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'''Zhou''' or '''Zhou Dynasty''' can refer to: *[[Zhou Dynasty]] (1027-481 BCE)

*[[Zhou Daguan]] - 周達觀 *[[Zhou Huang]] - 周煌

...y matters, and later became a prominent general in the state of [[Northern Zhou]]. Yang Jian married a woman of mixed Chinese (Han) and [[Xiongnu]] ancestr ...he Northern Zhou in [[578]], but after her husband became king of Northern Zhou, he demanded his wife commit suicide; presumably, his chief intention was t

*General Yang Jian usurps the throne of the [[Northern Zhou Dynasty]], and declares the beginning of a new dynasty, the [[Sui Dynasty]]

*[[Zhou Dynasty]] - c. 1100-256 BCE **[[Northern and Southern Dynasties]] - 420-589

...rs, he conquered the remainder of China, putting an end to the period of [[Northern and Southern Dynasties]] (a sub-section of the [[Six Dynasties Period]]) an

...[Duke of Zhou]] c. 1058 BCE in the early years of the legendary ancient [[Zhou Dynasty]], ''yǎyuè'' developed by the [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] and [[Tang dyna ...ref>Christian Meyer, "Negotiating Rites in Imperial China: The Case of the Northern Song Court Ritual Debates from 1034 to 1093," in Ute Husken and Frank Neube

...ed on, or inspired by, one he performed after defeating a great [[Northern Zhou]] army. The mask for this dance is rather complex and is perhaps the most c

...c, and technological flourishing for China, but ended with the loss of the northern half of the country to [[Jurchens|Jurchen]] invasion in [[1127]]. At that t The last emperor of the Northern Song, [[Emperor Huizong]] (r. [[1101]]-[[1125]]), is known as a particular

...Daguan]], whose diaries are a valuable resource for historians today.<ref>Zhou Daguan, Peter Harris (trans.), ''A Record of Cambodia - The Land and its Pe ...ority on what "Vietnam" was; its territory was no longer the only Vietnam. Northern records relate the split as a betrayal by the Nguyen, and indeed the Trinh

...of the city). The [[Niwa clan]], meanwhile, served as ''osae'' against the northern provinces ([[Tohoku|Tôhoku]]).<ref>Yamamoto Hirofumi, ''Sankin kôtai'', K ...the ''[[Book of Odes]]'' to refer to fiefs or domains of China's ancient [[Zhou Dynasty]].<ref name=kodansha/><ref>Ravina, ''Land and Lordship'', 28.</ref>

...[[Imagawa Ryoshun|Imagawa Ryôshun]], [[Kyushu Tandai]] in service to the [[Northern Court]], attempted to suppress ''wakô'' activity, but overall had little s ...passed through the hands of [[Honda Masazumi]] and the Chinese merchant [[Zhou Xingru]], who had in fact come to Japan in order to complain about the pira

...(beyond his own family) was his father's nemesis, the Imagawa. Nobunaga's northern borders (not counting the area of Mino controlled by the Iwakura Oda) were ...rom the castle from which [[King Wu of Zhou]] (or Wu Wang), ruler of the [[Zhou Dynasty]], had set out in the 11th or 12th century BCE to unify China. [[Em