Introduction The Battle of Cheng Pu between Jin and Chu is regarded as the “decisive battle” in the ancient history of China, in the Spring and Autumn period, the strong state of Chu rapidly expanded into the Central Plains, directly threatening the security of the Central Plains vassal states, including the Zhou royal family, and …
Character Profile Duke Wen of Jin (697 BC-628 BC) was the 22nd ruler of the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period of China, reigning from 636 to 628 BC. He was the second of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and one of the Five Ancient Hegemons. Life Youthful …
Character Profile Song Zifu (? -He was the 20th ruler of the state of Song during the Spring and Autumn Period. He was one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, the first son of Duke Huan of Song and the father of Duke Cheng of Song. After the death of Duke …
Baili Xi was a famous politician, thinker and military man in China’s history, who was a native of Wanyi in the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period (present-day Nanyang, Henan Province). Bai Li Xi lived in a period of great social upheaval and change, when many rivals were fighting for power and …
The change of law by Shang Yang and the strong rise of Qin. After the Duke of Qin, the successive kings of the state were unparalleled saints and kings. People remember King Hui Wen of Qin, people are happy with the great achievements of King Zhao of Qin, people can’t help themselves with the sweeping …
Duke Huan of Qi (?(October 7, 643 BC), during the Spring and Autumn period, the 15th monarch of the State of Qi, surnamed Jiang, Qi (whose ancestor was Lu), was named Xiaobai. Duke Huan of Qi is the 12th grandson of Jiang Taigong Lu Shang, the third son of the Duke of Qi, the younger …
The five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn period, which are also called “five Uncle”, refer to the five princes who successively called hegemony in the Eastern Zhou and Chunqiu period, which was first seen in Zuo Zhuan. At present, there are two main views on the five tyrants of the Spring and Autumn period:Duke …
Zheng Zhuang Gong Ji, surnamed Ji Sheng (757-701 BC), was the monarch of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn period of China. According to the chronology of the Twelve princes in Historical Records, he was born in the 14th year of Zheng Wugong (757 BC). Zheng Zhuanggong inherited his father Zheng Wugong as the Qing …
The eastward relocation of Ping Wang was a historical event in which the royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty moved the capital from Jiajing to Luoyi in the early Eastern Zhou Dynasty. At the time of King you of Zhou, he abolished the queen of Shen and the prince Yishu, and made his favorite …
King You of Zhou (795 BC-771 BC), surnamed Ji Gong Nei (Palace Palace in the Records of the Grand Historian), was the son of King Xuan of Zhou and the twelfth king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who reigned for 11 years from 782 BC to 771 BC. In 782 B.C., King Xuan of Zhou …