ZHOU TOOLS
           
 

Maps:

Proto-Zhou Sites
Early Chinese Polities (ca. 9 c. BCE)
Early Chinese Polities' Surnames (ca. 9 c. BCE)

 
 
       

Chronology:

Chronologies of Western Zhou reigns in comparison
Theories about the "Lunar appearances" (yue xiang 月象)
Genealogy of the Zhou royal house

Terminology:

Chinese terms for the horse gear and chariot's elements

 
 
 
Links: Bronze inscriptions rubbings & transcriptions: CHANT, Academia Sinica;
Selected Bronze inscriptions' translations: Robert Eno's course readings
 
Basic Readings:  
  • Herrlee G. Creel, The Origins of Statecraft in China: Volume 1: The Western Chou Empire
  • Michael Loewe and Edward Shaughnessy (eds):
    The Cambridge History of Ancient China    ;
  • Lothar von Falkenhausen: Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius;
  • Jessica Rawson: Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes;
  • Edward Shaughnessy: Sources of Western Zhou History;
  • Li Feng: Landscape and Power in Early China;
  • Li Feng: Bureaucracy and the State in Early China