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Duke Wen of Zhu

d. 614 BCE · 7th century BCE

Duke Wen of Zhu was a ruler of the small state of Zhu, later known as Zou, in present-day Shandong. In 614 BCE he moved the capital to Yi after a divination warned that it would benefit the people but not the ruler, answering that a ruler's task was to benefit the people. He died soon after, and the story was cited as a model of virtue.

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State of Zou

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