Zhaoge
{{Short description|Ancient Chinese city}}
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Zhaoge ({{zh|c=朝歌|p=Zhāogē}}), in modern Qi County, Hebi, Henan province, was the capital of the State of Wey in the Zhou dynasty.{{cite book
| surname = Li | given = Feng | author-link = Li Feng (sinologist) | author-mask= Li Feng
| title = Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou 1045–771 BC
| publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 2006
| isbn = 978-0-521-85272-2
| page = 67
}} According to traditional histories, it had been the last capital of the Shang dynasty, from king Geng Ding or Wu Yi through the final three kings.{{cite book
| editor-surname = Nienhauser | editor-given = William H. Jr. | editor-link = William H. Nienhauser Jr.
| title = The Grand Scribe's Records, Volume 1: The Basic Annals of Pre-Han China
| publisher = Indiana University Press | year = 1994
| isbn = 0-253-34021-7
| page = 49
| surname = Shaughnessy | given = Edward L. | author-link = Edward L. Shaughnessy
| chapter = Western Zhou history | pages = 292–351
| editor1-given = Michael | editor1-surname = Loewe | editor1-link = Michael Loewe
| editor2-given = Edward L. | editor2-surname = Shaughnessy
| title = The Cambridge History of Ancient China
| title-link = The Cambridge History of Ancient China
| location = Cambridge | publisher = Cambridge University Press | year = 1999
| isbn = 978-0-521-47030-8
| doi = 10.1017/CHOL9780521470308.007
}} In the 3rd century, Du Yu stated that the Yinxu 'ruins of Yin' mentioned in the Zuo Zhuan was Zhaoge. In the early 20th century, archaeologists discovered the capital of the last nine Shang kings, now known as Yinxu, on the edge of Anyang about {{cvt|50|km|sigfig=1}} north of Zhaoge.{{cite book
| surname = Wilkinson | given = Endymion | author-link = Endymion Wilkinson
| title = Chinese History: A New Manual
| location = Cambridge, MA | publisher = Harvard Univ Asia Center
| year = 2013 | isbn = 978-0-674-06715-8
| page = 681
}}