The State of Chu, a princely state during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, existed for about eight hundred years from the eleventh century BC to the third century BC, and was one of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Jingchu landscape and Zhong Lingyuxiu gave birth to a splendid Chu culture, which of course has nothing to do with the stability of the country and the prosperity of the people.
The reason why the people are rich and the country is stable is because of the many kings of Jingchu.
Jingchu Landscape - Wuhan East Lake
People often use the blue wisps of the road to describe the founding process of the Chu State. From the early entrepreneurship to the demise, most of the Chu kings have this pioneering spirit, and even today they are still worth learning.
Of the twelve books, thirty families, and seventy columns recorded in Tai Shi Gong's "Records of History", the Chu state also occupies a place in the family.
From the founding of the Chu state to the demise, there have been more than forty monarchs, and if you count the famous kings of the past from the time when king Wu of Chu became king, it can be said that the ratio is quite high, and there are many kings in Jingchu, and the name is worthy of the name!
1. Xiong Tong, king of Chu Wu, was crowned king of Trespass, and the first of the chu kingdoms to be strong and prosperous
One of the three small hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the fallen, the usurpation of the king, reigned for 51 years, died in 690 BC on the way to the conquest, the first to open the Chu state strong and prosperous.
King Xiongtong of Chuwu
2. King Xiong of Chuwen [zī] - Extinguishing The Death of Deng
Reigning from 689 to 677 BC, the son of King Wu of Chu, after succeeding to the throne, moved the capital of the State of Chu to Yuying, and began to fight north for hegemony, successively destroying the states of Luo, Deng, Hang, and Shen.
King Wen of Chu
3. Xiong Yun, King of Chucheng - The most effective monarch of the State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn Period except for King Zhuang of Chu
The son of King Wen of Chu, he killed his brother Tuoba Ao to succeed to the throne, reigned from 671 BC to 626 BC, and appointed Ziwen as Ling Yin during his reign, expanding the land for thousands of miles, and the State of Chu officially entered the ranks of great powers! Successively destroyed the states of Yi, Gu, Hang, Xian, Huang, Ying, Jiang, Dao, Bai, Fang, Yi, and Kui. At the same time, he fought with Qi Henggong, Jin Wengong, and Song Xianggong. The Chu state did not lose the wind at all in the alliance with the Qi Heng Guild; the Battle of Hongshui defeated Song Xianggong like a hegemon; although the Battle of Chengpu was defeated by the Jin Wengong, the strength of the Chu State was not greatly damaged.
King Cheng of Chu
Fourth, King Xiong Shangchen of Chumu - killed his father to succeed to the throne, and continued to fight north
The son of King Cheng of Chu, he killed his father King Cheng of Chu to succeed to the throne, reigned for twelve years, destroyed the states of Jiang, Liu, and Tate, and after he succeeded to the throne, he began to reverse the inferiority of the State of Chu in the Central Plains states after the Battle of Chengpu, and continued to fight north.
King Chumu
V. The Battle of Xionglu, king of Chuzhuang, defeated the Jin state and became one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period
The son of King Chu Mu, who reigned from 613 BC to 591 BC, appointed Sun Shu'ao as Ling Yin during his reign, developed the south, and learned the Lile civilization of the Central Plains. Drinking more horses on the Yellow River, conquering the Central Plains, defeating the Jin state at the Battle of Wu, becoming one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and realizing the long-cherished wish of the Chu state for many years to dominate.
King Zhuang of Chu
Sixth, Xiong Zhen, the king of the Chu Communist Party, tried to maintain the international situation in the Chu state under the gentle appearance
In the eight hundred years of the Chu Kingdom, there were many famous kings, and the one who touched me the most was not the most accomplished King Zhuang of Chu, but his son, the King of Chu Gong. He reigned for thirty-one years, during which the Battle of Yanling, the third jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, broke out, although the defeat did not affect his heart to always strive for governance, the Chu state continued to advance on the road of hegemony. Although there were many events and allusions during his reign, such as chu cai jin yong, the rebellion of Zi Zhong, and the defeat of YanLing, it still did not affect his status as a famous king in my heart. In the Battle of Yanling, in order to save Zheng Guo, he was shot in the eye but did not move his anger, won the loyalty of zheng guo's generation of monarchs, and then for a long time did not come from Jin and Chu from Chu; to the archer Yang Youji, good at archery and not allowing him to make arrows, afraid that he would hurt himself because of good shooting; for Shen Gong Wuchen's treason, the king of Chu gong advocated tolerance for his family left in the Chu state; for zi rebellion, although he was guilty of defeat, he himself blamed himself for suicide, because he did not prevent him from deeply condemning himself; for the aftermath, He asked himself to be evil because he had done little compared to his father. The King of Chu gong lived in the shadow of his father, and he encountered the jin kingdom and did not produce a genius, jin mourning, even so, the jin and Chu hegemony were not yet obviously inferior, all of which were the result of the efforts of the king of chu gong.
King of Chu
VII. Xiong Zhao, King of Chu Kang - Two Meetings of soldiers, Jin and Chu and hegemony
The eldest son of King Gong of Chu, he reigned for fifteen years. During his reign, the State of Jin began to fight for power among the Six Secretaries, but the State of Wu had become a problem for the State of Chu by this time, and in the end King Kang effectively suppressed the State of Wu and shot and killed Zhu Fan, the King of Wu, in a battle. And reform of internal affairs, the economic reform of "studying within the limits of income" was at this time. At the same time, King Kang had a sense of crisis, and after five years of reigning, he did not send troops, so he told Ling Yin that he would not be sorry for the hegemony of the previous king in five years, so he sent troops to attack Zheng.
In 546 BC, at the meeting of the soldiers, the two countries of Jin and Chu divided their hegemony equally, except for the two great powers of Qin and Qi as allies of Jin and Chu, other small countries had to pay tribute to the two countries of Jin and Chu, laying the pattern for the next few decades!
King Chu Kang
VIII. Xiong Yun, King of Chu Zhao, - The founder of the Chu Kingdom and Zhao hui Zhongxing
Son of King Chuping, the younger son of King Chu Gong, and grandson of King Chu Gong. Reigned from 523 BC to 489 BC, during his reign Wu Shi entered Ying, almost destroyed the country, and later King Zhao, on the one hand, sent Shen Baoxu to the Qin State to rescue troops, on the other hand, integrated the Chu army, the Qin division crisscrossed inside and outside Fangcheng, the Chu army was in the north and south of the Han River, and finally defeated the Wu army and restored the Chu state. In the later period, he worked hard to create Zhaohui Zhongxing, and the Chu state returned to the front line!
On his deathbed, because he felt that he had the sin of losing the country, he once wanted to pass on the xiangongzi Xihe or Zilu who was located in the Chu Kingdom.
IX. Xiong Zhang, King of Chuhui - Destroying Chen, Cai, Qi, and other states, and successor of Zhaohui Zhongxing
The son of King Zhao of Chu, king Zhao, before his death, wanted to pass the throne to three princes, but the three princes still let Xiong Zhang, the prince of Zhao, succeed him, for King Hui of Chu, who reigned from 488 to 432 BC. During his reign, taking advantage of the fact that the State of Wu was defeated by the Vietnamese army, he led an army to attack Wu, and the shame of the Wu division entering the State of Yixue ended, and the situation in which the State of Chu had long been affected by the State of Wu ended. It also quelled the rebellion of Bai Gongsheng and stabilized the country, and the blood accumulated by swallowing leeches occurred during this period. At the same time, chen, Cai, Qi and other countries were destroyed, so that the national strength of the Chu state was returned to its peak!
King Hui of Chu
10. King Xiong of Chu mourned - the appointment of Wu Qi's change of law, the world was subjugated, and the princes were afraid
Great-grandson of King Hui of Chu and son of King Sheng of Chu. Reigned from 401 BC to 381 BC, at the beginning of the succession, his father King Sheng was killed by thieves, the country was unstable, there were threats from the Three Jins led by the State of Wei, there were many internal feudal lords, and the government decrees were not smooth. Faced with this situation, the king of mourning has been seeking change. In 386 BC, Wu rose to the Chu state, and was immediately treated and reused by the king of mourning, and Wu Qi, in order to repay the favor of the king's knowledge, went all out to change the law, first for wancheng Taishou, familiar with the folk customs and national conditions of Chu, and achieved remarkable political achievements. A year later, he was promoted to Ling Yin and began to change the law, with the full support of the king of mourning. Attacking the feudal lords, defeating the overlord Wei Guo, developing Dongting, Cangwu, and Pingbaiyue, in just a few years, the world was subjugated and the princes feared.
King of Chu
11. Xiongzang, King of Chusu - Slaughtered more than seventy families of Fengjun
Son of King Chu, reigned from 381 BC to 370 BC. In 381 BC, king of Chu mourned, Wu Qi returned to the court to mourn, causing the nobles to retaliate, arrows shot at Wu Qi, Wu Qi lay on the corpse of King Chu Mourning, and the corpse of King Chu Mourning was affected. When King Su succeeded to the throne, he slaughtered more than seventy noble families of the nobles for the crime of harming the king's corpse. Since then, the decree of the King of Chu has been unimpeded, laying the foundation for the later Xuanwei prosperity.
King Su of Chu
XII. Xiong Liangfu, King Xuan of Chu - Founding the Prosperity of Xuanwei
The son of King Chu Ofe, the younger brother of King Su of Chu, the king of Chu Su was childless, and Xiong Liangfu succeeded to the throne as King Xuan of Chu. Reigning from 369 BC to 340 BC, during the thirty years of the reign of King Xuan of Chu, the State of Chu continued to develop steadily. At that time, the international situation was complicated, and King Xuan was cautious in attacking, and the attack would be successful, so on the one hand, he preserved his strength, and on the other hand, he attacked the city strategically. In the later period, the chu state became the biggest winner in the world at that time, making the chu state reach the strongest situation in the Warring States period, which made the northern princes afraid at that time, and the tiger in the fox false tiger wei referred to the king of Chu Xuan.
King Xuan of Chu
XIII. Xiong Shang, King of Chu Wei - Made the Chu state develop the strongest in the Warring States state, and succeeded Xuanwei shengshi
Son of King Xuan of Chu, reigned from 339 BC to 329 BC. Inheriting the pattern of King Xuan of Chu to save Zhao Fa Wei and expanding bashu, while the battle of Xuzhou was defeated by the State of Qi, the State of Chu developed to its strongest strength during the Warring States period. Historia. The Biography of Su Qinlie records:
Su Qin once said to the king of Chu Wei: "Chu, the great power of the world is also; the king, the king of the world, the king of the world. The place is more than 5,000 miles, with a million armor, a thousand cars, riding 10,000 horses, and ten years of millet. This overlord's assets also. "
It can be seen that the chu state was strong during the chu wei king period.
King of Chu Wei
14. Xiong Huai, King of Chuhuai - Captured the Eight Cities of Wei and destroyed the Tuojing Jiangdong
Son of King Chu Wei, reigned 328 BC – 299 BC. In the early period of his reign, he exerted great efforts to govern and appointed Qu Yuan to change the law, and was assisted by famous generals such as Tang Ming, Zhaoyang, Chen Yi, and Su Dai. In 323 BC, king Huai of Chu, under the banner of sending the Prince of Wei back to China, sent Zhaoyang to attack Wei, seize the eight cities of the State of Wei, and threaten the nations. Then, in 319 BC, he joined forces with various countries and forced King Xuan of Qi to become the chief of the longitudinal, like another overlord after King Hui of Wei. Later, Qi Chu cooperated for a long time, and in 313 BC, Qi attacked Qin Quwo. In the later period, although two defeats were lost to Qin and one to Qi, resulting in the decline of the national strength of the Chu state, it was still destroyed and was very loved among the people.
King Huai of Chu
Fifteenth, Chu Xiang King Xiong Heng - Chengyang three years, exerted great efforts to rule, turn the tide of the tide in the fall, Yan Guozuo for 55 years
The son of King Huai of Chu, King Huai of Chu died as king of the State of Qin, reigning from 298 BC to 263 BC. He reigned for a total of thirty-six years, and in the first twenty years, he built a good deed, and the only thing that showed that his strategic thinking was slightly mature was to send mourning teeth between the five kingdoms to save Qi, in an attempt to preserve the strength of the State of Qi and jointly fight against the State of Qin. In 280 BC, the Battle of Yanying broke out, and two years later, Qin flooded the capital with white water, drowned hundreds of thousands of people, burned the tomb of the king, and Qu Yuan threw himself into the river.
After that, the King of Xiang was in pain, zhao guo asked to return to Zhuang Xin, make up for the dead sheep, and Chengyang tried to govern and handle government affairs on the salary. In 276 BC, he gathered more than 100,000 troops from the east, swore an oath to conquer Qin, won the victory in the tug-of-war between Qianzhong and Zhongzhong, and recovered the fifteen yi.
King Xiang of Chu
Sixteen, Chu Kaolie King Xiong Quan - aid Zhao Quelu, move the capital to Shouchun
Son of King Xiang of Chu, reigned from 262 BC to 238 BC. When King Xiang was seriously ill, he was still a proton in the Qin kingdom, and Huang Xie returned to the throne. After succeeding to the throne, Huang Xie was made the Ling Yin, and the title of Chun Shenjun was given to the twelve counties of Huaibei. In 258 BC, the Zhao state of Changping was defeated, the Qin army besieged Handan, king Chu Kaolie ordered Huang Xie to save the Commander of Zhao, Jingyang to save Zhao, handan city defeated the Qin army, surrendered the Qin general Zheng Anping, indirectly led to the Qin name Fan Sui fell out of favor! Later, taking advantage of the opportunity of the countries to resist the Qin state, they attacked and destroyed the state of Lu, making the qin state afraid of the revival of the chu state. In 241 BC, King Chu Kaolie asked King Zhou to cut down Qin in the name of the co-lord of the world, with King Chu Kaolie as the commander and Huang Xie and The Zhao general Pang Nuan as the commanders, but then there was no victory.
Historia. The Chu Shijia records that (King Chu Kaolie) twenty-two years ago, he and the princes jointly cut down Qin, and went away unfavorably
Later, King Chu Kaolie moved the capital to Shouchun to avoid the Qin state.
King Chu Kao Lie
It is precisely because of these famous kings that the Chu state has maintained its long-term strength and prosperity, giving birth to a splendid Chu culture, and becoming one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.