The Five Kingdoms Refers to the event in which the five major princely states in the middle of the Warring States period recognized each other's monarchy, which marked the complete disappearance of the zhou king's authority. Zhou Tianzi could only retire and go to an acre and three points to "eat soil".
During the Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi was called king, such as the familiar King Wu of Zhou, King You of Zhou, King Ping of Zhou, and so on. As far as the princely states of the Zhou Dynasty were divided, they were divided into five titles in terms of titles: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male.
Of course, although most of the princely states of the Zhou Dynasty had titles below dukes, the monarchs of these princely states were often called XX dukes, such as the Duke of Qi Huan and the Duke of Jin Wen.
In the early Warring States period, among the various princely states, only the chu state, the state of Wu, and the state of Yue were called kings.
First of all, the "Xuzhou Xiangwang" occurred before the "Five Kingdoms Xiangwang". According to historical records, in 334 BC, the hegemony of the State of Wei was already crumbling, especially in the contest with the State of Qi and the State of Qin, and the State of Wei gradually lost.
To this end, the monarch of the State of Wei, King Hui of Wei, took the initiative to lead the monarchs of Korea and some small princely states to the Xuzhou area to meet the King of Qiwei, and the two sides recognized each other's thrones, known in history as the King of Xuzhou. In short, King Hui of Wei and King Wei of Qi signed a treaty of alliance, respecting each other as kings.
However, the title of king of the State of Qi and the State of Wei naturally caused dissatisfaction among the princely states of Chu and Qin. In particular, the State of Chu, which had long been crowned king, sent troops to attack the State of Qi in Xuzhou, hoping that the State of Qi would cancel the title of King.
In 325 BC, King Huiwen of Qin also established himself as king, and in the same year, King Hui of Wei honored King Xuanhui of Han as king. For a time, all countries, big and small, claimed the title of king, including even the second-rate countries of the time, such as the Zhongshan Kingdom and the Song Kingdom.
In 323 BC, Zhang Yi gathered the ruling ministers of the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu, and Wei to meet at The State of Wei in an attempt to mediate for the State of Wei in order to curry favor with and win over the State of Wei. King Hui of Wei did not abandon Gongsun Yan's policy of concurrence and accepted Zhang Yi's policy of uniting Qin and Han against Qi and Chu.
The following year, Prince Wei and Prince Han entered the Qin Dynasty, and Zhang Yi was also appointed as a chancellor by the King of Wei. Due to the destruction of Qi, Chu, and Qin. The Five Kingdoms did not achieve the desired effect.
The State of Qi was dissatisfied with the King of Zhongshan, and tried to unite with the State of Yan and the State of Zhao to attack the State of Zhongshan in order to force it to remove the Title of King. Among the countries, the only King Wuling of Zhao believed that the State of Zhao did not actually have the strength to claim the title of king, so he did not use the title of King in China, but only called "Jun".
Five years after the Five Kingdoms Xiang Wang (318 BC), the Song Kingdom also proclaimed itself king. The Kingdom of Zhongshan was a medium-sized country at that time, and the State of Qi said, "The country of my ten thousand multiplications, the country of the thousand multiplications of Zhongshan, why should I be named?" "Opposed Zhongshan's claim to the throne, but was unsuccessful.
And the Song Kingdom is only a second-rate country, such a country dares to claim the king, where is the authority of Zhou Tianzi?