Why was the weak state of Qin included in the "Four Powerful States of Spring and Autumn" by historians?

The power of Qin at the time

The time of the two alliances was 579 BC and 546 BC, and we see what state Qin was in at the time.

The ruler of Qin during this period was Duke Jing of Qin (576 - 537 BC), who reigned for forty years... familiar name, right? Yes, it is that the master of the great tomb of the Duke of Qin, blatantly and openly using the burial ceremony of the Son of Heaven, with an area of 5334 square meters, is by far the largest ancient tomb excavated in China, without some strength is really not.

Qin Mu Gong (659 years ago - 621 years ago), reigned thirty-nine years, this brother is more able to fight, before him Qin is really a small border country, the place is not big, and poor, but also xenophobic, but Qin Mu Gong to change this situation, he encouraged the governance, expanding thousands of miles, along with the hegemony of the Western Rong, and completely played the status of the state of Qin, "the five hegemonies of the Spring and Autumn Period", one of the later Qin Mu Gong, the first time in the Spring and Autumn Period, the first time in the Spring and Autumn Period.

After the reign of Duke Jing, Qin became more powerful than ever before;

In 562 BC, Qin defeated a coalition led by Jin in the Battle of Qui!

In 559 BC, Jin, in order to take revenge, gathered more than a dozen countries to form a coalition to attack Qin, and was defeated again at the Battle of Qianyan!

In 547 BC, a coalition army of Qin and Chu attacked the state of Wu, returning without success, but on the way, they defeated the once small bully state of Zheng, fighting all the way to the city swarm!

During the reign of Duke Jing of Qin, who constantly pushed Qin's power into the center of the country, and Jin was suffering from the civil strife of the six ministers and had no time to care about it, what other country could have fought against Qin at that time, except Chu and Qi? The state of Wu and Yue's strengths were short-lived.

Third, the historical record

Zuo Qiu Ming's "State of the Nation" - "Zheng Yu": "King Yu eight years and Huan Gong for the Sistu, nine years and the royal family began to tussle with the eleven years and death. And the end of the Ping Wang, and Qin, Jin, Qi, Chu generation rise, Qin Jing, Xiang then almost take the Zhou land, Jin Wen Hou then almost set the son of heaven, Qi Zhuang, Xie then almost the youngest uncle, Chu 蚠冒 then almost the beginning of the Pu."

Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian (史记-周本纪):""[Ping], the king of the Zhou dynasty, was founded, and moved eastward to Luoyi, where he was able to repel the invaders of the Rong. At the time of King Ping, the Zhou dynasty was in decline, and the feudal lords were both strong and weak, with Qi, Chu, Qin, and Jin becoming the major powers, and the government was led by the Fangbo."

Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian - A Chronology of the Twelve Vassals": "Qi, Jin, Qin, and Chu were very much in the ascendancy of the Zhou Dynasty, with either a hundred or fifty miles of fiefdom. The first is that the first two are the same, but the second is that the first two are the same, and the third is that the first two are the same, and the third is that the first two are the same.

So during the two alliances, Qin was very strong, there is no such thing as weak, many people read the "Qin Empire" novels or TV series, that Qin was bullied by Wei, almost died, that period of time, Qin is indeed low, but only before the Duke of Qin Xian for about fifty years, and that time has entered the era of the Warring States, so the "Four Powers of the Spring and Autumn Period" is not the same.

Who said Qin was weak? Qin occupied the ancestral land before the eastern conquest of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and in the Spring and Autumn period, it took revenge on the capital of Jin, and defeated Sun Wu, the sage of war, to restore Chu.

The Spring and Autumn period five hegemony, two say, both are Qi Huan Gong, Jin Wen Gong, Qin Mu Gong, Chu Zhuang Wang. Not the same statement is King Helu of Wu and King Goujian of Yue. That is to say, the first four are recognized, only the latter King Wu and King Yue are disputed. I don't know how the subject's history was learned.

Judging from the title given by the owner, the owner's knowledge of Chinese history is still flawed.

In Chinese history, the Zhou Dynasty, can be divided into Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou. During the Western Zhou period, the Zhou Dynasty was so powerful that the vassal states did not yet dare to be arrogant. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty's power began to decline, and the vassal states began to emerge, leading to the Spring and Autumn Period.

The point is that the Spring and Autumn period, specifically, can be divided into two major parts, the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, a large part of the preceding Spring and Autumn period, and a large part of the latter Warring States period.

Qin was able to become one of the "Four Powers", it should be the latter period of the Warring States period. Because, during the Spring and Autumn period, there were more than a hundred vassal states in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and Qin was not only weak, but also not even qualified to be a vassal state.

Thus, the owner of the "Spring and Autumn period of the four powerful countries" question, lack of "Warring States" two words. The absence of the word "Warring States" will lead to the owner of the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States of the history of the time difference on the misalignment. Therefore, the owner's knowledge of Chinese history is still flawed.