天王
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Earliest extant attestation is in the Spring and Autumn Annals [c. 5th century BCE]:
天王 天皇 |
天王
This term originally gained popularity during the Spring and Autumn Period in reference to the Zhou kings. Later on, the term 天子 (tiānzǐ) gradually gained more favor, even though 天子 (tiānzǐ) had been apparently attested earlier in Zhou dynasty's bronze inscriptions.
天王
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