Dan of Zhou
Legendary regional lord, regent, and culture hero of the early Zhou dynasty · Writers · Lived 1100 BC to 1032 BC · aged 68
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Something wrong?Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou, commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu.
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Painting of the Duke of Zhou by Kanō Sansetsu.Japan, Edo period, 1632.![Statue of the Duke of Zhou who founded a city on the site of modern Luoyang c. 1038 BCE[7]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/The_Duke_of_Zhou_who_founded_the_city_of_Zhou_Luoyi_c._1036_BCE.jpg/500px-The_Duke_of_Zhou_who_founded_the_city_of_Zhou_Luoyi_c._1036_BCE.jpg)
Statue of the Duke of Zhou who founded a city on the site of modern Luoyang c. 1038 BCE[7]
As depicted in the album Portraits of Famous Men, c. 1900 CE, housed in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Dan, Duke Wen of Zhou, commonly known as the Duke of Zhou, was a member of the royal family of the early Zhou dynasty who played a major role in consolidating the kingdom established by his elder brother King Wu. He was renowned for acting as a capable and loyal regent for his young nephew King Cheng, and for successfully suppressing the Rebellion of the Three Guards and establishing firm rule of the Zhou dynasty over eastern China. He is also a Chinese culture hero, with the authorship of the I Ching and the Classic of Poetry having traditionally been attributed to him, as well as the establishment of the Rites of Zhou.
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