Battle of Muye
King Wu of Zhou reached Muye and addressed the allied army before the decisive overthrow of Shang. Later fiction transformed the dynastic battle into the supernatural climax of the Investiture story.
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Textual evidence
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“二月甲子昧爽，武王朝至于商郊牧野，乃誓。”