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Change log entry 39141
Processed by: richwarm (2012-01-03 09:45:40 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 38025 - submitted by 'fengli' >>
Possible construct?

Editor: Generally, we don't consider the names of historical events to be constructs.
We have 法国革命, 工业革命 and 辛亥革命, for example.

Wikipedia:
湯武革命是指商湯與周武王以武力推翻前朝的革命。

夏朝末年,商湯王經過11次戰爭,無敵於天下,使得夏王朝空前的孤立,又利用有娀氏的
反叛,起兵打敗夏桀王於鳴條之野,一舉滅夏。由於商湯以武力滅夏,打破國王永定的說
法,從此中國歷代王朝皆如此更迭,因而史稱「商湯革命」。

商紂王時的牧野之戰,武王伐紂成功。後人把夏商周之間的兩場革命稱為湯武革命。

---- http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/汤武革命
Diff:
- 湯武革命 汤武革命 [Tang1 wu3 ge2 ming4] /overthrow of the Xia dynasty 夏 by first king Tang of Shang dynasty 商, unconfirmed but placed at c. 1600 BC/
# Editor: Not a construct, and the definition is only half-right.
+ 湯武革命 汤武革命 [Tang1 Wu3 Ge2 ming4] /the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 Wang2]/
By MDBG 2025
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