Generally speaking, the Spring and Autumn Warring States period is the first period of large-scale turmoil in China's history, and what we call the "Spring and Autumn Warring States" can actually be divided into two periods: "Spring and Autumn" and "Warring States". The main difference between the two periods: one is the attitude towards Zhou Tianzi; the other is manifested in the scale of the war. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the various princely states still respected Zhou Tianzi on the surface, but at this time, Zhou Tianzi was only a symbolic existence, and the war was only small-scale, and the so-called Zhou Tianzi name in the Warring States period had been completely removed, and the war between the princely states was also intensifying, and the scale was unprecedented;
The watersheds of two of these periods were mainly the division of the Jin state between the Zhao, Wei, and Han families.
Speaking of the Jin Dynasty, it is a well-known power, the old hegemon of the Central Plains, and the country that has existed for the longest time in the hegemonic position. In its heyday, even the once mighty State of Qi did not dare to underestimate it.
However, there are many intricate problems within such a country, which led to the eventual division of the Jin state into three. The three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han were the countries after the Jin state was divided, but even if they were divided into three countries, the hegemons after that were still one of the countries, and the Wei state sat in the position of hegemon in the early Warring States period.
The other two countries also had their own strengths, the Zhao state was active at the end of the Warring States period, and its strength was enough to compete with the Qin state. Even Korea has its own strengths, Korean weapons are recognized by the warring states in the Warring States period, and the Three Kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Han are also the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States" at the end of the Warring States period.
There are a total of seven seats in the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, and three countries are divided by the Jin State, which shows how powerful the former Jin State was. Thus there are many assumptions about the relationship between the Jin and Qin states. For example, if the Jin state still existed at the end of the Warring States period, then there would be no Qin state or anything!
The Jin kingdom is so strong, perhaps we will have a doubt, that is, where did the last monarch of the Jin kingdom go?
The main reason for the division of the Jin state is that the Jin state is too similar to the former Zhou Dynasty, and the old system eventually led to the Jin state "the Qing clan power is too large, the Gong clan power is too small", which lays a hidden danger for the final division of the Jin state, and the person who personally buried this bombing of the Jin royal family is the famous Jin Xiangong in history.
In order to let himself and Li Jisheng's son inherit the throne, The Duke of Jin xiangong did not hesitate to think of everything he could to put Shen Sheng and Zhong'er to death, which eventually led to Shen Sheng's suicide, and Zhong'er fell out.
The unrest in the Jin state lasted for 20 years, until the Duke mu of Qin supported the heavy ear to the throne of the Jin state, which led to the unrest in the Jin state. During the reign of Zhong'er, the Jin state wanted to eat fertilizer crops, and all the way to the top, the Jin state developed to a position on a par with the Qi state.
Since the Jin Dynasty, the status of the hegemon of the Central Plains has basically been occupied by the Jin dynasty. During this period, even the State of Qin and the State of Qi at the same time could not be shaken, and eventually the State of Qi had to avoid it, and the State of Qin had to ally with the State of Chu for three hundred years.
At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Central Plains region had become a scene of collapse and happiness, and the forces of the Six Qings within the Jin State gradually rose after a long period of development, and the forces of the Zhi, Han, Zhao and Wei clans within the Jin State gradually rose, of which the strongest comprehensive strength was the Zhi clan.
This also led to the increasingly fierce internal struggle within the Jin state to a higher level, which directly led to the loss of external deterrence in the Jin state.
The Zhi clan began to find ways to weaken the strength of several other major families, wanting one to dominate, one of which first took the Zhao clan to open the knife. At that time, the Zhao clan was almost exterminated by the Zhi clan, fortunately, at this time, the two clans of Wei and Han suddenly switched positions out of their own interests, which caused the Zhi clan to suffer an unprecedented blow, and since then the Zhi clan has also walked into the abyss of history.
After the Jin dynasty was destroyed by the Three Families of Zhao Wei and Han, the Zhi clan gradually began a campaign to replace the King of Jin.
At this time, the land in the hands of the Jin monarch was scarce, and when the Jin Yougong took the throne, the land in the hands of the Jin royal family was even less pitiful, and everything as the head of a country could only be implemented with the consent of these three families. It can be seen how sad the Jin royal family was in this period, and the Jin king seemed to have become a puppet.
In 403 BC, this year was the reign of the Duke Liegong of Jin, and the three families could no longer bear it, so they divided up the Jin state and demanded that Zhou Tianzi must recognize their legitimate status, otherwise Zhou Tianzi would not be protected. Thus there were three countries: Zhao Wei and Han.
In the years when the Jin state was controlled by the three families of Zhao Wei and Han, only the name of the Jin state was left, and in fact it had already perished.
Until the last Jin Jing Gong period, the remaining land was also divided among the three families, and the Jin state was completely destroyed. Jin Jinggong was also transformed into an ordinary person and moved to the countryside.
The Jin Dynasty has reached a node in history and officially withdrew from the stage of history. Jin Jinggong and his people were moved to a remote rural life, life was uncertain, and life was very difficult. Until 349, after the Duke of Jin jing was killed by Marquis Zhaohou of Han, the State of Jin was completely destroyed, and there was no chance to turn around.