Shu Of Wey–Kang on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Shu of Wey–Kang or Kang-shu of Wey (), Shu Feng of Kang (), also known as given name Feng (封),
In 1931 CE, Shu Feng's bronze vessel Kang Hou Gui was unearthed. The vessel's inscription shows that Shu Feng was sent to Zhaoge with the purpose of pacifying the people of Shang after their defeated rebellion.
Shu Feng had a son named Mao (髦). Mao succeeded his title and was later known as .
Temple name
Temple names are posthumous titles accorded to monarchs of the Sinosphere for the purpose of ancestor worship. The practice of honoring monarchs with temple names began during the Shang dynasty in China and had since been adopted by other dynas ...
Liezu (烈祖) was a Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ) was a royal dynasty of China that existed for 789 years from until 256 BC, the longest span of any dynasty in Chinese history. During the Western Zhou period (771 BC), the royal house, surnamed Ji, had military ...
feudal lord and the founder of the state of Wey. He was the ninth son of Ji Chang, King Wen of Zhou. Feng was also the full-brother of King Wu of Zhou
King Wu of Zhou (; died ), personal name Ji Fa, was the founding king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty. The chronology of his reign is disputed but is generally thought to have begun around 1046 BCE and ended with his death three years later.
Ki ...
, Duke of Zhou
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 ...
, Shu Zhenduo of Cao and Gao, Duke of Bi.
Life
Shu Feng was at first the lord of Kang (康). After theRebellion of the Three Guards
The Rebellion of the Three Guards (), or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion (), was a civil war, instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes, Shang loyalists, vassal states and other non-Zhou peoples against the Western Zhou governme ...
, Shu Feng received the capital city of Shang dynasty Zhaoge
Zhaoge (), in modern Qi County, Hebi, Henan province, was the capital of the State of Wey in the Zhou dynasty. According to traditional histories, it had been the last capital of the Shang dynasty, from king Geng Ding or Wu Yi through the final ...
as his fief. This event marked the beginning of Wey's history.
Before sending the royal uncle of Kang to Zhaoge, Duke of Zhou
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 ...
worried that the young brother of his might not be capable of handling a new environment. It is said that Duke of Zhou made three admonitions for Shu Feng to prevent him from any wrong-doing.
In 1931 CE, Shu Feng's bronze vessel Kang Hou Gui was unearthed. The vessel's inscription shows that Shu Feng was sent to Zhaoge with the purpose of pacifying the people of Shang after their defeated rebellion.
Shu Feng had a son named Mao (髦). Mao succeeded his title and was later known as .
Legacy
Shu Feng's state of Wey would outlive all other Chinese states during Zhou dynasty except for Qin, which unified China. Wey existed even after Qin's unification through the destruction of the six major states. Shu Feng's shrine was located in Qi county, Henan province. It is currently abandoned.References