Sengoku Seven Heroes is a concept that has passed 2,000 years. However, because the reputation left by "Qi Chu Qin Yan Zhao Wei Han" in history at that time was too great, we still relish this history to this day. The seven princely states have become stronger, rich countries and strong soldiers, and have set off monstrous waves in history, leaving behind many stories that can be sung and wept.
"Within the Liuhe, the Land of the Emperor." Wading through quicksand in the west, and ending in the north in the south. There is the East China Sea in the east and the Bactria in the north. Wherever people go, there are no subjects. "Although the Six Kingdoms perished, and later the Qin State also perished, their names remained. We now have many people who call themselves "Qin people", "Chu people", "Qi people" and so on. This is also an indelible trace left by the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, because the names of "Qin", "Chu", "Qi" and so on have long gone beyond the simple national name and become a historical memory and identity symbol. So, what was the name of the capital city of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and what places are today? Four have not been renamed to date.
First of all, let's talk about the capital of the Qin Kingdom. The State of Qin was actually the youngest of the Seven Warring States, and it appeared with the emergence of the Eastern Zhou. Throughout the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Zhou Dynasty did not have a state called the State of Qin. In 770 BC, because the qin emperor protected Zhou Tianzi through the Inuyasha Rebellion and established the Eastern Zhou, Zhou Tianzi gave a piece of land and became the state of Qin.
In the early days of the Qin state, he was a "thug" of Zhou Tianzi, and the reason why the Qin people appeared was entirely because xirong was making trouble, and zhou tianzi needed a country that fought with xirong every day. Therefore, the Qin people who had helped the King of Shang to guard the West and were good at raising horses were taken in by Zhou Tianzi. At the beginning, the Qin people had been fighting everywhere, so the capital was not very stable. Once the Qin state used Yongcheng as the capital, in 349 BC, Qin Xiaogong moved the capital to Xianyang in order to implement the change of law. Previously, the State of Qin had made Jingyang and Liyang the capital, but the time was not very long. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the capital of the Qin State was mainly in Yongcheng, and later it was mainly based on Xianyang. The name of the city of Xianyang has thus been preserved to this day, and the place is still called Xianyang today.
After talking about the shortest history among the seven warring states, we will talk about the longest history among the seven warring states. You may not think that this country is the State of Chu. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a chain of contempt between various princely states, and the bottom of this chain of contempt was probably the Song State. At that time, as long as the Hundred Sons and Hundred Families said "there is a fool", then they would definitely say "he is a Song guo". Because the Song Dynasty was a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, it was collectively despised by the descendants of the Zhou Dynasty royal family and heroes. The second despised country is probably the Chu state. Why does everyone despise the Chu State?
Because the Chu state is not a "serious" royal descendant or a meritorious queen. The distant history of the Chu state can even be traced back to the Xia Dynasty, and it is said that they fled to the south after the fall of the Xia Dynasty, so they were hit hard by the Shang Dynasty. The "Book of Poetry and Shang Song" even wrote: "Tarts and Yin Wu, strive to cut down Jingchu." Go deep into its obstacles and take a journey through the thorns. There is a cut of its place, Tang Sun Zhixu. Wei nu Jing Chu, living in the southern township of the country. In the past, there was a soup, and since the other Qiangqiang, do not dare not to come to enjoy, do not dare not come to the king. Quotient is constant. "Roughly it means: King Wuding of the Shang Dynasty is so mighty that he goes deep into a remote place to fight Jingchu; Jingchu, you are so bold, how dare you not come to surrender?" Later, the State of Chu followed King Wu of Zhou to actively overthrow the Shang Dynasty, but was still despised by the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou Tianzi also personally led troops to attack the Chu state. Because it had been running away in the early stages, there were many capital cities in the Chu state, including: Danyang, Ying, Jiangling, Chen Yin, Shouchun and other places, which had been in turmoil for a long time.
After talking about Qin Chu, we continue to talk about the State of Yan, which is a very orthodox prince of the Zhou Dynasty, which is the fiefdom of the Zhou Gongzhao, that is, the fiefdom of the younger brother of the Zhou Wu King, as early as the fiefdom of the younger brother of the Zhou Wu King, Ji Yi, which was born in 1044 BC. However, the Yan kingdom in the Warring States period seems to have no sense of existence. Its capital was Jixian, which is now the city of Beijing. At that time, it was also a relatively remote area.
Then we talk about the State of Qi. The State of Qi was a fiefdom of the orthodox Zhou Dynasty, Taigong Jiang. However, in 386 BC, the "Tian Dynasty Qi" incident occurred in the State of Qi, which became the country of Emperor Shun's descendants. Its capital cities are Linzi and Bogu. Mainly with Linzi as the capital, although later the Tian clan dai qi, but still with Linzi as the capital, and this name has been used until today has not changed the name.
Then there were the three countries of Han, Zhao and Wei. Their history is actually very short, because the three branches of the Jin Dynasty occurred in 403 BC, which is only a little longer than the history of the Tian clan Qi state. But if you take into account their predecessor, the Jin Dynasty, then they are considered to be countries with a relatively long history. However, since the establishment of the Liuqing in the three armies of the Jin Dynasty in 633 BC, the Liuqing has controlled the government. Later, the Six Qing Han, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Fan, and Zhongxing clans of Zhi, Fan, and Zhongxing were destroyed, leaving han Zhao and Wei. South Korea is a relatively sad country, its territory is surrounded by the State of Wei, the State of Qi, the State of Chu, and the State of Qin, and it is a "land of four wars", so it has been moving its capital frequently, and has successively set the capitals of Pingyang, Yiyang, Yang Zhai and Xinzheng. Xinzheng has not changed its name so far. The State of Zhao also moved its capital many times, successively in Jinyang, Zhongmu, Handan, Xindu, and Dai, of which the name of Handan City has not changed so far. The State of Wei successively set the capital wei yi, an yi, shaoliang, and daliang.
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Map of the distribution of forces in various countries in the late Warring States period
After so many years, the names of the former capitals of the Qin, Qi, Korea, and Zhao states have not changed to this day, which is enough to see their historical influence.
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