佛祖歷代通載 2.80

2.80

(20) King Wu, Fa (son of King Wen, elder brother of the Duke of Zhou). Having acceded to the throne, he took Taigong Wang as his tutor, Dan the Duke of Zhou as his assistant, and the likes of Duke of Shao and Duke of Bi as his counselors on the left and right, and together they plotted to march against Zhou. He mobilized troops at the Wei River. Eight hundred feudal lords assembled without prior summons, and all said: "Zhou can now be attacked!" On the wuwu day, the army arrived at Mengjin. On the night of the guihai day, they deployed in the suburbs of Shang. On the jiazi day, they fought at Muye. The enemy's vanguard turned their weapons against their own ranks, and the blood flowed so abundantly as to float wooden pestles. Having conquered Yin, he largely pacified all under Heaven (he returned the horses to the south of Mount Hua and set the oxen free at the base of the Peach Forest), laying down shields and halberds. He reigned for seven years (lived to ninety-three; was buried at Hao; his posthumous name, for conquering and calming calamities and disorders, was Wu ["Martial"]). The Rites states: "When there is a king over all under Heaven, he apportions land to establish states, and sets up capitals and settlements." (Under the ancient system, the royal domain was one thousand li; a duke's was one hundred li; a marquis's, seventy li; and an earl's, viscount's, and baron's, each fifty li; those smaller than this were called attached dependencies. The Zhou established the royal domain as one thousand li; a duke's as five hundred li; a marquis's, four hundred li; an earl's, three hundred li; a viscount's, two hundred li; and a baron's, one hundred li; those smaller than this were called attached dependencies.) They buried him using hearse screens (The Shiben states: "King Wu created hearse screens. Their shape is like a fan; they are arranged around the enclosure to adorn the coffin."). He acceded in the yimao year, establishing the zi month as the start of the year.