1. The beginning of the founding of the country
The State of Chu was a vassal state established by the Huaxia in southern China during the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the Chu people were a branch of the Huaxia ethnic group, initially active in the Yellow River Valley, claiming to be the descendants of Emperor Xuan. In the conflict between the various ethnic groups in the Central Plains and the blows of the Yin Shang Dynasty, the Chu people gradually moved south to the area around Jingzhou in Present-day Hubei Province.
At the end of the Yin Shang Dynasty, the Chu leader Huan Xiong assisted Ji Chang, the King of Zhou Wen, in his rebellion against the Shang Dynasty. Because of his meritorious service in destroying the merchants, King Cheng of Zhou sealed Xiong Xiong, a descendant of Xiong Xiong, as a viscount, and The founding of the state of Chu. The monarch of the State of Chu was surnamed Qi (芈), xiong (熊氏).
When Xiong Qu, the ninth monarch of the Chu state, took advantage of the weakness of the Zhou Dynasty and the turmoil in the Central Plains, he devoted himself to expanding the territory, successively annexing the Yongguo, Yangyue, and Eguo, and pushing his power to the Jianghan Plain, and the Chu state began to prosper.
2. The First Tyrant King
At that time, the Zhou Dynasty was in power of king Yi of Zhou, and according to the "Chronicle of the Chu Family", "When the king of Zhou Yi was king, the royal family was weak, and the princes or princes did not dynasty, and they fought each other." "King Yi of Zhou was incompetent, the prestige of the Zhou Dynasty declined, and the princes not only did not listen to the royal family, but also conquered each other and seized territory. Xiongqu simply did not follow the name of the Central Plains, and made his three sons king, the eldest son Xiong Wukang as the king of Jurchen, the second son Xiong Zhihong as the king of E, and the younger son Xiong Zhihong as the king of Yuezhang, respectively, guarding the three key places in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Since the Xia Dynasty, China has ruled the world. At the beginning of the founding of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Tianzi divided seventy-one princely states, and the Ji surname Zong personally received many titles, accounting for half of the total number of princes. Under the whole world, everyone respects the King of Zhou as the co-lord, and there are no other kings outside the Zhou Room. Xiong Qu made his three sons king, a move that was shocking at the time. Xiongqu's approach, of course, also comes from a specific background: First, the Chu state is alone in the wild land of the south, through its own hard work, in the Jianghan belt to achieve hegemony, the so-called "blue wisp of the road, to open up the mountains and forests", it is said that Xiong Xuan led the people of the Chu state to work hard, the strength of the Chu state, purely by their own efforts; second, xiong Xuan was only a viscount at the beginning of his canonization, ranking only fourth among the fifth rank, and his status was relatively low, and it is said that when he became a prince of the king' assembly, the principal treated Chu Jun and Dongyi and other ethnic minority leaders equally. Arranged for him to guard the bonfire and choke Xiong Xuan on the spot; third, the countries of the Central Plains had always looked down on the Chu state, especially from a cultural disapproval, and all of them were treated as barbarians in the south. Therefore, XiongQu simply abandoned the Central Plains and became a unified one, and released the words: "I am a barbarian and do not talk to China." "This means that since you said that the Chu kingdom was a barbarian, Lao Tzu ignored your set, and the road was facing the sky, and each side was halfway."
After the death of King Yi of Zhou, King Li of Zhou succeeded to the throne. This big man was known for his tyranny in history, which eventually triggered the famous rebellion of the people in history, King Li was forced to flee, and the political power was controlled by the Duke of Zhou and zhao Gong, known in history as "republican administration", which occurred in 841 BC, which is the beginning of a definite record of the year in China. During the reign of King Li of Zhou, XiongQu, in order to avoid his sharp edge, canceled the titles of several of his sons.
3. Chu Wu was proclaimed king
One hundred years after the first year of the republic, that is, in 741 BC, Xiong Tong, the king of Chu Wu, killed his nephew and seized the throne, established himself as a monarch, and began the process of ruling the chu state. King Wu of Chu was a very accomplished monarch in the history of the Chu state, and after he took office, he governed with an iron fist, and through continuous conquest and annexation, the state of Chu gradually became stronger.
In the thirty-fifth year of King Wu of Chu, Xiong Tong led an army to invade Suiguo in the north, although unsuccessful, it posed a great threat to Suiguo. King Fan of Chuwu invaded Suiguo three times, and eventually forced Suiguo to "submit to Chu and not understand China", which is an afterword. After Chu Wu's invasion of Suiguo was unsuccessful, Suijun, under pressure from the State of Chu, agreed to speak to Zhou Tianzi and requested that Zhou Mu honor the title of King of the State of Chu. In view of the attitude of the Chu state of Not birding the central plains royal family, King Huan of Zhou rejected the request of the Chu state.
King Wu of Chu
Chu Guo's request for the approval of the Zhou Chamber was rejected, and Xiong Tong was furious and made an emotional statement, saying: "My ancestor Huan Xiong, who was honored by King Wen of Zhou as a teacher, assisted King Wen of Zhou in his army and merchants. After becoming a king and destroying the shang, he rewarded him for his merits and deeds, and only named my first duke Xiong Xuan as a viscount of the fourth rank. My Xiong clan lives in Chu land, opens up territory, barbarians in all directions, and is not obedient. Now I ask the King of Zhou to honor chu's name, elevate the status of the Chu state, and strive for the proper name of the Chu state, but I cannot get the recognition of the Zhou chamber. That being the case, I had no choice but to call myself a noble title. Xiong Tong then gave up the title of princely state and established himself as king, calling himself "King of Chu Wu", which was a matter of thirty-seven years of Chu Wu. Xiong Tong made this move, and the kai princes were called Wang Xianhe. Since zhou mu moved east, it has long lost its military strength, and it can only be left to it and has no choice but to do anything about it.
After Chu Wu became king, he continued to reign for fourteen years until Chu Wu died in the army of the conquest of Suiguo.
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