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A Chinese dynasty (traditionally dated 1122-221 ) characterized by great intellectual achievements, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism and the writing of the oldest known Chinese literature. Zhou Shuren Zhou dynasty Zhou Enlai
the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

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Zhou Enlai
a Chinese politician who was Foreign Minister from 1949 to 1958 and Prime Minister from 1949 to 1976 (1898-1976). or Chou En-lai born March 5, 1898, Huai'an, Jiangsu province, China died Jan. 8, 1976, Beijing Chinese communist leader, premier from the founding of the People's Republic until his death (1949-76). Zhou became a communist during his studies abroad in France and was an organizer for the Chinese Communist Party in Europe. Like other communists, he worked with the Nationalists in the early 1920s and escaped capture when Chiang Kai-shek purged his former allies in 1927. He joined Zhu De and Mao Zedong in Jiangxi province and became political commissar of the Red Army. In the 1930s he negotiated a tactical alliance with the Nationalists to resist Japanese aggression. When the communists prevailed over the Nationalists in 1949, Zhou became premier of the new People's Republic of China. During the Cultural Revolution, Zhou helped restrain Maoist extremists; as the revolution waned in the early 1970s, he sought to restore Deng Xiaoping and other moderates to power. He is credited with arranging the historic meeting between U.S. Pres. Richard Nixon and Mao that paved the way for U.S. recognition of the communist government
Zhou dynasty
or Chou dynasty (1046-256 BC) Ancient Chinese dynasty that gave China its historically identifying political and cultural characteristics. The period before 771 BC is known as the Western Zhou; the period from 771 BC on is called the Eastern Zhou and is further divided into the Spring and Autumn period (770-476) and the Warring States period (475-221). During the Zhou dynasty, iron, ox-drawn plows, crossbows, and horseback riding were introduced; large-scale irrigation projects were instituted; the Chinese writing system was further developed; and the great Chinese philosophers of antiquity, including Confucius, Mencius, and Zhuangzi, lived and taught. Pottery and bronzework expanded on the traditions of the earlier Shang dynasty, as did work in jade and lacquer
zhou en-lai
Chinese revolutionary and communist leader (1898-1976)