西伯

Xībó
proper noun #97,460

Meanings

  1. 1 Lord of the West, the title the Shang gave Ji Chang, later King Wen of Zhou

Examples

HSK 3
Shāng Zhòuwáng bǎ Xībó guān zài Yǒulǐ qī nián.
King Zhou of Shang held the Lord of the West prisoner at Youli for seven years.
HSK 4
Xībó Jī Chāng shì Zhōu Wǔwáng de fùqīn.
Ji Chang, Lord of the West, was the father of King Wu of Zhou.

Tips

history
Tradition says that as a prisoner at 羑里 he worked out the sixty-four hexagrams of the 《周易》, and 司马迁 wrote 文王拘而演周易, "King Wen, held prisoner, expanded the Changes".
mistakes
It has nothing to do with 西伯利亚 "Siberia", where the characters only spell the sound, nor with the Xibe people, 锡伯族.

Stroke Order

西 xī
伯 bó