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In the ancient history of China, the Spring and Autumn Period, referred to as the Spring and Autumn Period for short, refers to 77 BC-476 BC, which belongs to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the influence of the Zhou royal family weakened, and the princes were in dispute. Qi Huangong, Jin Wengong, Song Xianggong, Qin Mugong and Chu Zhuangwang successively dominated, which was known as the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period. Correspondingly, the Warring States Period refers to the period from 475 BC to 221 BC, which is a period from the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty to Qin Shihuang's establishment of the Qin Dynasty.

In the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period, there were more than 17 large and small vassal states, including Qi, Jin, Chu, Qin, Lu, Song, Wei, Yan, Chen, Cao, Cai, Zheng, Wu and Yue.

in the late spring and autumn period, many small countries were wiped out and several big countries gradually rose. The State of Jin had a large territory, and annexed a small country near Zhou Tianzi. By the way, Zhou Tianzi was also included in the sphere of influence, and he became the earliest overlord.

Qin made a fortune, defeated Xirong, consolidated its territory and annexed some small countries. Qi has integrated the small countries in Shandong, and then has been competing with Lu. Chu silently wiped out all the surrounding small countries named Ji and became a superpower in the south.

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The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are divided into the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Its watershed was in 453 BC, when Han, Zhao and Wei wiped out Zhi's family and carved up the State of Jin.

The Spring and Autumn Period is called the Spring and Autumn Period, because in ancient China, the princes made pilgrimage to the royal family in spring and autumn. In addition, the Spring and Autumn Period also represented the four seasons of the year in ancient times, and the historical books recorded all the major events that occurred in the four seasons of the year. Therefore, the Spring and Autumn Period is the abbreviation of the historical books, and the official name of the historical books of Lu State is Spring and Autumn Period. Traditionally, the Spring and Autumn Period is the work of Confucius, and some people think it is the collective work of Lu historians.

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