Discover the Zhou Dynasty China’s Longest Lasting Dynasty

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The Zhou dynasty was a royal dynasty of China from 1046 BC until 256 BC and followed the Shang dynasty. The Zhou was the longest surviving dynasty in China, lasting a total of 789 years.
周王朝是中国从公元前 1046 年到公元前 256 年的王朝，紧随商朝之后。周是中国现存时间最长的王朝，共持续了789年。
The Zhou is usually split into two time periods, the Western Zhou of 1046 BC until 771 BC under the royal house of Ji and the Eastern Zhou for a period of more than 500 years.
周通常分为两个时期，公元前 1046 年至公元前 771 年的西周在姬王府的统治下，东周的时期超过 500 年。
Centralised power diminished during the Zhou dynasty due to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States (look out for more about these later in the video). During the Warring States period the Zhou royal court had very little control over its constituent states who were at war with each other, this ultimately led to the Qin state consolidating its power and forming the Qin dynasty in 221 BC after the formal collapse of the Zhou dynasty 35 years earlier.
由于春秋时期和战国，周王朝的中央集权有所减弱（请在视频后面查看更多内容）。在战国时期，周朝廷对相互交战的组成国几乎没有控制权，这最终导致秦国巩固其权力，并在35年前周王朝正式崩溃后于公元前221年形成秦朝。
The historical period of the Zhou dynasty is considered the pinnacle of Chinese bronze ware and the dynasty’s latter period is famed for the origins of three major Chinese philosophies: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.
周的历史时期被认为是中国青铜器的巅峰，该王朝的后期以中国三大哲学的起源而闻名：儒家，道家和法家。
Another milestone achieved during the Zhou dynasty was the evolving of written script, from oracle and bronze script, first into seal script before the emergence of an archaic clerical script during the later era of the Warring States period.
周时期取得的另一个里程碑是书面文字的演变，从甲骨文和青铜文字，首先演变为篆书，然后在战国后期出现了古老的文书。
Hi, I am John and welcome to my channel ‘Laowai in China.’
嗨，我是约翰，欢迎来到我的频道“老外在中国”。
On this channel my aim is to inform people that have never visited China what life here is really like,
在这个频道上，我的目标是告诉那些从未去过中国的人这里的生活到底是什么样的，
and not as it is often portrayed in western media.
而不是像西方媒体经常描绘的那样。
I cover topics such as travel, culture as well as current affairs both here and overseas that reflect the day to day life here.
我涵盖的主题包括旅行，文化和国内外的时事，反映了这里的日常生活。
Today’s video is called
今天的视频叫做
Discover the Zhou Dynasty- China’s Longest Lasting Dynasty
探索周王朝 - 中国历史最悠久的王朝
I hope you like this video, so sit back and enjoy.
我希望你喜欢这个视频，所以坐下来享受。

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周朝是中国历史上最好的朝代，周礼也奠定了中华文明礼法的基础。太多美好的事物都来自于周朝，儒家，道家，法家，兵家等等思想也在周朝出现，就好比西方的文艺复兴时期一样。中国最早的一国两制政策也是在周朝开始施行。周朝的丞相姜子牙在奉皇帝的命令向天下普及周朝法律时，允许部分地区可以拥有自己的法律，并按照原先自己的法律治理国家，他们需要做的仅仅是承认自己归周朝管理。关于周朝的时间问题，在中国有个有趣的神话故事，周王在讨伐商王的时候，碰到一个在湖边钓鱼的老人，这个老人用没有弧度的鱼钩钓鱼，周王很好奇，问老人这样的鱼钩怎么可能钓得上鱼，老人说：愿意上钩的自然会上钩。周王认为老人的话很有哲理，所以拜老人为丞相，这位老人就是姜子牙。周王带老人走的时候老人让周王背着他，周王背着他走了八百步，老人说你背着我走了八百步，我便保你周朝八百年的江山。

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