In writing of these events during the Spring and Autumn Period (722-481 BCE), the great historian Sima Qian was also unable to forgive another, lesser- known crime of King Zhou's--his use of ivory to manufacture goods. King Zhou ordered a craftsman to make him a set of chopsticks from ivory.
太史公的春秋之筆也未放過紂王少為人知的另一項罪名﹘﹘使用象牙產製品。