Dynasties of ChinaShang dynastyShang dynasty lineage
Reign 1147–1113 BCE
The son of Kang Ding, it is said that he insulted the gods and shot a blood bag from his head, and was later killed by a thunderstorm while hunting between the rivers and Weiwei.
Wu Yi was the son of Kang Ding, and the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project estimated that he lived between 1147 and 1113 BC. According to "Historical Records", Wu Yi was immoral. He made puppets and called them gods, played games with them, and let people play chess on behalf of the gods. If the gods lost, they would be insulted. He also used a skin bag to hold blood and shot it upward, which was called "shooting the sky." During his reign, the Zhou clan rose rapidly under the leadership of Gu Gongdanfu and Ji Li. Later, Wu Yi was killed by a thunderstorm while hunting between the Yellow River and the Weishui River.
CultureShoot the sky
Wu Yi made puppets and called them gods, played with them and insulted them. He also used skin bags to hold blood, hung them up and shot them upwards, which was called "shooting the sky". Some scholars believe that such records reflect Wu Yi's certain challenge to divine authority.
PeopleGu Gong moved to Qi
According to the "Book of the Later Han·Biography of the Western Qiang", in Wu Yi, dog soldiers invaded the border areas. The leader of the Zhou clan, Gu Gongdanfu, led his people to cross Liangshan and moved to Zhouyuan under Qishan Mountain. The Zhou clan emerged from then on.
Lasting legacyThe Zhouyuan site is located in the Qishan and Fufeng areas of present-day Shaanxi. It was the early capital of the Zhou people. A large number of Western Zhou bronzes and Zhouyuan oracle bones have been unearthed.
DiplomacyJi Li comes to the DPRK
According to the "Bamboo Book Annals", in the later period of Wu Yi's reign, Ji Li, the leader of the Zhou clan, came to the court and was rewarded by Wu Yi. The following year, Ji Li attacked Xiluo Guirong and captured twenty Zhai kings. Zhou's power became increasingly powerful.
PoliticsShocked to death in Hewei
Wu Yi was hunting between the Yellow River and the Weishui River, and was struck to death by a thunderstorm. The ancients regarded it as retribution for insulting the gods.
Also known as Zhou Taiwang, the father of Ji Li. In order to avoid the invasion of Rong and Di, he led his tribe to move to Qi Zhouyuan, built a city, and reformed the old customs of Rong and Di, which laid the foundation for the rise of the Zhou tribe.