The Zhou Dynasty (c. 1046 BC – 256 BC) was the third dynasty in Chinese history after the Shang Dynasty and the longest in China, founded by Ji Fa, the King of Zhou Wu. The implementation of the system of sub-feudal princes, the great sealing of the imperial family and meritorious servants, such as the fengtai gong Wang Qi, zhao gong Yi Yu Yan, etc., and the other fengzi emperor Xin's son Wu Geng Yu Chaoge, and also named Shu Xian, Shu Du, and Shu Shu as "three prisons" to monitor Wu Geng's actions, and Zhou was also the creator and original reference of the term "Huaxia". The Zhou Dynasty passed down 30 generations and 37 kings, a total of about 791 years, another said to be 868 years, the difference between the two is nearly one hundred years, the problem is that the founding year of the Zhou Dynasty has not been confirmed.
The Zhou Dynasty was divided into two periods: the Western Zhou Dynasty (mid-11th century BC – 771 BC) and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (770 BC – 256 BC). The Zhou Dynasty was the beginning of the last hereditary slave dynasty and feudal society in which slave society converged. Western Zhou began with King Wen, founded by King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu, dingdu Fenghao (宗周, in present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi), king Cheng built the eastern capital Chengzhou Luoyi in five years, and finally King You, a total of 13 emperors and 40 kings, 770 BC, Zhou Chengwang five years, built the capital Luoyi (Chengzhou) (present-day Luoyang, Henan); in 770 BC (the first year of Zhou Ping), The Ping king moved east, and the capital Luoyi (Chengzhou) (present-day Luoyang, Henan) was built, and this period of the Zhou Dynasty was called Eastern Zhou. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty, also known as the "Spring and Autumn Warring States", used Han, Zhao, and Wei to join forces to defeat the ruling Zhi family, and the three families were divided into two parts: "Spring and Autumn" and "Warring States". The history books also refer to the Western Zhou and The Eastern Zhou as the Two Zhous.
During the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were decentralized states, whose social hierarchy corresponded to the European feudal system, in which the land was owned by the nobility, and the king who granted the land had a sense of honor and was labored by peasants. The Western Zhou Dynasty perished just before the spring and autumn period (772-476 BC), which is named after the national chronicle of the time (the Spring and Autumn Chronicle) and is known for its progress in music, poetry, and philosophy, especially the development of the Confucian, Taoist, Mo, and Legal schools.
Western Zhou:
King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, reigned from 1050 BC to 1045 BC
King Cheng of Zhou, Ji Shu, reigned from 1044 BC to 1008 BC
King Kang of Zhou, Ji Zhao, reigned from 1007 BC to 982 BC
King Zhao of Zhou, Ji Feng, reigned from 981 BC to 963 BC
King Mu of Zhou, Ji Man, reigned from 962 BC to 908 BC
King Gong of Zhou, Ji Shu (姬繄扈), reigned from 907 BC to 896 BC
King Yi of Zhou, Ji Yuan, reigned from 895 BC to 871 BC
King Xiao of Zhou, Ji Peifang, reigned from 870 BC to 862 BC
King Ji Xie of Zhou reigned from 861 BC to about 854 BC
King Li of Zhou, Ji Hu, reigned from 853 BC to 841 BC
King Xuan of Zhou, Ji Jing, reigned from 828 BC to 782 BC
King You of Zhou, Ji Gongne, reigned from 781 BC to 771 BC
King Ji Yuchen of Zhou reigned from 770 BC to 760 BC
In 781 BC, King You of Zhou succeeded to the throne and favored Qiu Ji, and in the third year of The King of You (779 BC), the Rong of Liu Ji failed, and at the same time, natural disasters were frequent, and the daughter of Hou Shen and the crown prince Yi Usu were deposed by King You, and changed to Hou Zhao as the queen, and his son BoFu was made the crown prince. Yi Usu fled to the Shen Kingdom, and The Marquis of Shen sought justice for his nephew and daughter, and joined forces with The State of Jin and Inu Rong to invade HoJing (镐京, in modern Xi'an, Shaanxi). Both King Zhou You and Bo Fu were killed by Inuyasha. In 771 BC, the Western Zhou Dynasty fell.
King Zhou You
After King You of Zhou was killed, Marquis Shen and Marquis Zhen and the princes of Zheng, Wei, and Jin defeated Inuyasha, and Inuyasha retreated. Zheng, Wei, Jin and other princes made Prince Yi of Zhouyou the Prince of Zhou as king, and for the king of Zhou Ping, king Ping moved east, moved the capital to Luoyang, and continued the Western Zhou model.
Eastern Zhou:
King Ji Yiusu of Zhouping reigned from 771 BC to 720 BC
King Huan of Zhou, Ji Lin, reigned from 720 BC to 697 BC
King Zhuang of Zhou, Ji Tuo, reigned from 697 BC to 682 BC
King Ji Huqi of Zhou reigned from 682 BC to 677 BC
King Hui of Zhou, Ji Lang, reigned from 677 BC to 675 BC
Prince Decadent – Ji Decadence reigned from 674 BC to 673 BC
King Hui of Zhou, Ji Lang, reigned from 673 BC to 652 BC
King Xiang of Zhou, Ji Zheng, reigned from 652 BC to 619 BC
King Ji of Zhou reigned from 619 BC to 613 BC
King Kuang of Zhou, Ji Ban, reigned from 613 BC to 607 BC
King Ding of Zhou, Ji Yu, reigned from 607 BC to 586 BC
King Jian of Zhou, Ji Yi, reigned from 586 to 572 BC
King Ling of Zhou, Ji Qixin, reigned from 572 BC to 545 BC
King Jing of Zhou, Ji Gui, reigned from 545 BC to 520 BC
King Ji Meng of Zhou reigned in 520 BC
King Jing of Zhou, Ji Qi, reigned from 520 BC to 477 BC
King JiRen of Zhou reigned from 477 BC to 469 BC
King Zhending of Zhou, Ji Jie, reigned from 469 BC to 441 BC
King Ji Of Zhou reigned from 441 BC to 426 BC
King Weilie of Zhou, Ji Wu, reigned from 426 BC to 402 BC
King Ji Jiao of Zhou reigned from 402 BC to 376 BC
King Ji Xi of Zhou reigned from 376 BC to 369 BC
King Xian of Zhou, Ji Bian, reigned from 369 BC to 321 BC
King Ji Ding of Zhou reigned from 321 BC to 315 BC
King Ji Yan of Zhou reigned from 315 BC to 256 BC
However, as the imperial authority continued to disintegrate, it was claimed that Zhou had lost his Mandate of Heaven. The weakness of the king's status led to a chaotic era known as the Warring States Period (481-221 BC), during which the seven independent states of the major princely states, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Qin, fought for hegemony, historically known as the "Seven Heroes of the Warring States".
King Nǎn of Zhou listened to King Xiaolie of Chu and summoned the Six Kingdoms to attack Qin in the name of the Son of Heaven, but failed because the Six Kingdoms did not cooperate. In 256 BC, Qin broke Luoyi, killed the King of Zhou, and Eastern Zhou perished.
In 246 BC, The Prince of Qin (i.e., Qin Shi Huang) ascended the throne. He appointed Wei Ji, Li Si, and others to step up the pace of reunification, bribed the powerful ministers of the Six Kingdoms with money, disrupted the deployment of the Six Kingdoms, and sent troops to the East for many years. After years of war, from the destruction of the Han Dynasty in 230 BC to the destruction of qi in 221 BC, the six eastern kingdoms were successively unified by Qin. China realized the unity of the Chinese nation and established a centralized state.