Duke of Zhou

Duke of Zhou
Duke of Zhou
Chinese	周公旦
Literal meaning	"Dàn, Duke of Zhou"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhōu Gōng Dàn
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jou Gong Dann
Wade–Giles	Chou1 Kung1 Tan4
IPA	[ʈʂóʊ kʊ́ŋ tân]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Jāu Gūng Daan
Jyutping	Zau1 Gung1 Daan3
IPA	[tsɐu˥koŋ˥taːn˧]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Chiu Kong Tàn
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)	*tiw C.qˤoŋ [d]ˤa[n]ʔ
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	姬旦
Literal meaning	(personal name)
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jī Dàn
Wade–Giles	Chi1 Tan4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gēi Daan
Jyutping	Gei1 Daan3
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Ki Tàn
Old Chinese
Baxter–Sagart (2014)	*[k](r)ə [d]ˤa[n]ʔ

Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Dan (旦)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wen of Zhou (周文公) ; King Baode (褒德王), honored by Wu Zetian ; King Wenxian (文憲王), honoured by Zhenzong of Song

Dan, Duke of Zhou
周公旦
Dan, Duke of Zhou; 周公旦
Duke of Zhou
	Portrait of the Duke of Zhou in Sancai Tuhui
Regent of the Zhou dynasty
Reign	1042–1035 BC ; alongside Duke of Shao and Jiang Ziya
Issue	Bo Qin; Junchen, Duke Ping of Zhou; Elder of Fan (凡伯); Jiang Boling; Yin Pengshu ; Mao Shu; Zuo Bo; Ji Bo
Names
Names
	Ancestral name: Ji (姬); Given name: Dan (旦)
Posthumous name
	Duke Wen of Zhou (周文公) ; King Baode (褒德王), honored by Wu Zetian ; King Wenxian (文憲王), honoured by Zhenzong of Song
Father	King Wen of Zhou
Mother	Tai Si

Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文公旦; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Gōng Dàn; Wade–Giles: Chou¹ Wên² Kung¹ Tan⁴), commonly known as the Duke of Zhou (Chinese: 周公; pinyin: Zhōu Gōng; Wade–Giles: Chou¹ Kung¹), was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu.^[1]^[2] He was renowned for acting as a capable and loyal regent for his young nephew King Cheng, and for successfully suppressing the Rebellion of the Three Guards and establishing firm rule of the Zhou dynasty over eastern China. He is also a Chinese culture hero credited with writing the I Ching and the Book of Poetry,^[3] and establishing the Rites of Zhou.

^ Anne Birrell (7 April 1999). Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. JHU Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-8018-6183-3.
^ Thomas H. C. Lee (January 2004). The New and the Multiple: Sung Senses of the Past. Chinese University Press. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-962-996-096-4.
^ Hinton, David. (2008). Classical Chinese Poetry: an Anthology. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-10536-7

[Birrell1999-1] Anne Birrell (7 April 1999). Chinese Mythology: An Introduction. JHU Press. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-0-8018-6183-3.

[Lee2004-2] Thomas H. C. Lee (January 2004). The New and the Multiple: Sung Senses of the Past. Chinese University Press. pp. 208–. ISBN 978-962-996-096-4.

[3] Hinton, David. (2008). Classical Chinese Poetry: an Anthology. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0-374-10536-7

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