I see that we are currently in a section of "poems hating on Zhou You wang"
Anyway, Baike notes that although there was someone who thought it was about some other king, it's usually considered to be about Zhou You wang. The solar eclipse mentioned here was on Sept 6, 776 BC, the earliest recorded solar eclipse.
The natural disasters were occurring in the northern Shaanxi region, which is the birthplace of the Zhou people so was considered to be a serious warning to the people about the harmful governance of Zhou You wang.
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Re: 193. 十月之交 - Shi Yue Zi Jiao
Date: 2021-04-19 02:05 am (UTC)Anyway, Baike notes that although there was someone who thought it was about some other king, it's usually considered to be about Zhou You wang. The solar eclipse mentioned here was on Sept 6, 776 BC, the earliest recorded solar eclipse.
The natural disasters were occurring in the northern Shaanxi region, which is the birthplace of the Zhou people so was considered to be a serious warning to the people about the harmful governance of Zhou You wang.