The specific characteristics and description of the cities of the Yue Kingdom in the ancient Spring

The Yue Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period was destroyed by the Chu State in the early years of the Warring States Period, and his descendants were mainly distributed in today's Zhejiang (the old land of the Yue Kingdom), Fujian (Ouyue, the Han Dynasty had the East Ou Kingdom, and it was also a descendant of the Yue Kingdom), Guangdong, Guangxi (the abbreviation of today's Guangdong is "Yue" and "Yue" have the same pronunciation, and the meaning is the same in ancient times.

Hangzhou was officially set up in the county after Qin, called Qiantang County, the Yue country set the capital Ji, it is now Shaoxing, Hangzhou in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was called Yu Hang, derived from Yu to control the water, Hangzhou belongs to the Yue country. Ningbo, in the Spring and Autumn Period, was the land of the Yue State, and after the middle of the Warring States Period, it was the jurisdiction of the Chu State. Since Qin, it belongs to Huiji County.

Yue (also known as "Yu Yue"), is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period located in the southeast of China's vassal state, the capital in Huiji (Shaoxing), we are familiar with the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants of the Gou Jian lying down to taste the courage is the 39th generation of Yue Wang.

To give you a simple timeline:

In 406 BC, Han, Wei and Zhao were divided into three families.

In 356 BC, Qin Xiao Gongshang martingale changed the law.

In 341 BC, the battle between Qi and Wei Maling.

In 316 BC, Qin destroyed Bashu.

In 314 BC, Qi extinguished Yan.

In 306 BC, Chu destroyed Yue.

In 302 BC, King Wuling of Zhao rode and shot.

In 296 BC, Zhao destroyed Zhongshan.

In 286 BC, Qi destroyed the Song Dynasty.

In 262 BC, the battle between Qin and Zhao Changping.

In 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms.

It has been 100 years since the fall of the Yue Kingdom and the beginning of the Warring States period, and it has only been 85 years since the end of the Warring States period.

The fall of the Yue Kingdom was one of the several famous wars of annihilation in the middle of the Warring States Period, and it may have been influenced by traditional textbooks, and most people believe that the Yue Kingdom fought in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The kingdom perished in the early days. But that's not the case.

During the Warring States Period, the country was still not weak, but it was sandwiched between Qi and Chu, and was used by the two countries (about Chu to attack Qi, Chu to make an appointment, about Qi to attack Chu, Qi did not come), empty national strength, and finally Chu swept through Yue with a thunderous momentum, and the Yue King was defeated and died, and the Yue State perished, which was a matter of 306 years ago. The destruction of Wu occurred in 473 BC, more than 160 years ago, and Gou Jian died in 465 BC, after which Yue Guoyi.

It has existed for 159 years.

The term "Sengoku" was coined during the Warring States period, but at that time it did not refer to this period, but to several major powers at that time, which had been engaged in wars of conquest and annexation for a long time, so they were collectively called "Sengoku". During this period, because the wars between countries were mainly annexation wars, although Yue was the overlord of the late Spring and Autumn Period and the early Warring States Period, it also carried out annexation wars for a short time (Zhu Gou, the king of Yue, annexed several small countries), and was even compared with Qi, Jin, and Chu by Mozi, but Yue did not participate in many annexation wars for a long time, so it did not meet the definition of "Warring States" at that time.

The descendants of Goujian, the king of Yue, are mainly distributed in today's Zhejiang (the old land of Yue), Fujian (Ouyue, there was the Dongou Kingdom in the Han Dynasty, and it is also a descendant of the Yue Kingdom), Guangdong, Guangxi (the abbreviation of Guangdong today is "Yue" and "Yue pronunciation is the same, and the meaning is the same in ancient times"), which was destroyed by the Chu State in the early years of the Warring States Period.

The capital of Wu was Gusu (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu Province). The capital of the Yue Kingdom is Huiji, Langya, and Wu (now Shaoxing).

The border of Wu is located in the southern part of the Yangtze River in present-day Jiangsu and Anhui provinces and the northern part of Zhejiang around Taihu Lake, and the Taihu Lake basin is the core of Wu. The capital was located in Meili (Meicun, Wuxi) in the early stage and Wu (Suzhou, Jiangsu) in the later period, and was one of the most powerful vassal states in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period.

The fiefdom of Yue is located in the south (Yang) of Ouyu Mountain, and the monarch is surnamed Ji. The Yue Kingdom is mainly centered on the tomb of King Yu in Shaoxing. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, Yun Changshi had a conflict with Wu and attacked each other.

In 496 BC, after the death of Yun Chang, Gou Jian ascended the throne, and in 473 BC, Gou Jian eliminated the state of Wu and sent troops to cross the Huai River to the north. The sphere of influence once reached Qilu in the north, the East China Sea in the east, and the present-day Anhui Huai and Jiangxi in the west, and dominated the southeast.

The capitals of Wu and Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period were in present-day Suzhou and Shaoxing, respectively.

Wu was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty, surnamed Ji, whose territory was located in the south of the Yangtze River in present-day Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, and later expanded to the entire territory of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces except for Huizhou. King Wu established the capital in present-day Suzhou, and appointed Wu Zixu and Sun Wu to break through the capital of Chu, laying the foundation for his son Wu Wangfucha to become one of the five hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The core ruling area of the early Yue Kingdom was mainly in the surrounding areas of Shaoxing and Jinhua in present-day Zhejiang, and its early capital was moved in this area, and the capital was set to be Ji (Shaoxing). The Yue State had been relatively powerful throughout the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and threatened the security of the Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong were once afraid of the Yue State attacking and attacking the Qi State.

After Gou Jian, it was passed on to the generation of Wujiang, and the state of Chu and the country of Qi were invaded, and the king of Qi sent people to lobby to give up the country of Qi. Later, the Yue State was destroyed by the Chu State.

When the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were in it, the Yue Kingdom was not in it....

In 307 BC, King Wu of Qin died of a desperate death, and soon after, the rebellion of Ji Jun broke out in Qin. In 306 BC (the twenty-third year of King Huai of Chu), when the Chu State took advantage of the civil strife in Vietnam, it united with the Qi State to destroy the Yue State and set Jiangdong as a county.

The tribes of Wujiang established Eastern Europe and Minyue and the South China Sea Yue, and the Eastern European countries later recovered the Jiangdong and Jiangbei lands occupied by the Chu State, and their forces reached Huaishui again. After Wang Jian destroyed Chu, he continued to go south, descended to the Yue monarch, and placed Huiji County, and the six kingdoms of Shandong were different, the monarch and power of the Yue State were still retained, but the king was temporarily removed.

Qin Shi Huang was extremely difficult to attack Sanyue (Dongyue, Minyue, and Nanyue), far beyond the Six Kingdoms, and specially gave the monarch of Sanyue (Shao, Wuzhu, and Weaving) the surname of Don (meaning a tame good horse).

After the Chen Shi uprising, Dongyue and Min Jun shook and assisted the princes to overthrow the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Han Gao resumed his position as the king of Yue and continued to worship the Yue Kingdom. Later, it was restored again until it was finally destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in 110 BC.

From the founding of the Xia Dynasty to the destruction of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Yue Kingdom experienced nearly 1,800 years, and it was the longest vassal state of the country.

In the Shang Dynasty, there was an "oracle bone inscription", and these countries were also mixed with inscriptions and gold and silver inscriptions, similar to the inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty, which were similar to the oracle bone inscriptions, revealing a bit of mystery in the simplicity. In the early period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the style of the inscriptions became vigorous and dignified, and in the middle and later periods, they began to tend to be dignified and regular, which well reflected the characteristics of the times. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the diversification and development of writing, bird seal inscriptions with decorative art also began to appear.

The bird seal is also called the bird book, which is a unique script of "Wuyue people". It originated from the primitive worship of totems by the Wuyue people. Most of the ancients of the Central Plains generation worshipped ghosts or ancestors, and according to the research of experts and scholars, it was found that the oracle bone inscriptions recorded the questions that the Shang kings asked when divining from their ancestors.

And the Wu Yue generation, in addition to the dress is very different from the people of the Central Plains, even the objects of worship are very different.

The middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River where the Wuyue people live, the plains are vast, there are many lakes, it is an ideal environment for birds to survive, it can be said that when the Wuyue people have not yet settled here, it has become a paradise for birds.

Among the cultural relics unearthed from the Hemudu culture and the Liangzhu culture, archaeologists have found a large number of bird totemic signs. Why do the Wuyue people worship birds so much? We don't find any record in the history books.

However, this kind of worship has developed to a certain stage, and the unique script of "bird seal" has appeared, and this kind of writing is only found in Wu and Yue.

The main feature of the bird seal is that the pen portrait of the shape of the bird, the founders on the basis of the seal, the text and the bird shape of the superb integration, or the word next to the word and the word up and down the additional bird shape as a decoration, so that the text is more artistic. According to the cultural relics that have been unearthed, this kind of inscription is mostly used in weapons, and it is not very common in the use of containers, seals, etc.

Therefore, both countries use "bird seal inscriptions".