Ancient China · Ruler

King Wen of Zhou 周文

Zhou Wen

Attested BC 1100 - BC 1050

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wen of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1100 to BC 1050 周文、武
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passage 141

Career and standing

Eternal Chamber of Wen 文世室
Established for
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 141, 166

Places and affiliations

Polity Zhou 周 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 141

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 1 passage

四年四月，淵已授光祿寺署丞，覆上書請立世室，崇祀皇考於太廟，禮部尚書席書等議：「天子七廟，周文、武並有功德，故立文、武世室於三昭穆之上。 In the fourth month of the fourth year, Yuan had already been appointed vice director of a bureau of the Court of Imperial Entertainments and again memorialized requesting establishment of an Eternal Chamber and exalted sacrifice to the imperial father in the Grand Temple; Minister of Rites Xi Shu and others deliberated: “The Son of Heaven has seven temples; Zhou Wen and Wu both had merit and virtue, and therefore established the Wen and Wu Eternal Chambers above the three zhao and three mu.