The initiator of the Zhou conquest of Shang was Ji Chang, better known as King Wen (the Cultured King), who ruled between 1100 BCE and his death in 1050 BCE. King Wen did not live to see the final ...

The Shang king had about a thousand soldiers and would personally lead them into battle. Armies ranged in size from 3,000 soldiers to 13,000. King Wu of Zhou led an army of around 50,000 soldiers.

The inscription at the bottom of the gui tells us of a significant battle in the Zhou's ultimate triumph over the Shang: "The King, having subdued the Shang country, charged the Marquis Kang to ...

Although the Zhou may have disagreed with the Shang on many aspects of state governance ... For Chong, one inscription recording a Zhou king's assembly order for vassal state leaders is ...

At the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was tyrannical and the people were in desperate straits. The God of Heaven and Shen Gong Bao wanted to take advantage of the chaos to destroy the ...