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Their first ruler was King Wu of Chu in the early 8th century BC. Chu was located in the south of the Zhou heartland and lasted during the Spring and Autumn period. At the end of the Warring States period it was destroyed by the Qin in 223 BC during the Qin's wars of unification.
Chu was one of the first states to break with the established custom and give its rulers the title of wang, or “king,” thus removing any pretense of overall Zhou suzerainty.
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The ruling house of Chu derived its descendancy from the mythical Emperor Zhuan Xu 顓頊, himself being a grandson of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝. Zhuan Xu's great-grandson Zhong Li 重黎 was the minister for fire (huo zheng 火正) of the mythical Emperor Di Ku 帝嚳. For his merits earned in office, Zhong Li was bestowed the name of Zhu Rong 祝融. He was sent out to ...
King Ling was able to assemble the regional rulers and to take over the lead as a factual hegemon of the regional states. Minister Wu Ju warned the king to become over-confident in his superior role, yet King Ling commanded the regional states in a campaign against the state of Wu 吳. Qing Feng 慶封, the commander of the troops of Wu, was kept prisone...
When King Wei died, the state of Wei used this opportunity and conquered part of its northern territory. King Wei's successor was his son Prince Guai 槐, posthumously known as King Huai 楚懷王 (r. 329-299). In 323 BCE he took revenge and attacked the territory of Wei, seizing eight counties. The next military target was the state of Qi, yet at that tim...
Nov 10, 2020 · The early Chinese state of Chu likely organized as a polity in the middle reaches of the Han River Valley during late Shang times (thirteenth to eleventh centuries bce), as is suggested by the abundant finds of Shang bronzes in the south where the Chu capitals were later located.
Mar 19, 2016 · The kingdom of Chu was one of the Ten States 十國 (902-979) that controlled southern China during the first half of the ninth century, the so-called Five Dynasties period 五代 (907-960). It is also called Ma-Chu 馬楚, in order to discern it from other polities called Chu.
Sep 4, 2017 · This passage—which is exceptional in its pro-Chu attitudes among all the texts of the Warring States period—provides two justifications for the anticipated rise of Chu: good qualities of its contemporaneous ruler, Jixun 季紃 (fl. ca.770 BCE), and the merits of Chu's mythical ancestor, Zhurong.
Chu (楚） (1046 BCE - 221 BCE) was a Zhou dynasty kingdom which occupied much of modern south-central China. The origins of Chu are somewhat unclear. The state is recorded as having begun as a Zhou vassal state granted to Xiong Yi (熊繹), a descendant of the teacher of King Wen of Zhou.
