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Also known as: Duke of Zhou
Book mentions: 11

Roles:

regent

Factions:

Zhou Dynasty (primary)

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Appears in 8 chapters:

Chapter 8 — Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.
The Duke of Zhou, cited alongside Yi Yin in Wang Yun's banquet flattery of Dong Zhuo.
Chapter 20 — Cao Cao Organizes A Hunting Expedition In Xutian; Dong Cheng Receives A Secret Command In The Palace.
Invoked in Kong Rong's rescue of Yang Biao: had the child Emperor Cheng executed Duke Chao, who would have believed Duke Zhou the regent innocent?
Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
Duke Zhou, the Short Song's closing model - 'no leisure found by day or night; stern toil is his who would the empire gain.'
Chapter 56 — Cao Cao Feasts In The Bronze Bird Tower; Zhuge Liang Provokes Zhou Yu A Third Time.
The flatterers' superlative - 'none are your equals, not even Duke of Zhou' - and the poem's warning: had Duke Zhou died while slander spread, none would have known his true character.
Chapter 61 — In The River, Zhao Zilong Recovers Liu Shan; With One Letter, Sun Quan Repulses Cao Cao.
Dong Zhao's yardstick: not even the Duke of Zhou rendered such services as Cao Cao — the flattery that opens the Duke-of-Wei elevation.
Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
The other half of the memorial's yardstick — not even the Duke of Zhou could match Cao Cao's merits, the flatterers write.
Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
Cited by Guan Lu as the second model of the modest minister: 'Duke Zhou assisted the young Emperor Cheng of Zhou Dynasty' - a regent who held absolute power over a child emperor and gave it back, which is precisely the comparison the rest of the chapter is setting up.
Chapter 109 — A Ruse Of A Han General: Sima Zhao Is Surrounded; Retribution For The House Of Wei: Cao Fang Is Dethroned.
Alluded to alongside Yi Yin as the other model regent - the Emperor is said to have asked 'about... the Duke of Zhou, how he acted when he was regent', and Sima Shi claims his father's placing of Cao Fang on the throne was 'a service no less worthy than that of Duke Zhou'.