Before the Jin Kingdom was divided into three families, how big was the territory?

At that time, the Jin Kingdom occupied half of the Central Plains during the Spring and Autumn Period. The Jin State originally had the ability to unify the Central Plains, but in the end there was civil strife.

Jin State, the Zhou Dynasty's Zhou royal princes, Zhou was named a marquis by Zhou Tianzi at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, Ji's surname was Jin, and the first monarch Tang Shuyu was the son of Ji Fa, King Wu of Zhou, and the younger brother of Ji Yu, King of Zhou. Although the states of Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu are known as the four great powers. However, in fact, the overall strength of the Jin state was far stronger than that of the other three vassal states.

The territory of the Jin State includes all of the current Shanxi Province, the eastern and northern parts of Shaanxi Province, the central part of Hebei Province and the south, as well as the western and northern parts of Henan Province and the areas around Inner Mongolia. The area is very vast.

The three families were divided into the dividing point of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

These three families divided the Jin Kingdom, which was extremely powerful at that time, and each became a prince, and since then, there has been a competition between the seven heroes of the Warring States in the Central Plains.

However, the Jin Kingdom is so big, who of the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei has the best territory, and which one of the Jin countries inherited the hegemony?

Undoubtedly, it was the Wei State.

Three families are divided. At the beginning of the division of the three families, the land allocated to the three families of Han Zhao Wei was not divided under the condition of balance of strength, so the strength directly determined the quality of the land allocated.

The three families were able to divide the Jin Dynasty, and they were carried out under the condition of destroying the Zhi Clan, and in the process of destroying the Zhi Clan, Zhao contributed the most, but ** was also the worst, so that when it came to the division of the Jin Dynasty, the strength of the Zhao family was weakened to the extreme.

And the Han family has always been the weakest among the doctors of the Jin State, and this point has not been changed during the period of the three Jin divisions, so at the time of the division of the Jin Dynasty, the Wei family was the strongest, which also determined that it could occupy the best location in the Jin Kingdom.

Doctor Qing during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

When the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei were divided, it was basically Korea in the south, Wei in China, and Zhao on the back, but at that time, the territory of these three families was actually intricate, and some lands were not connected to the mainland at all, forming many enclaves.

As a result, these three families, in order to facilitate their rule, began to change land frequently, and finally after exchange, they formed the pattern that Han Zhao and Wei occupied the south, central and north respectively.

The south of Korea is bordered by the Qin State and the Chu State, and there is no room for development at all, and it is the worst location, and the Zhao State is bordered by the Xiongnu to the north, and the apprentices are barren, and it is not a good location, and only the Wei State occupies the core area of the Jin State.

Map of the situation in the Warring States.

The land is the most fertile, the population is also the largest, and the space for development is also the best.

Therefore, it can be said that Wei inherited the hegemony of the Jin State, while the Han and Zhao States were only divided into the marginal areas, not the core place, and then the Wei State inherited the hegemony of the Jin State, plus the virtuous monarch of Wei Wenhou, and finally became the first overlord of the Warring States.

However, the Wei State has a foundation, but it is only two and a half generations stronger, after Wei Wenhou and Wei Wuhou, during the period of King Wei Hui, the Wei State gradually went downhill, and finally under the situation of the Warring States Fighting for Dominance, it became a small country that did not enter the stream, and was later destroyed by the Qin State and became history.

"Three families divided into Jin", that is, the Jin State was divided by Korea, Zhao State, and Wei State, if you want to say who of these three inherited the hegemony of the Jin State, I think it must be the Wei State, why do you say so?

Let's take a look at the boundaries of Korea, Zhao, and Wei:

The first is South Korea, after the three divisions, the scope of South Korea includes the southeast of present-day Shanxi Province and the central and western parts of Henan Province.

The second was the state of Zhao, and after the division of the three families, the scope of the state of Zhao included the central part of present-day Shanxi, parts of the north and southeast, and the southern part of Hebei Province.

Finally, there was the Wei State, after the three families were divided into Jin, the scope of the Wei State included the southern part of Shanxi and the northern part of Henan.

From the geographical point of view, the Wei State occupied the richest area of the original Jin State, and Sima Qian recorded in the "Historical Records": "Three rivers are in the world", "the land is small and narrow, and the people are numerous". What do you mean?

It means that the three places of Hedong, Hanoi and Henan have developed agricultural production, and although the land is not vast, the population is large. For example, the Yuncheng Basin of the Wei State is a place where the land is fertile, and with the irrigation of the Shu, Hu, and Fen waters, it is very suitable for agricultural production. In contrast, the land of Korea and Wei is relatively poor, and it is recorded in the Book of Han that "the land of Zhao and Zhongshan is thin", which shows that the land of Zhao is not fertile, and most of the western Henan in South Korea is mountainous, and agricultural production is not developed.

Therefore, from a geographical point of view, Wei completely destroyed Korea and Zhao.

After the three families were divided, the development of Wei also far exceeded that of Korea and Zhao, especially during the reign of Wei Wenhou, Wei Wenhou was meritocracy, he used Li Kui as the prime minister, Li Kui is also a very powerful person, he implemented the "teaching of the best of the land", and vigorously promoted intensive cultivation in the territory of Wei, so as to improve the utilization rate of land and the yield per unit area, and Wei was not short of food.

In addition, Wei took the initiative to unite with Korea and Zhao to form a solid alliance against several other great powers, and Wei successively defeated Qi and Chu and successfully entered the ranks of great powers.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wei inherited the hegemony of Jin.

The decomposition of the three families in the end who inherited the Jin Kingdom is actually divided into several levels:

The first level, from the core of territorial culture, is the inheritance of the Wei State.

We know that the Jin State was the most powerful country among the princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, with a hegemonic level, strong national strength, a high degree of development, and a very prosperous culture. However, although the entire Jin Kingdom has a large territory, the vast northern region is a wild land and has not been developed much. And the core is the current southern part of Shanxi and the northern part of Henan, which is called the land of anointing, so basically the big cities of the Jin Kingdom are here.

And this core land was inherited by the Wei State. Therefore, the Wei State has always regarded itself as the successor of the Jin State and is called the head of the Three Jin Dynasty. The reason why Wei became the first overlord of the Warring States in the early period was because it inherited most of the strength of the Jin State.

The second level, from the perspective of the hegemon, is the inheritance of the Zhao State.

The hegemony of the Jin State, in the Spring and Autumn Period, was the core of overcoming thorns, defeating the barbarians, expanding the territory, and being extremely powerful. The core hegemony is the strength of the army and the strength of the country. This point was not inherited by the Wei State, which only inherited the culture and etiquette of the Jin State, and the essential strength was inherited by the Zhao State.

Zhao inherited the martial style of the Jin State, and the whole country was strong, especially after Hufu cavalry shooting, it became the overlord of the princes, and it was extremely powerful. In the entire Warring States Period, it was the only country that could compete with the Qin State, and it was the country that inherited the hegemony of the Jin State for the longest time and most continuously. Therefore, from the perspective of hegemony, Wei is going to stand aside, and only Zhao is the successor.

It is worth pointing out that although Korea is also from the Three Jin Dynasty, it is a mess in all other aspects except for inheriting the minerals of the Jin Kingdom, so Korea can be called the weakest of the Jin Kingdom and cannot inherit anything.

Of course, there are high and low divisions of the three families, I think the Qi State and the Chu State are the strongest, but in the end, it is the Wei State that inherits the hegemony.

When the three families were divided, Zhao received the most land, but Wei received the best resources.

Wei State, Wei State was still very strong at that time, and Zhao State was not bad.

It may be the Wei State The military strength of the Wei State is still very strong.

Zhao Guo. The premise is geography and not history.

Location: 400 mm isoprecipitation line through, roughly in the agro-pastoral ecotone, farming and nomadism are not wrong, and ethnic minorities learn excellent culture, it's just good! Also, it is also surrounded by several countries, and it is not denied that Rong Di has strong combat ability, but it is always inferior to the Central Plains countries.

At that time, it was much better to be adjacent to the territory of the Hu people than the land of the four wars in the Central Plains like the Liang State, and there were fewer things to worry about.

Monarch ability: Zhao people are different, and they are virtuous but not long. Those who succeed to the throne are capable, and Ming monarchs like Zhao Wuxian and Zhao Yong abound. It's like Liang Guo, the monarch has become a Tokyo gymnastics referee (invisible talent).

The history of the Warring States Period is very exciting.

Just kidding, Zhao Wuxian is ruthless, does Wei dare to ask for the best territory.

There's really no specific answer to this, it's all good.

Qi Chuyan, Han Zhao, Wei Qin, you should understand this ranking.

Be. The division of the Jin dynasty refers to the event that the Jin kingdom was divided by the Han, Zhao, and Wei families in the late Spring and Autumn period of China. The three families jointly destroyed the Zhi family, who was also the fourth secretary of the Jin State.

In 403 B.C., King Weilie of Zhou made the three families a marquis. "Zizhi Tongjian" records: "In the twenty-third year of King Weilie of Zhou, he initially appointed Wei Si, Zhao Ji, and Han Qian as the princes of the ......”

Historiography took this as the dividing point between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

In the so-called Warring States period, there were actually four signs of the beginning:

1. The saying of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is actually the period when Confucius wrote the Spring and Autumn Period, which is called the Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius died, and the Spring and Autumn Period could not continue, so it came to the Warring States Period. Therefore, the most obvious demarcation line between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is the death of Confucius.

At the same time, three major events took place. 2, Tian Dai Qi. Tian was originally a guest of Chen to Qi State, and he attached great importance to it during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi, and in the late Spring and Autumn Period, he gradually formed a force and replaced the original monarch surnamed Jiang of Qi State.

3. Three families are divided. At the beginning of the Jin Kingdom, there were six secretaries, which were held by Zhao Weihan, Zhi, Fan and Bank of China. Later, the four families destroyed Fan and Zhongxing, and the Zhi clan was the strongest, and the leader of the Zhi clan, Zhi Bo (also written as Zhi Bo), wanted to destroy Zhao Wei Han, but was defeated by the three families.

The three families separately claimed the positions of the princes from the Zhou Dynasty, and the Jin State became a small prince, and was destroyed in the middle of the Warring States period.

4. It is easy to be ignored, that is, in the south, the Yue State took advantage of the northern part of the Wu State to compete for hegemony and destroyed the Wu State, and the Chu State destroyed the Yue State. As a result, the two great powers in the southeast in the late Spring and Autumn Period were wiped out, and the form of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States (Nine Great Powers) was formally established.