The story of the Spring and Autumn Five, it is enough to read this one

When I was a child, I learned Chinese, and there would be a lot of ancient texts on the language books, and I remember that many of these ancient texts came from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Most of the content of the ancient texts is the contest between two countries during the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, some involving diplomacy, some involving war, feeling that the Spring and Autumn Warring States is a chaotic era, and in this chaotic era, many famous politicians and thinkers have also emerged.

The so-called literature and history are not separated from each other, and if you want to learn ancient chinese well, you must first understand the chaotic era of the masses competing for hegemony. In that article, I would like to tell you in detail about the story of the Spring and Autumn Five.

**Spring and Autumn Period**

Confucius, the founder of Chinese Confucian culture, once compiled a history book that recorded the history of the Lu state at that time called "Spring and Autumn", and the time span recorded in this history book was roughly equivalent to the Spring and Autumn Period that constituted a historical stage, so later generations called this historical stage the Spring and Autumn Period.

The Spring and Autumn Period began with the Zhou Dynasty moving eastward, which involved a story that we all know well, that is, the "Princes of Beacon Theatre". King You of Zhou, because of his favor, deposed Empress Shen and Crown Prince Yiusu. Shen Hou's father, Shen Hou, colluded with Inuyasha to attack Hokyo. King Zhou You lit a beacon for help, and the princes ignored it because they had been played by the beacon before. King Youwang of Zhou was finally killed at Mount Li, and Western Zhou perished. Subsequently, the princes proclaimed Crown Prince Yiusu as king and the King of Zhouping. Due to the damage of HoJing, King Ping moved the capital of the country from Hojing to Luoyi. After King Ping moved east, the zhou kingship began to decline, and the power of the princes continued to grow.

**Spring and Autumn Five Powers**

The specific five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period have different elaborations in different texts, so the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons should be a general term, generally referring to the princes who fought for hegemony or hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Zheng Zhuang Gong Chu Bao

Zheng Guo, surnamed Ji, King Xuan of Zhou enfeoffed his younger brother Ji You to Zheng, which was the beginning of Zheng Huan, which was the beginning of Zheng Guo, zheng Wugong escorted King Zhou Ping to move east, and thus gained the trust of King Zhou Ping.

Zheng Zhuanggong was the early Spring and Autumn Emperor, the first to try to blackmail Tianzi to order the princes, he in the name of Tianzi, united with Qilu, attacked Song Wei, subdued Chen Cai, and defeated Beirong. The historical allusions of Zhou Zheng's confrontation show the status of Zheng Zhuang at that time, and also fully show that the identity status of Zhou Tianzi has declined significantly.

The first article of the "Zuo Biography" Zheng Boke Duan Yu Yan, (Zheng Bo is Zheng Zhuang Gong, because Zheng belongs to the Earl, so called Zheng Bo), details that Zheng Zhuang Gong designed and deliberately connived with his brother Duan and his mother Wu Jiang, and his brother was arrogant, so he wanted to seize the throne of the state, and Duke Zhuang used this to attack Gong Shu Duan. "Many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves" comes from this.

Duke Huan of Qi

Duke Huan of Qi was the twelfth grandson of Lü Shang, the Duke of Jiang, who worshiped Guan Zhong as his chancellor, and the monarchs and subjects were united in their efforts to govern, rectify the government internally, carry out routine reforms, and honor the king externally, and survive and die. At this point, the State of Qi began to grow stronger. Zuo Chuan has an article "Qi Huan Gong Fa Chu", which can see the incisive diplomatic rhetoric at that time, "The king is in the North Sea, and the widow is in the South China Sea, but the wind and horses are not in the same place." "If the king is powerful, the Fangcheng of the Chu Kingdom is the city, and the HanShui is the pool."

The Duke of Qi Huan was the head of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, and together with the Duke of Jin Wen, he was called "Qi Huan Jin Wen".

Jin Wengong

Ji's surname was Jin, his name was Heavy Ear, and when Duke Wen of Jin was a prince, he was exiled for many years because of the internal turmoil in Jin. In the process of exile, the State of Chu once treated him with courtesy, and finally returned to the State of Jin as king by relying on the strength of the State of Qin. Therefore, we can see that in the famous Battle of Chengpu in the Spring and Autumn Period, The Duke of Jin Wen retreated against the Chu army, and finally won more with less, thus laying the foundation for the supremacy of the Duke of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period.

In the famous passage on the left, "The Martial Retreat of the Qin Division", we can see that "The Marquis of Jin, Qin Bo, surrounded Zheng and was rude to Jin". "Lady Wei's strength is not as good as this, because of the power of people, it is not benevolent." All are related to this allusion to the escape.

Later, Duke Wen of Jin formally established his hegemonic position through the alliance of the land.

Qin Mugong

Surnamed Ying, Qin was a doctor before, and was knighted and established a state because he escorted king Ping of Zhou to move east. Qin was in the west, and the eastward expansion was blocked by the Jin State, and could only expand westward to dominate Xi Rong, so in the Battle of the Central Plains, Qin was not the protagonist. It was not until after the martingale transformation that this situation changed.

In order to become the hegemon in the future, Qin Mugong co-opted the powerful Jin state at that time. Duke Mu of Qin personally proposed to Duke Xiangong of Jin, and Duke Xiangong of Jin married his eldest daughter to him. This is also the origin of Qin Jin's goodness.

King Zhuang of Chu asked

The surname Qi ,Chu belongs to the viscount, so he is called Chu Zi. Chu belonged to the barbarians, belligerent, and did not send troops for five years to consider it a disgrace, and attacked Huaxia exclusively.

King Zhuang of Chu reached the border of the Zhou Dynasty in the Battle of Luhun, and King Ding of Zhou was terrified and sent Sun Man, the Grand Master of Zhou, to comfort King Chu Zhuang. The king of Chuzhuang asked the size and weight of jiuding, and the jiuding was said to have been cast by Xia Yu, symbolizing Kyushu, and Xia, Shang, and Zhou were enshrined as treasures of the country, which was a symbol of the power of the Son of Heaven. King Zhuang of Chu asked Jiuding with the intention of "showing his desire to force Zhou to take over the world" and replacing him with himself. Wang Sun Man saw that the state of Chu was blazing, and had to reply euphemistically: "In Germany is not in Ding." ...... Although Zhou De declined, the Mandate of Heaven has not changed, and the weight of Ding is not something that can be asked. King Zhuang of Hou Chu withdrew.

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the dictatorship of scholars and doctors, the countries took care of themselves, and finally after the Tian Dynasty and the three families (Han Zhao Wei) were divided into Jin, the Spring and Autumn Period came to an end, ushering in a more strife-ridden Warring States period.