The distribution of countries in the Eastern Zhou?

The Eastern Zhou began in 771 BC, the year King Ping moved east. The main vassal states were Jin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Lu, Song, Wei, Zheng, Qin, Cai and Chen.

The Eastern Zhou (770 B.C.-256 B.C.E.) was a dynasty in Chinese history. After the fall of the Western Zhou, the vassals installed the abrogated crown prince Yisu as king, known as King Ping of the Zhou, and set his capital at Luoyi (present-day Luoyang, Henan Province), known as the Eastern Zhou. In the first half of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the vassals competed for hegemony, known as the Spring and Autumn Period.

In 453 B.C., after Han, Zhao, and Wei joined forces to destroy the Zhi family, the three families were divided into three, and the vassals conquered each other in what became known as the Warring States Period. After King Ping of Zhou moved east, his jurisdiction was greatly reduced, and he was shaped like a small state, and there were more than 140 vassal states in the Spring and Autumn Period***.

In the face of mutual attack and annexation among the vassals, the Son of Heaven could not assume the responsibility of the ****lord, and often had to turn to some powerful vassals for help. In this case, the powerful vassals will be the hegemony, the Central Plains vassals on the four barbarians invasion is "respect for the king and the barbarians slogan unity in self-defense.

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In the 17th year of King Xiang's reign, there was a rebellion of Zi Dai, which King Xiang was unable to quell, and he called for help from Duke Wendong of Jin, who killed Zi Dai, and then he got the land of Hanoi for the title of "Bo" (河内地). In the twentieth year of King Xiang of the Zhou (632 BC), King Xiang was forced by Duke Wen of Jin to make an alliance in Hanyang. In the reign of King Xiang of the Zhou Dynasty, the state was weakened and divided into the Eastern Zhou and Western Zhou states.

In the eighth year of King Blush's reign (307 BC), Qin attacked Korea through the Eastern Zhou, and the Zhou people were in a dilemma as they dared not offend either side. The Eastern Zhou royal cities were located between the powerful states, and they could not work together, but instead attacked and killed each other.

In the fifty-ninth year of the reign of King Blush, the Western Zhou was destroyed by Qin, and in the same year, King Blush fell ill and died. Seven years later, the Eastern Zhou was also destroyed by Qin, and the Eastern Zhou fell. The Eastern Zhou*** was passed on to 25 kings over a period of 515 years, a period of transformation of China's social system, marked by the widespread use of iron.

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