The record of King Wu of Zhou's royal deeds in the Yi Zhou shu in light of Near Eastern royal inscriptions

This paper introduces a new reading of the “Shi fu” (Hauling of Captives), a chapter in the Yi Zhou shu (Leftover Zhou Writings) that is commonly read as an early record of the conquest of China's first historically attested dynasty of Shang by King Wu of Zhou in the middle of the eleventh cent...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grebnev, Y
Format: Journal article
Published: American Oriental Society 2018