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Wu Geng
Prince of Shang and Restoration Leader during the Rebellion of the Three Guards
Mural of the event “Rebellion of the Three Guards”, which this person took part in.
After the death of King Wu, the young King Cheng ascended and Duke of Zhou took regency. This prompted dissatisfaction and suspicion among Guanshu, Caishu, and other royal kin stationed in former Shang lands to watch over the surviving Shang remnant.
Also known as Lu Fu · Yin Wu Geng · Prince Wu Geng · Zi Lufu
Son of the last Shang king Di Xin (King Zhou). Enfeoffed at Yin by King Wu to maintain ancestral Shang rites under the watch of the Three Guards, he seized on Zhou succession instability to launch a massive restoration rebellion alongside Guan and Cai, but was crushed by the Duke of Zhou's eastern expedition.
Life and times
- c. 1075 BCEBorn
Shang
Zhou - 1042 BCERebellion of the Three Guards
Took partThe crucial war that consolidated the newly founded Zhou dynasty and feudalism.- Duke of Zhou Quelling RebellionDuke of Zhou campaigned eastward for three years, executing Wu Geng and Guan Shu while pacifying eastern territories.
- Duke of Zhou Quelling Rebellion
- 1039 BCEDied
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Wu Geng
