Ancient China · Ruler

King Wu of Zhou 周武王

King Wu

Attested BC 1046

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

King Wu of Zhou was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 1046 武王克商約BC1046
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 23

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 33Volume 33: Book of Shu 3: Biography of the Later Lord · 1 passage

是以湯、武脩德而王，桀、紂極暴而亡。 Tang of Shang and King Wu won the throne by moral cultivation; Jie and Zhou lost it through brutality pushed to the limit.