Lü () was a
Zhou dynasty
The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by ...
vassal
state
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in present-day central China in the early years of the
Spring and Autumn period
The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...
(722–481 BC).
Origin
As the rulers of the four states of
Qi,
Xu,
Shen and Lü all had the surname
Jiang
Jiang may refer to:
* ''Jiang'' (rank), rank held by general officers in the military of China
*Jiang (surname), several Chinese surnames
**Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
*Jiang River, an ancient riv ...
(), they claimed a common ancestry.
['' Guoyu''· Zhouyu Zhong (周语中)]
See also
*
Lü (surname)
References
Zhou dynasty
Nanyang, Henan
Ancient Chinese states
Former monarchies
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