Speaking of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, many people can say the names of many countries at will, since the Eastern Zhou royal family lost its right to rule, the various princes once fought for their own territory and "orthodox" status, setting off a bloody storm.
Now that people know the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, in fact, the Warring States originally had eight countries, so who is the other country? Where did it go again?
This country is the Zhongshan Kingdom, the Zhongshan Kingdom was built by the Zhongshan Wugong, located in the middle of the Yan and Zhao countries, the Zhongshan Kingdom has gone through three stages of development, long-term war with the Jin State and other Central Plains countries, once became a major problem for the Warring States countries, but the existence of this country is too short, only two hundred years, although the Zhongshan Kingdom is extremely powerful, and finally the Seven Kingdoms joined forces to destroy it.
The origin of the Zhongshan Kingdom is very special, originally created by the Xianyu people, the Xianyu people are the oldest tribe of the Han nationality, rumored to have developed from the Ji surname, the earliest to live in the north, and then gradually migrated to the Taihang Mountains, after the founding of the country has become a major problem for the Central Plains countries, the Xianyu people and the surrounding countries are not friendly, launched several times of foreign expansion.
At the beginning, the Xianyu forces were not strong, even compared to the surrounding criminal countries, the criminal countries were not simple, according to historical records, the criminal countries had defeated Rong Di many times, and effectively defended the territory of the Zhou royal family, roughly in the early Spring and Autumn Period, the criminal forces were weak, and the criminal emperors who attacked Xianyu attacked and forced the criminals to flee, and then Xianyu pressed step by step to attack the neighboring Weiguo.
Although the strength of the defending country is not strong, it can also protect itself, but when it encounters Xianyu, it has no power to fight back all the way, and can only ask for help from other countries, hoping to avoid the crisis of annihilation, but the Zhongshan state is like a bamboo, killing into the territory of the Weiguo and then slaughtering.
It was hard to wait for the rescue of other countries, the Weiguo had reached the brink of extinction, there were less than 800 troops left in the whole country, and finally the Weiguo monarch was killed, and the Duke of Qi Huan united with the four kingdoms to defeat the Zhongshan Kingdom, which prevented Xianyu from moving further, but this war made people aware of the great threat of Xianyu.
In the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, Xianyu provoked another country, the Jin State, the two countries fought for a long time, the Jin State took the lead in destroying several of Xianyu's vassal states, and then concentrated its forces to the Jin army of the Zhongshan State, but in 507 BC, the Xianyu State soldiers made a dangerous move, broke into the Jin State Pingzhong, defeated the Jin Army, and avenged a one-arrow revenge, a year later, the Xianyu people established a state in Zhongren City, known in history as the "Zhongshan State", at this time the hatred with the Jin State has always existed, around 497 BC, the Jin State had civil unrest, and the Zhongshan State temporarily got a breather, Join the battle for the princely states.
In 494 BC, zhongshan state and qi, Lu and other countries united to attack the jin state, laying the jin state of thorn pu, this time the two countries completely tore their faces, fighting each other non-stop, each other's victory and defeat, in 489 BC, the Jin state of Zhao Martin led the army to defeat Zhongshan, this big war severely damaged the state of Zhongshan, and since then more than 20 years of history have never found a written record of the state of Zhongshan.
Beginning in 459 BC, the State of Jin launched a large army to invade the mainland of Zhongshan State, within a day two cities, zhongshan state was devastated, but the Country of Jin ushered in bad news, Han, Zhao, Wei three families divided into Jin, the State of Jin existed in name only, after the establishment of these three kingdoms, the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States was basically formed, and the State of Zhongshan also gained a breathing opportunity in the turmoil and began the road to rejuvenation.
In 414 BC, the Zhongshan State under the leadership of Wu Gong migrated and relocated to the Eastern Plains region, at this time the Zhongshan State began to emulate the Central Plains State, improve the political system, the country developed steadily, but the time did not last long Wu Gong died, leaving only a young son Huan Gong, Huan Gong was young, did not know how to govern the country, the State of Wei seized the opportunity to make a comeback, sent Wu Qi as a general, after three years of conquest, and finally occupied the Zhongshan State, many remnants of the Zhongshan State were forced to retreat to the Taihang Mountains, fortunately after the efforts of The Duke of Huan, Zhongshan Kingdom regained its vitality.
Can be described as the wall down ten thousand people pushed, once the Zhongshan state showed the power of the Central Plains countries extremely jealous, zhongshan state revival, based on the northeast of the Zhao state, the Zhao state divided into two, so it has become a hidden danger in the heart of the Zhao state, since 377 BC, the Zhao state has twice launched an attack on the Zhongshan state, in order to resist the invasion of the Zhao state, the Zhongshan state began to build the "Great Wall", historical records record that "Zhao Chenghou six years (369 BC), Zhongshan built the Great Wall." Despite this, it still did not escape the crisis of annihilation, and the Zhongshan State continued to participate in wars from the beginning of Xianyu, and finally declared its demise under the siege of many countries.
After the establishment of the Zhongshan Kingdom, the Xianyu people, on the basis of the original tribal culture, integrated many Han cultures, especially in music and dance, forming a unique charm, which not only maintained the fierce style of the nomadic people, but also integrated the soft artistic style of the Han people, and two completely different forms of expression contributed to the unique charm of Zhongshan art.
In terms of ideology, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhongshan State vigorously developed Han culture, lixian and scholars, cultivated many able people, and promoted Confucian virtues such as benevolence, righteousness, wisdom and faith, and now the former capital of Zhongshan Kingdom is located at the foot of Lin Mountain, with an area of only 35 square kilometers, which is a key protection unit recognized by the state, and a large number of precious treasures have been unearthed from it.
Looking back now, Zhongshan Kingdom may have the opportunity to become one of the warring states, and this small country has also written a magnificent chapter in the past hundred years, since its birth, it has constantly fought against enemies that are several times stronger than itself, and has been occupied several times to come back from the dead, and its tenacious spirit is rare in the world, and it has continuously developed itself in the siege of powerful countries, which once made people impressed.
The demise of the Zhongshan Kingdom is not only because of the small size of the country, in that era the Zhongshan Kingdom was originally born of worry, but in the process of development lost the sense of distress, since the revival of The Huan Gong, the successor did not learn the lesson, but under the provocation of various countries, coveting a false name and insisting on becoming king, and finally causing disasters, more than two thousand years have passed, the rise and fall of the Zhongshan Kingdom has also been affecting future generations, no matter how big or small, diligent administration is prosperous, dim and defeated, these are worth people's deep thinking.