Zhou Chapter 3 Summary

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Chapter 3 talks about the fall of Zhou and the age of the philosophers. Zhou’s conquest and creation of new dynasty is not very different from Shang dynasty and was willing to continue Shang culture. Towards the end of Zhou dynasty, Zhou had become more militarized and improved tactics related to warfare. As Zhou becomes more dominant, philosopher Confucius was concerned with restoring the order and peace. This shows that a dynasty cannot rule long enough because they eventually corrupt. Zhou attacked Shang because Shang lost “mandate of heaven,” however, Zhou was following what Shang accomplished such as writing, culture, and even appointed the son of the dead Shang king as the chief official. Confucius believed that the order will be restored