“Wu Wang’s Conquest and Establishment of Zhou Dynasty”

In ancient times, King Wu led the feudal lords to attack the Shang dynasty. After the Shang king had perished, the feudal lords all congratulated Wu Wang. Therefore, Wu Wang greeted the feudal lords and said, “I first discerned and followed their hearts.” All the feudal lords followed suit. Wu Wang arrived at the Shang capital, [Justice: Chao Ge]. The people of Shang all awaited him at the outskirts. Wu Wang then instructed his ministers to announce to the people of Shang, “Heaven has ceased its favor!” The people of Shang all bowed deeply, and Wu Wang returned the gesture. [Hidden Interpretation: Although Wu Wang was attacking a king as a vassal, he still felt a sense of humility and shouldn’t have returned the bow of the Shang people. The historian Sima Qian made an error in his wording. Following the earlier passage where the feudal lords all bowed to congratulate Wu Wang, and Wu Wang still returned the bow, he had no choice but to bow to the Shang people.] Afterwards, he entered and arrived at where King Zhou had died. Wu Wang personally shot three arrows at him. After getting off his chariot, he struck him with a light sword, [Justice: The Zhou Shu states “light Lv’s striking.” Light Lv is the name of a sword.] and then he cut off King Zhou’s head with a yellow axe and displayed it on a large white flag. Later, he arrived at King Zhou’s two concubines, both of whom had already killed themselves. Wu Wang shot them with three arrows, struck them with a sword, and cut off their heads with a dark axe. [Collection and Explanation: Sima Fa said: “In summer, hold the dark axe.” Song Jun said: “Dark axe is made of iron, and it is not ground sharp.” ] Displayed their heads on a small white flag. After Wu Wang had left the army, on the next day, he cleared the road, repaired the altar and King Zhou’s palace. After the allotted time, hundreds of officers carried banners in advance. [Collection and Explanation: Cai Yong said separately: “The first attack has nine flags, clouds, and scorn.” Dongjing Fu said: “Cloud scorn nine flags.” Xue Zong said: “Liu, flag name.” ] Wu Wang’s brother, Shu Zhenduo, carried the common car, Zhou Gongdun held the big axe, Bo Gong held the small axe, and Jiyang Yisheng, Tai Dian, and Hongyao all held swords to protect Wu Wang. After entering, he stood on the left side of the great, big boulder, and followed after. Mao Shuzheng presented bright water, [Collection and Explanation: Zhou Li said: “Si Xuan’s family takes a clear view of the water from the moon.” Zheng Xuan said: “Xuan, a mirror as well. Take the water of the month to obtain the breath of Yin and Yang.” Catalog of Water. The old book has no “water” character, and now there are many “water” characters, which are also the same. If only say “Feng Ming”, its meaning is not seen, and it is not clear what “Feng Ming” is. Xuan Yin destroys it. ] Wei Kangshu Feng’s cloth, [Collection and Explanation: Xu Guang said: “This is the name of the mat, the sick of the feudal lord.” Xie Guan said: “The sick, the public.” ] Shi Shangfu was holding the animal. Yiye Su Zhai. This book of the Ministry of Social Sciences is “The Sentence of the End of the Ruling.” After the three Xingjian died, King Wucheng defeated them. After the division of the Yin’s land, he made his brother Guan Shu Xian and Cai Shu’s brother to judge. [Justice: Geographical Records say that Hanoi, the old capital of Yin. After Zhou was destroyed, its territories were divided into three states: Beibei, Yang, and Wei. Beibei, Gong of Gongs; Yang, Guanshu Yinpian; Wei, Cai Shuyin: Monitoring the people of Yin, called the Three Supervisors. The Emperor’s Century says, “From Yin’s capital to the east is Wei, and Guanshu supervises it; from Yin’s capital to the west is Yang, and Cai Shuyin supervises it; from Yin’s capital to the north is Bei, and Huo Shu monitors it. These are the three supervisors. The two said that they did not see it. ] As soon as the meeting came, the public was released. [Collection and Explanation: Xu Guang said: “Release, also known as ‘original’.”] The minister’s public release was justified by the Shi Rong family. The public policy officer will follow the decree, which has been made clear. The book is open, and the legend has made great progress. The title of the text is placed on the old stone of the [Collection and Explanation: Kong An said: “The work of Wu Gong.”] The merit of the translator is to make a translation