Zhou Dynasty, the grandson of King Tai of Zhou, the son of Ji Li, and the father of King Wu of Zhou. Also known as Zhou Hou, Xibo, Ji Bo, Zhou Yuan oracle bone inscription as Zhou Fangbo. Clan tremble.

The ancient Chinese generally had a reverence for the ancients, and imitating the ancient sages and the "three generations" was a topic that the ancients talked about. King Wen of Zhou is the perfect image in people's minds.

The number of people who have taken the resurrection ceremony as their responsibility in the past dynasties is innumerable. Due to the long period of time and the fragmentation of literature, people may not know much about King Wen of Zhou, and the Zhou rites may not be perfect, but as a kind of yearning for the monarch of Qingming and the system of Qingming, the meaning is positive, and King Wen of Zhou in the abstract sense has influenced Chinese history for more than 2,000 years.

Later generations of Confucianism, in order to link morality and politics, promoted King Wen as a typical example of an "inner sage and outer king", and the influence of King Wen became greater and greater. Confucius especially admired King Wen, and he dreamed of restoring the defeat of the "depressed and literary" Zhou Li.

King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang (1152 BC, 1056 BC), surnamed Ji, named Chang, grandson of King Taiwang of Zhou, son of Ji Li, founder of the Zhou Dynasty, and a native of Qi Zhou (now Qishan, Shaanxi). After the death of his father, he inherited the position of Xibohou, so he was called Xibochang. In the forty-second year of Xibochang, Ji Chang was called the king, and he was known as the king of Zhou Wen in history.

King Wen of Zhou was born at the age of fifteen, and after King Wu ascended the throne, he continued to use Jiang Ziya as the minister of state after his filial piety, and took his brothers Zhou Gongdan and Zhao Gongxiao as assistants to further rectify internal affairs, enhance military strength, and the national strength became stronger and stronger. In the ninth year of his appointment (about 1048 BC), Ji Fa held a meeting of the princes in Mengjin (Mengjin), and 800 princes came to meet the alliance, and held a drill to eliminate the state of the Shang Dynasty.

In the fiftieth year of King Wen of Zhou (1056 BC), he died at the age of ninety-seven and was buried in Biyuan (the tomb of the Western Zhou Dynasty is located at the southern foot of Phoenix Mountain in Qishan County, Shaanxi).

In 1046 BC, the second son of Zhou Wuwang Ji destroyed Shang Jianzhou and posthumously named Ji Chang as King Wen. In the first year of Tianzhu (690), Wu Zetian called the system, claimed to be the descendant of Ji Chang, and posthumously honored King Wen of Zhou as the ancestor Emperor Wen.