Zhaoge

Zhaoge (Chinese: 朝歌; pinyin: Zhāogē), in modern Qi County, Hebi, Henan province, was the capital of the State of Wey in the Zhou dynasty.[1] According to traditional histories, it had been the last capital of the Shang dynasty, from king Geng Ding or Wu Yi through the final three kings.[2][3]

  1. ^ Li Feng (2006). Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou 1045–771 BC. Cambridge University Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-521-85272-2.
  2. ^ Nienhauser, William H. Jr., ed. (1994). The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 1: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China. Indiana University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0-253-34021-7.
  3. ^ Shaughnessy, Edward L. (1999). "Western Zhou history". In Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward L. (eds.). The Cambridge History of Ancient China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 292–351. doi:10.1017/CHOL9780521470308.007. ISBN 978-0-521-47030-8.

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