King Wen of Zhou

Posthumous name
	King Wen (文王);
Temple name
	Shizu (始祖, lit. "First Founder")

Ji Chang
Ji Chang
Overlord of the West
Elder of the Predynastic Zhou
Reign	1100–1050 BC (50 years)
Predecessor	Ji, King of Zhou
Successor	King Wu of Zhou
Born	1152 BC (traditional) or 1112 BC (modern estimate); Bi (Zhou state)
Died	1050 BC (aged 62); Cheng (Zhou state)
Burial	Bi (Zhou state)
Spouse	Tai Si
Issue	Bo Yikao; King Wu of Zhou; Xian, Marquis of Guan; Dan; Du, Marquis of Cai; Feng, Count of Wey; Wu, Count of Cheng; Chu, Monarch of Huo; Zheng, Count of Mao; Zai, Monarch of Dan; Zhenduo, Marquis of Cao; Xiu, Marquis of Teng; Gao, Count of Bi
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	King Wen (文王);
Temple name
	Shizu (始祖, lit. "First Founder")
Father	King Ji of Zhou
Mother	Tai Ren

King Wen of Zhou (Chinese: 周文王; pinyin: Zhōu Wén Wáng; 1152–1050 BC, the Cultured King) was the posthumous title given to Ji Chang (Chinese: 姬昌), the patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. Ji Chang himself died before the end of the Zhou-Shang War, and his second son Ji Fa completed the conquest of Shang following the Battle of Muye, and posthumously honored him as the founder of the Zhou dynasty. Many of the hymns of the Classic of Poetry are praises to the legacy of King Wen. Some consider him the first epic hero of Chinese history.^[1]

Although frequently confused with his fourth son Duke of Zhou, also known as "Lord Zhou", they are different historical persons.

^ Theobald, Ulrich (December 19, 2010). "Zhou Wenwang 周文王, King Wen of Zhou". ChinaKnowledge.de - An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art. Retrieved 2021-04-27.

[1] Theobald, Ulrich (December 19, 2010). "Zhou Wenwang 周文王, King Wen of Zhou". ChinaKnowledge.de - An Encyclopaedia on Chinese History, Literature and Art. Retrieved 2021-04-27.

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