Source #14

1. http://ea.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0432760-00.
2. Klein, Donald W., and Peter J. Golas.
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4. Western Chou Dynasty- the writing system continued to evolve; bronze vessels were still cast. Vassals enjoyed a free hand within their own domains but recognized the general military, political, and religious preeminence of the Chou. Eastern Chou- As the states that responded to these changes grew in size, power, and complexity, they required an increasing number of advisers, administrators, strategists, and diplomats. This emerging class of specialists included not only disinherited, exiled, or impoverished nobles but, more significantly, talented commoners who received an education directly or indirectly from these nobles. These specialists were the professional forerunners of the scholar-officials who would pilot the Chinese government throughout two millennia of imperial history. And the brilliant thinkers among them also made this period the golden age of Chinese philosophy.
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6. This source ahs a lot of information that seems pretty accurate