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). He was given the

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of Cai by King Wu after the overthrow of the last Shang king, Zhou. Du's realm centered on present-day

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. He and his brothers

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and Huo Shu Chu (霍叔處) were known as the Three Guards, but when King Wu died and the Duke of Zhou assumed the regency for the young King Cheng, they rebelled along with

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. The Duke of Zhou was able to suppress the rebellion and Du was exiled, although Cheng eventually recreated the realm of Cai as a grant to Du's son Zhong Hu.

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