Chapter 7 The third quarter of the Western Zhou Dynasty

The ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, Qi, whose surname was Ji, was considered by the Zhou people to be the founder of planting rice and wheat, and was named Houji.According to legend, Shun Feng was abandoned in Tai [taitai] (southwest of Wugong County, Shaanxi Province today), and passed to Gong Liu Shiqian Bin [bin Bin] (west of Xunyi County, Shaanxi Province today).Around the 12th century BC, the father of the ancient father Dan Dan moved to Zhouyuan at the foot of Qishan Mountain, and gradually became stronger.During the Shang Dynasty, Zhou passed to Jichang, who was called Xibo, and was posthumously named King Wen after his death.King Wen successfully mediated the dispute between Yu (in today's Pinglu County, Shanxi Province) and Rui (in today's Dali County, Shaanxi Province), and won the surrender of the two countries. He also defeated the Rong people and destroyed Mixu (in today's Lingtai County, Gansu Province). Southwest), Li (in the southwest of today's Changzhi City, Shanxi), Han〔yu〕 (in the northwest of Qinyang City, Henan Province), Chong (in the north of Songxian County, Henan Province today), and moved their capitals to Yufeng (now Fenghuang, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province) Shuixi).His son Jifa (King Wu) destroyed the Shang Dynasty and established the Zhou Dynasty, known as the Western Zhou Dynasty in history.King Wu Jianhao (hao number) was based in the east of Fengshui.

King Wu granted Zhou's son Wu Geng to Yin, and sent his younger brothers Guan Shuxian and Cai Shudu to take care of him.After the death of King Wu, his son King Cheng was young, and his uncle Zhou Gongdan was regent.Wu Geng united Guan, Cai and the Eastern Yi people to rebel against Zhou, and Zhou Gong went to the east to quell the rebellion and expand the scope of rule to the East.In order to strengthen the control of the east, Duke Zhou built Luoyi in Luoshui Zhiyang (in today's Luoyang City, Henan Province), which was called "Chengzhou", and Fenghao's "Zongzhou" became the two political centers of the Zhou Dynasty.

After King Wu destroyed the Shang Dynasty and after the Duke of Zhou conquered the East, both princes with the same surname and different surnames were entrusted on a large scale. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were Lu (capital Qufu, now Qufu City, Shandong) and Qi (duyingqiu, northeast of present-day Zibo City, formerly north of Linzi) in the Western Zhou Dynasty. , Feng (northwest of today's Qingzhou City, Shandong), Bogu (northeast of Boxing County, Shandong today), Bei〔beibei〕 (southeast of Tangyin County, Henan today), Yong〔yong〕 (southwest of Xinxiang City, Henan Province), Wei ( Dumo, today's Qi County, Henan), East (now south of Puyang County, Henan), Jin (early capital Tang, west of today's Yicheng County, Shanxi; later moved to Hubei, now Xiangning County; and moved to Quwo, northeast of today's Wenxi County; Then moved to Jiang, also known as Yi, southeast of today's Yicheng County), Song (capital Shangqiu, now Shangqiu City, Henan), Chen (now Huaiyang County, Henan), Cai (now Shangcai County, Henan), Xu (now Xuchang City, Henan) East), Chu (capital Danyang, southeast of today’s Zigui County, Hubei), Yong (southwest of present-day Zhushan County, Hubei), Wu (capital of Fanli, southeast of present-day Wuxi City, Jiangsu), Xu (southeast of present-day Sihong County, Jiangsu), etc.In addition to many small countries, the distribution range of the Rong and Di ethnic groups is also very wide. For example, there are Laiyi in the east of Qi State and Changzhai in the north; Rong and Guifang; Luhunrong in the west of Zongzhou; Yanyun, Taiyuan, and Zhai in the north; Huaiyi, Hufang, and Qunshu in the Jianghuai area; Baipu and Yangyue in the southwest of Chu State; Qiang in the west of Qin State; In the northeast of Yan State, there are Sushen and others.