Mu-yeh

English Etymology Borrowed from en cmn 牧野 en cmn-wadegiles - pronunciation: Mu⁴-yeh³. Proper noun 1 1 en Muye. en 1937 w:Arthur Waley Classic of Poetry The Book of Songs https://archive.org/details/bbokofsongs0000unse/ New York w:Grove Press 246 1960 60-6341 1077811518 262–263 https://archive.org/details/bbokofsongs0000unse/page/262/ The armies of Yin and Shang-Their catapults were like the trees of aforest.They marshalled their forces at Mu-yeh:²A target set up for us.'God on high is watching you;Let no treachery be in your hearts.'The field of Mu-yeh spread far,The war chariots gleamed,The team of white-bellies was tough,The captain was Shang-fu;¹Like an eagle he uprose.² ² In northern Honan, near the Shang capital. en 1988 Robin D. S. Yates Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910) https://archive.org/details/washingsilklifes0000yate/ 0-674-94775-4 87-29642 924980345 2399586M 88 https://archive.org/details/washingsilklifes0000yate/page/88/ In the Wu Ch’eng section of the ancient Book of Documents, it is stated that the blood that flowed at the decisive battle of Mu-yeh, when King Wu of Chou destroyed the army of the Shang King ca. 1045 B.C. (Legge, Shoo King, p. 315) was deep enough to float pestles. en 2011 Ralph D. Sawyer Ancient Chinese Warfare https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/ w:Basic Books 978-0-465-02145-1 2010051391 657595552 118 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780465021451/page/118/ However, just as at Erh-li-t'ou, no defensive fortifications apart from a single moat have yet been discovered amid the opulent remains at Anyang, immediately raising the question of whether those rulers were too immersed in the pursuit of pleasure to undertake them or simply felt that surpassing military power rendered them unnecessary. If so, the absence of defensive walls proved a fatal conceit, because the last emperor lacked a defensible refuge after his forces were vanquished at Mu-yeh. Translations Muye