Boyi (Chinese: 伯夷; pinyin: Bó Yí, lit. 'Eldest Brother Even') and Shuqi (Chinese: 叔齊; pinyin: Shū Qí, lit. 'Third Brother Equal') were two Dongyi brothers from Guzhu (modern Hebei province, near Tangshan), a Dongyi vassal state under the Shang dynasty. According to tradition, they lived at the time of the transition between the Shang dynasty and the Zhou dynasty (approximately 1046 BCE).
Boyi (Chinese: 伯夷; pinyin: Bó Yí, lit. 'Eldest Brother Even') and Shuqi (Chinese: 叔齊; pinyin: Shū Qí, lit. 'Third Brother Equal') were two Dongyi brothers from Guzhu (modern Hebei province, near Tangshan), a Dongyi vassal state under the Shang dynasty. According to tradition, they lived at the time of the transition between the Shang dynasty and the Zhou dynasty (approximately 1046 BCE).
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