Wu Taibo

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According to Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian, Wu Taibo was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou. He had two younger brothers, Jili and Zhongyong. Both the youngest brother, Jili (季历) and his son were renowned for their wisdom, and so King Zhou wished to make Jili his heir. For this reason, Taibo fled to Jin; thus was Jili made the king (King Ji of Zhou), and his son, Chang, later inherited his throne to become King Wen of Zhou.

Meanwhile, in Jin, thousands of families of natives came to Taibo raise him as the ruler in the region, and he proclaimed himself "Gou Wu". Taibo made Meili (梅里) his capital, after which it is said that he ordered the canal Du (渎河) to be dug. During his reign, Taibo also developed irrigation, and encouraged agriculture in the region.

When Taibo died, he had no heirs, so the throne was passed onto his younger brother, Zhongyong (仲雍).

Much later, when King Wu had ended the dynasty of Shang, he made Zhouzhang (周章), a descendant of Zhong Yong, the King of the State of Wu.