Sharing the language and culture of the Shang, the early Zhou rulers, through conquest and colonization, gradually sinicized, that is, extended Shang culture through much of China Proper north of the Chang Jiang (or Yangtze River).

• 周早期的统治者延用了商朝的语言和文化，他利用战争和侵略，逐步建立了中国文化，也就是将商朝文化扩展到长江(扬子江)以北的中国大部分地区。