The Zhou dynasty would also develop the schools of Confucianism and Daoism. In addition according to traditions and encounters the Zhou dynasty produced books of poetry and history as well as manuals of divination and essays dealing with morals religion, philosophical. The production of these works are credited to Confucius and other late Zhou thinkers. This would serve as the intellectual foundation of classical Chinese society. Furthermore many of these works would go highly recognized in the Zhou society. The Book of changes, the Book of History, the Book of etiquette and the most notable the Book of songs. .
Moreover, most of the Zhou writings and works had been destroyed due to the order of the emperor. In the book it states how only a few items escaped and stayed hidden for decades until scholars could work without fear of persecution. Some of the survived literature represented the earliest development of Chinese literature and moral thought. The Zhou dynasty had been broken up into dozens of kingdoms that would later combine. This would help maintain order within the civilization. The Zhou dynasty would enforce authority principles and laws that would be practiced within the civilization. The Zhou state was much larger than any other civilizations. .
The Zhou dynasty consisted of two parts. There was the western and the eastern Zhou period. The western Zhou was the first half of the Zhou dynasty of ancient china. The western Zhou dynasty begin with the overthrowing of Shang Dynasty at the battle of Muye. King Wu victory would be referred in the Chinese books Weniad. The western Zhou dynasty would be successful for almost seventy-five years until slowly losing power. The Zhou dynast held a strong army in which was split into two major groups. They were known as the six armies of the west and the eighth armies of chengzhou. The Eastern Zhou was the second half of the Zhou dynasty. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was divided into two periods.
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