The Rebellion of the Three Guards ( ) , or less commonly the Wu Geng Rebellion , was a civil war , instigated by an alliance of discontent Zhou princes , Shang loyalists , vassal states and non-Chinese peoples against the Zhou government under the Duke of Zhou 's regency in the latter 11th century BC .

After the fall of the Shang dynasty , King Wu of Zhou had appointed Request his brothers Guanshu , Caishu and Huoshu as the `` Three Guards '' of the East to secure the newly conquered Shang lands .

After the fall of the Shang dynasty , King Wu of Zhou had appointed Request his brothers Guanshu , Caishu and Huoshu as the `` Three Guards '' of the East to secure the newly conquered Shang lands .

Allied with many separatist eastern nobles , Shang loyalists under Prince Wu Geng , and several Dongyi ( 東夷 ) and Huaiyi ( 淮夷 ) states , they rose Cause_to_make_progress in rebellion against the Duke of Zhou .