Song (state)

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Song (state)

Sòng was a state during the Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn Period

Spring and Autumn Period

The Spring and Autumn Period was a period in Chinese history, which roughly corresponds to the first half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty . Its name comes from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the state of Lu between 722 BC and 481 BC, which tradition associates with Confucius....
(770-476 BC). Its capital was Shangqiu

Shangqiu

Shangqiu is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. It borders Kaifeng to the northwest, Zhoukou to the southwest, and the provinces of Shandong and Anhui to the northeast and southeast respectively....
. In 701 BC, a political marriage between Lady Yong of Song and Duke Zhuang of Zheng

Duke Zhuang of Zheng

Duke Zhuang of Zheng was the third ruler of the Zheng during the Spring and Autumn Period in ancient China. His name was Wusheng , which means "a difficult birth"....
(as well as the capture of Zhai Zhong, a leading warrior) empowered Song to manipulate the management of Zheng.

In 651 BC, Duke Huan of Song died, leaving the district to be ruled by Duke Xiang of Song

Duke Xiang of Song

Duke Xiang of Song was the leader in the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn Period. His name was Zifu and he took his throne in 650 BC....
who reigned from 651 to 637 BC.

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Sòng was a state during the Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn Period

Spring and Autumn Period

Shangqiu

Duke Zhuang of Zheng

Duke Xiang of Song

Duke Xiang of Song was the leader in the state of Song in the Spring and Autumn Period. His name was Zifu and he took his throne in 650 BC....
who reigned from 651 to 637 BC. He was considered an Overlord by some, but was unable to maintain that role. He eventually fell to the troops of Chu

Chu (state)

Chu was a monarchy in what is now central and southern China during the Spring and Autumn period and Warring States Period . Its ruling house had the Chinese surname mi , and clan name xiong , and originally was of the noble rank of Chinese nobility#Princehood and Peerage, roughly comparable to a viscount....
.

Duke Ticheng(??) of Song took the clan Dai(?) in memory of Duke Dai of Song. In 317 BC, Duke Kang of Song, who had killed (exiled?) his elder brother Ticheng and took the throne, declared himself to be king. The king was ambitious and had succeeded in beating troops from Chu, Wei

Wei (state)

The Wei was a state during the Warring States Period in China. Its territory lay between the states of Qin and Qi and included modern areas in Henan, Hebei and Shanxi and Shandong....
and Qi

Qi (state)

Qi was a powerful state during the Spring and Autumn Period and Period of the Warring States. Its capital was Linzi, which is part of the present city of Zibo in Shandong Province....
and annexing Teng

Teng (state)

The State of Teng was a small China state that existed during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of Chinese Antiquity. It was located in the south of modern-day Shandong province....
at first, but the kingdom was finally annexed by Qi in 286 BC, while troops from Chu and Wei served in behalf of Qi.

Mozi

Mozi

Mozi , was a philosopher who lived in China during the Hundred Schools of Thought period . He founded the school of Mohism and argued strongly against Confucianism and Daoism....
references this state in the chapter "Obvious Existence of Ghosts", in which he mentions a number of "Spring and Autumn Annals", including the Zhou

Zhou Dynasty

The Zhou Dynasty was preceded by the Shang Dynasty and followed by the Qin Dynasty in China. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in China history?though the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty only lasted during the Western Zhou....
, Yan

Yan (state)

Yan was a state during the Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China. Its capital was Ji .During the first years of the Zhou Dynasty, Yan was located near the Yellow River, but after the failed revolt led by the leaders of the Shang Dynasty, the fiefdom was relocated further north in what is now Hebei Province t...
, and Qi

Qi (state)