Spring and Autumn Warring States The Eastern Zhou Dynasty passed down a total of 25 kings, which lasted for more than 500 years, and was divided into two periods: the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, the 25 kings referred to here are not all independent and continuous monarchs, but include Zhou Tianzi and some unorthodox monarchs who appeared in the ** period and the period of contention for the throne. If it is calculated strictly according to orthodoxy, there were no 25 sons of heaven in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
This article selects some major monarchs and important events of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty for a brief introduction, so that everyone can quickly have a basic understanding of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
1.King Ji Yijiu of Zhou Ping (770 BC - 720 BC):
The founding monarch of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In 771 B.C., the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed by the dog Rong, and the following year Ji Yijiu was established as the king, and the capital was moved to Luoyi (now Luoyang, Henan), known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty entered the Spring and Autumn Period.
2.King Ji Lin of Zhou Huan (719 BC – 697 BC):
King Zhou Ping's grandson, King Ji Lin of Zhou Huan. He tried to reinvigorate the royal authority, but was shot in the shoulder by Zheng's general Zhu Dan during the Battle of Zheng in 707 BC, an event that wiped out Zhou's authority.
3.Ji Tuo, King of Zhouzhuang (696 BC - 682 BC):
In 693 BC, King Zhuang of Zhou put down the rebellion of Wang Zike, temporarily strengthening the position of the royal family.
4.Ji Huqi (682 BC, 677 BC), Ji Lang, King Hui of Zhou (676 BC - 652 BC):
During the reign of Ji Hu Qi, the king of Zhou, he recognized the supremacy of Duke Huan of Qi, which was an important event in the history of the Spring and Autumn Period. In the fourth year of King Zhou (678 BC), he officially canonized Duke Wu of Jin as the king of Jin. During the reign of Ji Lang, the king of Zhou Hui, in 675 BC, with the support of the Wei Kingdom, the prince was made the son of Zhou Tianzi. This event became known as the "Rebellion of the Child".
In the fourth year of King Hui of Zhou (673 BC), Zheng and Yu sent troops to help quell the "Ziqi Rebellion", which allowed King Hui of Zhou to be restored to the throne. After the reinstatement, King Hui of Zhou gave Jiuquan to the state of Qiu, and the land east of the Tiger Prison during the reign of Duke Wu of Zheng to the state of Zheng, which led to a further reduction of the territory of the Zhou dynasty.
5.Ji Zheng, King Xiang of Zhou (651 BC - 619 BC):
Zhou Xiang Wang Ji Zheng relied on the Duke of Jin Wen to calm the rebellion of the prince's belt.
In 636 BC, Duke Wen of Jin ascended the throne and defeated Chu in the Battle of Chengpu, becoming the overlord of the Central Plains. In order to reward the merits of Duke Wen of Jin, King Xiang of Zhou gave him Yangfan, Wen, Yuan and Zhumao four yi.
6.King Ji Renchen of Zhou Qing (618 BC - 613 BC), King Ji Ban of Zhou Kuang (612 BC - 607 BC), King Ji Yu of Zhou Ding (606 BC - 586 BC):
After the death of King Xiang of Zhou, the Zhou royal family had no money for funerals, so Ji Renchen, the king of Zhou Qing, sent the secretary Mao Bowei to ask for money from the state of Lu. Later, Lu Wengong sent a messenger to send money to the capital, so that King Xiang of Zhou could be buried. At that time, the transportation was inconvenient, and it took half a year to go back and forth.
There was nothing special during the reign of King Jiban of Zhou Kuang, but the Jin Kingdom became famous"Zhao Dun incident"In the end, Jin Linggong was killed, Jin Jinggong succeeded to the throne, and more than 300 people of the Zhao family were killed.
During the reign of King Ji Yu of Zhouding, the state of Chu became powerful under the leadership of King Zhuang of Chu, and the famous "King of Chu won the crown" incident occurred in 606 BC. It marks that the vassal states' covetousness of the status of the Zhou royal family has been undisguised.
In the tenth year of King Ding of Zhou (597 BC), King Chuzhuang besieged Zheng State, and Jin State sent troops to rescue Zheng. In the battle of Yidi (present-day east of Zhengzhou City, Henan), the Jin state was defeated. The state of Chu won the hegemony of the Central Plains.
7.King Jiyi of Zhou Jian (585 BC – 572 BC):
As a bystander, he witnessed the continuation of the Jin and Chu struggles for hegemony and the complex changes in the relationship between the vassal states.
8.Zhou Ling Wang Ji Chuxin (571 BC - 545 BC):
In 546 BC, King Ling of Zhou was invited to participate in the "Soldiers Alliance" presided over by the Jin State. For the first time in history, there was a situation in which the princes summoned the Son of Heaven. Since then, the Zhou royal family has been completely reduced to the mascot of the princes during the struggle for hegemony, and has not had much influence on the main course of history.
9.King Jigui of Zhou Jing (544 BC – 520 BC):
King Zhou Jing's crown prince died early, and later became the crown prince, but he favored the eldest son of the prince. In 520 BC, King Jing of Zhou suddenly fell ill and died, and the prince dynasty had not yet had time to be appointed as the heir. This led to a series of subsequent political upheavals and power struggles. 10.Zhou mourning Wang Ji Meng, Zhou Jing Wang Ji Kuo (519 BC - 476 BC):After Zhou mourning Wang Ji Meng succeeded to the throne, a rebellion broke out in the prince's dynasty. Ji Meng reigned for a year before he was killed by the prince. After the accession to the throne of King Ji Kuo of Zhou, in 516 BC, the prince dynasty was defeated in the war with the Jin state, and fled to the state of Chu with a large number of classics of the Zhou dynasty and some nobles. In the spring of 505 BC, King Jing of Zhou took advantage of the opportunity of Wu to break through Chu and sent people to assassinate the prince. Some believe that the year of his death (476 BC) is used as the boundary between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
11.King Jiren of Zhou Yuan (475 BC - 469 BC), King Jijie of Zhou Zhending (468 BC - 441 BC):
During the reign of King Jiren of Zhou Yuan, after Goujian, the king of Yue, after conquering the state of Wu, once commanded a large army to cross the Huai River in the north, and allied with Qi, Jin, Lu, and Song in Xu (now south of Tengzhou, Shandong Province). After the alliance, Ji Ren ordered Gou Jian to be his uncle and recognized his status as the leader of the princes.
Although Zhou Zhending Wang Jijie reigned for 28 years, there are few records. During his reign, in 453 BC, the Zhao, Wei, and Han families joined forces to eliminate the Zhi family, and the separation of the three families was a foregone conclusion.
12.Zhou Ai Wang Ji went to the disease, Zhou Si Wang Ji Shu, Zhou Kao Wang Ji Wei (440 BC - 426 BC):
Zhou Ai Wang Ji was killed by his younger brother Zhou Si Wang Ji Uncle three months after he succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Si Wang Ji Shu was killed by his younger brother Zhou Kao Wang Ji Wei five months after succeeding to the throne. Ruthless matryoshka dolls.
During the reign of King Ji Wei of Zhou Kao, he sealed his younger brother Ji in Wangcheng and let him continue to assume the official position of Duke of Zhou, known as Duke Huan of Zhou. After that, two small states of "Western Zhou" and "Eastern Zhou" were formed. This was the last time the Zhou Dynasty carried out a partition.
13.Zhou Weilie Wang Ji Wu (425 BC - 402 BC):
During his reign, in 403 BC, the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei were officially recognized as vassal states. This event marked the complete loss of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty's control over the vassal states. There is the view that 403 years ago is the beginning of the Sengoku era.
14.King Ji Jiao of Zhou An (401 BC - 376 BC), King Ji Xi of Zhou Lie (375 BC - 369 BC), King Ji Bian of Zhou Xian (368 BC - 321 BC), King Ji Ding of Zhou Shenliang (320 BC - 315 BC):
The major historical events that occurred during this period have nothing to do with the Zhou Dynasty.
15.Ji Yan, King of Zhou (314 BC – 256 BC):
In 288 BC, King Zhaoxiang of Qin established himself as the "Western Emperor" in Yiyang, and sent the minister of state Wei Ran to the state of Qi to call King Min of Qi the "Eastern Emperor". Later, King Min of Qi gave up the title at the suggestion of Su Qin and united with other countries to attack Qin. King Zhaoxiang of Qin had to give up the title of Western Emperor. This shows Qin's dominant position among the vassal states and its ambition to conquer the world.
In 256 BC, King Yu of Zhou appointed the Duke of Western Zhou as a general, led an army to attack Qin, and invited the princes of the six kingdoms to meet at Yique (now south of Luoyang). However, in the end, only Chu and Yan sent troops to come, and the other four countries failed to come.
In the same year, King Zhaoxiang of Qin sent his generals to attack the Western Zhou Kingdom, and Ji Yan planned to flee to Korea or Wei. However, after the persuasion of the Duke of Western Zhou, he finally decided to lead his subordinates and clan to surrender to Qin. At this point, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was declared extinct. **The material comes from the Internet, if there is any infringement, please contact to delete.