Jizi's prediction came true and King Zhou (紂) was the last of the Shang kings. They were replaced by the Zhou (周) dynasty, which, in order to express the grandness and solemnity of certain spring rituals in the countryside, incorporated the use of ivory wine-cups into those ceremonies.
言者諄諄，聽者藐藐，箕子的預言成真，紂王成了末代皇帝，代之而起的周朝王室，為示隆重，製造象牙酒杯進行春郊獻祭。