- to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
- system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic
- ethics
- 尚书 Shàng shū: 尚书 Shang4 shu1: same as 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1] Book of History尚书 shàng shū: 尚书 shang4 shu1: high official; government minister
- (literary, or bound form) to look at
- four; 4
- 听 yǐn: 听 yin3: smile (archaic)听 tīng: 听 ting1: to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- to think; to consider
- appearance
- 章 Zhāng: 章 Zhang1: surname Zhang章 zhāng: 章 zhang1: chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order
- former sovereigns
- see 法衣[fa3 yi1]
- morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]
- friend
- 兰 Lán: 兰 Lan2: surname Lan; abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu兰 lán: 兰 lan2: orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei); lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- to lose; to miss; to fail
- to comply with; to abide by; to respect (an agreement)
- etiquette; system of rites
- Western Zhou (1027-771 BC)
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- 卫国 wèi gúo: 卫国 wei4 guo2: to defend one's country卫国 Wèi gúo: 卫国 Wei4 guo2: state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
- to begin; to start; then; only then
- 封 fēng: 封 feng1: to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters封 Fēng: 封 Feng1: surname Feng
- 姬 Jī: 姬 Ji1: surname Ji; family name of the royal family of the Zhou Dynasty 周代[Zhou1 dai4] (1046–256 BC)姬 jī: 姬 ji1: woman; concubine; female entertainer (archaic)
- King Wu of Zhou (-1043), personal name Ji Fa 姬發|姬发, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC
- 周 Zhōu: 周 Zhou1: surname Zhou; Zhou Dynasty (1046–256 BC)周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: to make a circuit; to circle; circle; circumference; lap; cycle; complete; all; all over; thorough; to help financially周 zhōu: 周 zhou1: week; weekly
- fair; impartial
- to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely
- 武 Wǔ: 武 Wu3: surname Wu武 wǔ: 武 wu3: martial; military
- age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; seventh in order; letter "G" or Roman "VII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 255°; hepta
- armed rebellion
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- see 商都縣|商都县[Shang1 du1 Xian4]
- environs; surroundings; periphery
- race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
- to divide and confer (property on one's descendants)
- 给 jǐ: 给 ji3: to supply; to provide给 gěi: 给 gei3: to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)
- to establish; to set up; to found
- Zhaoge, capital of the Shang dynasty 商朝; Zhaoge town in Qi county 淇縣|淇县, Hebi 鶴壁|鹤壁, Henan
- Qi County or Qixian, a county in Hebi City 鶴壁市|鹤壁市[He4 bi4 Shi4], Henan
- 成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- 王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)