Where is Chu State now? Map of Chu State in The Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period

Where is Chu State now? Territory Map of Chu State by the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period

Chu: Hunan Province, Hubei Province, southern Henan Province, southern Shandong Province, Jiangsu, most of Xijiang, Shanghai, Jiangxi Province, and at its peak also included the Hanzhong area in southern Shaanxi Province

1. Qi: Shandong Province (except Lunan), southeastern Hebei Province, and eastern Henan Province

2. Chu: Hunan Province, Hubei Province, southern Henan Province, southern Shandong Province, Jiangsu, most of Xijiang, Shanghai, and Jiangxi Province. At its peak, it also included the Hanzhong area in southern Shaanxi.

3. Qin: Northern and central Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, Sichuan, and Chongqing are just attachments to the stalemate with the Six Nations. During the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Dingtao in Shandong was also a place of the Qin State and was a fiefdom of Ranghou Wei Ran.

4. Yan: northern Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Liaoning, southern Jilin, and parts of northern Korea.

5. Zhao: central and northern Shanxi, southern Inner Mongolia, central and southern Hebei

6. Wei: southern Shanxi, western and eastern Henan

7. Han: The central part of Henan and the Shangdang area of ??Shanxi are the weakest countries among the Seven Heroes, as long as they are taken from the State of Zheng. Later, the Shangdang area was captured by the State of Zhao.

In addition, there are some small and medium-sized countries:

1. Song State: located in eastern Henan, northwest Jiangsu and northern Anhui. In 286 BC, it was destroyed by Qi State, and its territory was divided among Qi, Wei, Chu, Han and other countries.

2. Zhongshan Kingdom: It is an ancient kingdom established by Chi Di, located in the central part of Hebei Province. In the early Warring States period, it was destroyed by the Wei State, but the Wei State's territory did not border Zhongshan, so the Zhongshan State soon regained its power. In the late Warring States period, it was destroyed by the State of Zhao.

3. The State of Lu: located in the southern part of Shandong Province, was destroyed by the State of Chu in 255 BC;

4. The State of Eastern Zhou: located in Gong County, Luoyang, Henan, in 256 BC Destroyed by Qin.

5. The Western Zhou State: located in Luoyang, Henan Province, was destroyed by the Qin State in 256 BC

6. The State of Zou (Zou State): located in Zoucheng City, Shandong Province, the Chu State in the late Warring States Period The country was destroyed;

7. Xiaozhu Kingdom: Located in the south of Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, it was destroyed by the Chu Kingdom in the late Warring States Period.

The State of Chu (1115 BC - 223 BC) was a vassal state located in the Yangtze River Basin during the pre-Qin period. The king was named Mi and Xiong. During the reign of King Cheng of Zhou Dynasty, he made Xiong Yi, the leader of the Chu people, a viscount and established the Chu Kingdom.

The state of Chu began to rise in the era of Zhou Wen and Wu, and was on the verge of Jianghan. It was known in history as "the Great Qi Qun Barbarian". In 704 BC, Xiong Tong overrodely proclaimed himself king and became King Wu of Chu. During the reign of King Chu Cheng, the State of Chu became even more powerful under the governance of Ling Yin Ziwen. During the reign of King Zhuang of Chu, he appointed Yu Qiuzi, Sun Shuao and other virtuous ministers to aspire to the Central Plains, defeated Jin in a battle and became hegemonic, ushering in the most prosperous era of Chu in the Spring and Autumn Period. Entering the Warring States Period, King Chu Mourning appointed Wu Qi to carry out reforms. For a time, his troops and horses were strong, and he showed his first signs of dominance. During the period of King Xuan of Chu and King Wei of Chu, the territory stretched from Daba Mountain, Wushan Mountain, and Wuling Mountain in the west, to the sea in the east, from Nanling in the south, to central Henan, Anhui, northern Jiangsu, southeastern Shaanxi, and southwestern Shandong in the north. The Chu State has now entered its most prosperous period.

During the period of King Huai of Chu, the Yue Kingdom was destroyed. However, due to King Huai’s improper employment and Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi’s fraud, the country gradually declined. In 223 BC, the Qin army captured Shouchun, the capital of Chu, and the Chu state was destroyed. In 209 BC, Xiang Liang, the general of the Chu rebel army, revolted and established Xiong Xin, the grandson of King Chu Huai, as the new "King Chu Huai" in Xuecheng. King Huai of Chu has a heart. Xiang Yu was defeated and committed suicide in the Chu-Han War, and Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty.