Zhou dynasty

(JP: 周王朝; RO: shūōchō; PR: "shoe-owe-cho")
The period of Chinese history from c. 1046 to 256 CE.

During this period, Confucius (孔子) composed his Analects (論語), and Laozi (老子) is said to have written the Tao Te Ching (道徳経).

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RO Romanization of Japanese term
PR Pronunciation of Japanese term
PY Pinyin version of term