Hao-jing; Hao-ching

Japanese: 鎬京 - こうけい（英語表記）Hao-jing; Hao-ching

The name of the capital city of the Western Zhou (→ Zhou) period in China. It is thought to be west of the current city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province. After defeating the Yin Dynasty, King Wu, the first king of the Western Zhou, moved his capital here from Fengjing, where his father King Wen had established, and this continued until the Western Zhou dynasty moved eastward. It is thought that this refers to the "Zong Zhou" that was called at the time. In recent years, archaeological surveys and excavations have been conducted in search of this site, but the remains of the capital city have not been confirmed.

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Japanese:

中国，西周 (→周 ) 時代の都の名。現在の陝西省西安市の西と考えられる。西周の始王である武王は，殷を討ったあと，父文王の営んだ豊京より移ってここを都とし，これが西周の東遷まで続いた。当時「宗周」といわれたのが，これをさすと考えられる。近年，この地を求めて考古調査，発掘が重ねられているが，都跡は未確認。

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