Sandwiched in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the historical materials presented in this paper are only a part of the Book of Songs and Shangshu, and some materials dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty in the historical materials of the Spring and Autumn Period. Before the development of modern archaeology, there were some materials in Jin's ci, which were enough to make up for the lack of literature. But relatively speaking, the historical materials about the Western Zhou Dynasty are far less than those of the Shang Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. For this reason, the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty is a relatively deserted garden in ancient history.
In the past 30 years, China has produced a large number of archaeological materials. From the Paleolithic culture down, there are far more abundant historical materials for historian Li Dong to comb and crawl. Therefore, many new materials have been added to the history of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Generally speaking, these materials include three categories. First, the sites of the Western Zhou Dynasty, such as Joo Won? under Qixia, Fenghao in Chang 'an, Du Dong in Luoyang … and dozens of tombs and cellars of the Western Zhou Dynasty; First, relics unearthed from the site, such as ritual vessels, utensils, tools, weapons, chariots and horses. First, the inscriptions on some bronzes have increased the total number of bronze inscriptions, and some of them have revealed many previously unknown news. So far, there are hundreds of books and papers about archaeological reports and special studies. Only the comprehensive cultural history of the Western Zhou Dynasty has not yet appeared.