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Zhou dynasty
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Noun1.Zhou dynasty - the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family


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The first effort for the unification of writing, it is said, took place during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty, when his taishi (grand historian) Shi Zhou compiled a lexicon of 15 chapters, standardizing Chinese writing under script called zhuan.
Papers on cultural encoding cover Dandin's investigation of the simile, writing in Western Zhou China, monastic leadership in Gaza, and the alphabet of Buddhism, while those on self-transformation consider language in Kabala, the poetics of grammar in the Javano-Balinese tradition, poetry that brings an Indian goddess into being, and powerful Armenian medications.
Compton Verney also acquired, at the same New York sale, a Bronze pear- shaped jar or Hu, from the Middle Western Zhou Dynasty (10th-9th century BC).
 
 
 
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