How did the Grand Historian Sima explain the overthrow of the Shang by the Zhou?
a. The Zhou won a great battle against the Shang and mutilated the Shang bodies.
b. The Zhou united many minor kings for the attack on the Shang.
c. The Zhou outnumbered the Shang by hundreds of thousands.
d. The Shang were weakened by an epidemic.
e. The Shang had become corrupt and decadent.
e
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