Talk:King Wen of Zhou

I find it a problem when no sources are discussed in an article about someone who lived so long ago. Tibetologist (talk) 18:10, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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Clarification in this article is needed: how could he have been the count of Zhou in the late Shang Dynasty when (according to the Wikipedia article about the Zhou Dynasty) the Zhou Dynasty was not founded until after the Shang Dynasty? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 09:02, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Fixed. Wen's father was the preceding Count of Zhou, which was the "small state along the Wei river" where Wen was the Count of. I inserted the name and wiki-link. -- M.boli (talk) 12:48, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

How could King Wen of Zhou have died in 1050 and 1056? This article gives both dates, without further explanation. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:27, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Note six has "Kern (2010), p. 23." but no other information. Can someone flesh out this note? Perhaps the original reference which had the full source details was eliminated? Perm Dude (talk) 21:33, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

@Perm Dude: Looks like it was it never had a fuller explanation. It was added in this edit. Fortunately our article on the Shijing uses the same citation and had a target for the sfnp template to point to, so I copied it over. Folly Mox (talk) 22:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

A wrong date of 1059 BC is given for the conjucntion of the planets when in reality is it 1058 BC. In particular in May 12, 1058 BC when six planets: Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn were all within an arc of less than 11°. Excluding the Moon the other five planets would have been in close proximy for an extended period of time and quite noticable. In 1059 BC Mars would have been 120° from Saturn and Jupite, whereas in 1058BC this massive conjucntion of planets does take place. This can be checked with any good software program. ~2026-25866-65 (talk) 16:19, 28 April 2026 (UTC)