The vassals of the State of Song below the Western Zhou Dynasty were meritorious countries. At the beginning of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Gongdan assisted King Cheng of Zhou to quell the Three Prisons Rebellion. Following the tradition of "prosperity, destruction and extinction", in 1114 BC, Weizi, the elder brother of King Zhou of Shang Dynasty, was appointed to Shangqiu, the old capital of the Shang Dynasty, to establish the State of Song. He was specially authorized to use the Son of Heaven ceremony to worship the Shang Dynasty and become a guest of Zhou. The State of Song has a special position
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