The Mandate of Heaven was originally given to King Wen in the 11th
century BC. King Wen is credited with founding the Zhou dynasty
after he received the Mandate from Heaven to attack and overthrow
the Shang dynasty. King Wen is also credited with creating the
ancient oracle known as the Yijing or Book of Changes. This book
validates King Wen's association with the Changes. It uncovers in
the Changes a record of a total solar eclipse that was witnessed at
King Wen's capital of Feng by his son King Wu, shortly after King
Wen had died (before he had a chance to launch the full invasion).
The sense of this eclipse as an actual event has been overlooked
for three millennia. It provides an account of the events
surrounding the conquest of the Shang and founding of the Zhou
dynasty that has never been told. It shows how the earliest layer
of the Book of Changes (the Zhouyi) has preserved a hidden history
of the Conquest.
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