Familia Zhou

Familia Zhou (IPA ʈʂó sed Lingua Sinica antiqua *tiw^[1]) erat familia regia Sinarum quae dynastiam Shang secuta est. Familia Zhou cum 789 annos durasset, erat longissimum regimen dynasticum in historia Sinica. Imperium Sinarum militare domus regiae, quod Ji cognominabatur, initio ab anno 1046 usque ad 771 a.C.n. perduravit, quae ut familia Zhou occidentalis nota est, necnon ob influxum politicum quem in orientali Zhou periodo creavit.

Tempore dicionis dynasticae, potestas centralis epochis vernis et autumnalibus, ut dicuntur, decrevit. In periodo postremo, curia Zhou paucum moderaminis habuit super civitates eam constituentes, qui inter se dimicabant, donec civitas Qin potestati suae subiecerit, familiamque Qin anno 221 condidit. Familia Zhou 35 ante familiam Qin conditam corruit, quamvis eo tempore potestate solum nominali regnaverint.

Hic Sinicae historiae periodus effecit, quod plerique zenith aëramenta faciendi. Periodus posterior familiae Zhou percrebruit propter initia trium philosophiarum maiorum: doctrinae Confucianae, taoismi et legalismi. Familia Zhou designat epocham, cum scriptura se evolvisset ex scripto aëneo in scriptum sigillorium, denique in formam modernam cum usu scripti clericalis archaici.

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