Ancient China · Legendary Sage and Statesman

Duke of Zhou 周

Early Western Zhou

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Duke of Zhou was a Legendary Sage and Statesman.

IdentityLegendary · Male

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Book of Liang, Chapter 35Volume 35: Xiao Zike; Xiao Zifan; Xiao Zixian; Xiao Ziyun · 1 passage
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啟曰：「伏惟聖敬率由，尊嚴郊廟，得西鄰之心，知周、孔之跡，載革牢俎，德通神明，黍稷蘋藻，竭誠嚴配，經國制度，方懸日月，垂訓百王，於是乎在。 His memorial said, "I bow to consider that in sacred reverence you follow the constant way, honoring the suburban and ancestral temples, attaining the heart of the western neighbor, knowing the traces of Zhou and Confucius, reforming the victims on the altar, virtue reaching the spirits, millet and offerings presented with full sincerity in solemn matching—statecraft and institutions hang like sun and moon; instruction for a hundred kings lies herein.