Were Chu people Han Chinese during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period?

Chu is an authentic Chinese descendant, the descendant of Zhuan Xu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor. His family started from Zhongli and Ng Wui, and followed the title of Huozheng Zhu Rong from generation to generation. During the Shang Dynasty, he left the Central Plains and came to Jingshan. It was not until Xiong took refuge and Xiong Yi was made a viscount that Chu really established a vassal state.

However, it is also full of twists and turns that Chu can be made a viscount by the Zhou royal family. One of Chu's ancestors was a teacher, while the fire was an official position. He reserved fire for the Zhou royal family and lit it at various ceremonies that required fire. After the death of Zhou Wenwang, Sui Xiong began to serve Zhou Wuwang again. After Zhou Wuwang was destroyed in Shang Zhouwang, he was enfeoffed and closed to the world.

At that time, there was no Zhou royal packet, not a vassal, but a tribe. After Xiong Ji's death, his son Xiong Li became a tribal leader. After Li Xiong's death, his son Xiong Kuang became a tribal leader. At this time, the Chu people still lived between Jingshan and Suishan. This place is today's Li Miao Town, Nanzhang County, under the jurisdiction of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, and it is one of the cradles of Chu culture.

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It was during this period that the Duke of Zhou somehow took refuge in the State of Chu and was warmly received by the Chu people. After returning home, the Duke of Zhou told Zhou Chengwang about the kindness of the Chu people. In order to thank the Chu people, Zhou Chengwang made Xiong Yi, the son of Xiong Kuang, a viscount, enfeoffed him in the southern wilderness, and gave him five miles of fief. Xiong Yi's fief was in Danyang, which is now Xichuan County, Henan Province, so the Chu people moved from Jingshan.

Xiong Yi's Chu State is very poor. How poor is it? So poor that the whole tribe didn't even have a cow to sacrifice. The Chu people didn't have a cow, so they wanted to steal a calf from the neighboring country of Tancheng to sacrifice. Because the cow was stolen, it was not very glorious, so the Chu people chose the time of sacrifice at night and it has been handed down.

Chu was very poor at that time. In addition, as vassal states, Chu Jun and Xiong Yi also participated in the alliance presided over by Zhou Tianzi. According to "Mandarin", Xiong Yi participated in the alliance mainly by doing three things:

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"Mandarin": In the past, the vassal state of Wang Meng was in Qiyang, and the state of Chu was, so it was not an alliance.

1, Bao Mao.

Put a kind of wrapping wool for sacrifice and filtration. This precious hair is produced in the state of Chu. At the sacrificial ceremony held by the Emperor of Zhou, someone needs to put this treasure in advance. Later, when Guan Zhong and Qi Huangong crusaded against Chu, the Chu people asked Guan Zhong what was the sin of Chu? Guan Zhong said that Chu didn't pay tribute to Zhou Tianzi, so he used it as an excuse to crusade against Chu, which is what he said.

2. Set up a lookout.

Watchlist is a kind of seating, similar to the work used to place business cards at today's meeting. Someone needs to set it up in advance before joining the alliance. This is the work of Xiong Yi in Chu Jun at that time.

3. Keep watching.

The meteor is kept to protect the fire. Xiong Yi's family has been a master of Vulcan for generations, so Xiong Yi came to guard Vulcan, but Xiong Yi guarded Vulcan with Xianbei leaders. Who is Xianbei? At that time, Xianbei was a branch of Dongyi, that is, barbarians. Zhou Chengwang asked Xiong Yi to join the alliance. In fact, he did not regard Xiong Yi as a vassal of the Central Plains, but regarded him as a Man Jing with a similar identity to the East Yiling of Xianbei.

The earliest fief of Chu state

Xiong Yi joined the vassal alliance, but there was no real alliance. What he did was some service work, which was not recognized by Zhou Dynasty. I even thought that when the Zhou Dynasty and other governors joined the alliance indoors, Xiong Yi listened to their laughter in the outdoor fire and looked at each other, even unable to get in. The Zhou Dynasty still classified the Chu people as Man Jing. At least in the eyes of the Zhou dynasty, the Chu people were, plus,

This is Chu at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is poor and backward, and its national strength is weak. The monarch was in a low position among the vassal States and was respected by Zhou people. So later, the bear went ill and said, I am in a barbarian area, and I don't have to be like posthumous title in the Central Plains countries.

Historical Records Chu Family: Xiong went to be ill and said: I am a barbarian, and I don't have the same surname as China. He likang, the eldest son, the king of punishment, Zhong Zihong, the king of Hubei, and the second son, the king of Zhang, are all on the river in the land of Chu people.

At the same time, the bear went sick and made his three sons kings. At that time, only the king of Zhou could be king, but the princes dared not and could not be king. Once this is done, it will violate the rites of Zhou and lead to the conquest of Zhou Wang. At that time, it was absolutely rebellious for bears to get sick. From Xiong Yi to Xiong De-Sick, there are only five generations and a history of more than 200 years. Chu Jun's obedience at the beginning of his service to Zhou Wang became deviant. What is this for?

Fifty Li fiefs of Chu state

Maybe the bear will tell us the answer later. During Xiong Tong's reign, he prepared to attack the Sui State. Historical records show that:

Historical Records of the Chu Family: Thirty-five years, the Chu Dynasty succeeded. Yeah, yeah. Years: I am innocent. Chu said, I am Man Zi. Nowadays, all the princes rebel and invade each other or kill each other. I have my own family, and I want to observe the politics in China. Please pay tribute to the royal family in my name.

In 706 BC, the State of Chu crusaded against the country, and the monarch said: I am innocent.

Xiong Tong, King of Chu, said: I am in the barbarian area. Today, all the princes betrayed the royal family, attacking each other and killing each other. I have an army, and I want to take this opportunity to participate in the politics of the Central Plains. Please honor me in the name of the Zhou royal family.

In the Zhou dynasty, a vassal state could not attack another vassal state at will unless the other party was guilty. At that time, it was bound by etiquette. If a vassal state doesn't obey the etiquette, the Emperor of Zhou will lead the vassal state to attack together. Chu attacked the vassal state, which was innocent, but Xiong Tong, the king of Chu, attacked the vassal state in order to make the Zhou royal family respect the name of Chu.

The struggle history of Chu state

In fact, this is to let the Zhou Emperor formally recognize the status of Chu as a vassal state. Since Xiong Yi was honored as Man Jing by the Zhou Emperor in the League of Governors, the Chu people have been engraved on their hearts. Originally descended from China, the Chu people came to Jingshan and Danyang in the south. This is the place where Naaman lived. In ancient China, Zhu Xia (known as Zhu Xia by the rulers and members of the Central Plains) always had psychological, cultural and institutional advantages over the surrounding barbarians. At that time, Zhu Xia was.

Chu people are not barbarians. They are descendants of China. Because they lived in a barbarian land, they were regarded as Man Jing by the Zhou Emperor. Therefore, barbarians belong to the geographical category, but more belong to the category of cultural identity. The Chu people moved from the Central Plains to Jingshan, which had a psychological advantage over the barbarians around Chu, but they didn't want to be identified as barbarians by China. So all Chu kings from Xiong Yi wanted to prove to China that they were not barbarians.

Then how to prove it? There are two ways:

One is to make Chu strong, so strong that the Zhou Emperor must pay attention to it.

Second, Chu learned the etiquette and culture of the Central Plains and kept pace with the Central Plains.

However, when Chu's national strength was weak at that time, learning the etiquette and culture of the Central Plains could not make Zhou and the vassal states respect him. The Chu people realized that only when they are strong can the Central Plains be impressed. The recorded expansion of Chu began when the bear went sick. He was the first Chu Jun native to say "I am a barbarian" and the first Chu Jun native to open up territory for Chu. During Xiong's illness, he went west to Guo Yong (now Zhushan County, Hubei Province). We attacked Yangyue (now central Hubei) to the south and Hubei (now Ezhou and Wuhan) to the east. We can see that Chu is attacking in all directions, and it is also the first time to push Chu's power to Jianghan Plain.

Chu Jun Xiongqu

The first 50-mile fief of Chu was in Danyang (Xichuan, Henan). More than 200 years later, the territory expanded to Jianghan Plain. At this time, Chu was thousands of miles away, and he couldn't care less about last week. Bear went to illness and let his three sons be kings respectively to manage the conquered land. This is the struggle of Chu people since the founding of the People's Republic of China and a response to Xiong Yiwei, the ancestor of Zhou Dynasty. It is also the pride of the Chu people.

Why did the King of Chu call himself Man Zi?

Because the king of Chu wants to prove his ability to the king of Zhou, didn't you call me a barbarian? Then I will compete with you as a barbarian. Even if I am weak now, I will be strong one day. The fact that the King of Chu claimed to be barbarians was actually the driving force for the continuous expansion of Chu's territory, and it was also a shame handed down from generation to generation by Chu Jun. Chu Jun deeply imprinted this humiliation of the King of Zhou in his own blood, which made the Chu people always vigilant and take a warning.

Only when I understood the meaning of the king of Chu calling himself a barbarian did I really understand Chu. Chu is a vassal state that constantly inspires, makes progress and never refuses to obey Zhou, which is also the reason for the rise of Chu later.