The Zhou–Chu War was a military conflict between the Zhou dynasty under King Zhao and the state of Chu from 961 to 957 BC. King Zhao personally led at...

The Warring States period in Chinese history (c. 475–221 BC) comprises the final centuries of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC), which were characterized...

Chu (Chinese: 楚; pinyin: Chǔ; Wade–Giles: Ch'u, Old Chinese: *s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Their first ruler was King...

years later. Famous for his disastrous war against the Chu confederation, his death in battle ended the Western Zhou's early expansion and marked the beginning...

force of Zhao, Wei and Chu after failing to capture the Zhao capital at Handan. At the time of King Nan of Zhou, the kings of Zhou dynasty had lost almost...

The Chu–Han Contention (楚漢相爭), also known as the Chu–Han War (楚漢戰爭), was an interregnum period in Imperial China between the fall of the Qin dynasty and...

dominated China. Some southern states, such as Chu and Wu, claimed independence from the Zhou, who undertook wars against some of them (Wu and Yue). Amid the...

for the Eastern Zhou court after the Spring and Autumn period ended. None of the warring states held any respect and marginalized the Zhou court to the de...

expansion. The fourth King, Zhao of Zhou (975-957 BC) suffered a severe defeat in the Zhou–Chu War against the State of Chu on the Han River, where the entire...

the Warring States period (c. 475 to 221 BC) of Ancient China: Qin (秦) Qi (齊/齐) Chu (楚) Yan (燕) Han (韓/韩) Zhao (趙/赵) Wei (魏) During the Eastern Zhou dynasty...

King Zhuang of Chu (Chinese: 楚莊王; pinyin: Chǔ Zhuāng Wáng, reigned 613-591 BC) was a monarch of the Zhou dynasty State of Chu during the Spring and Autumn...

if Han would cede some territory to Zhou and Zhou send some hostages to Chu. Qin would then suspect the state of Chu was planning an attack on Qin during...

Qin (/tʃɪn/, or Ch'in) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. It is traditionally dated to 897 BC. The Qin state originated from a reconquest...

usurp the throne. He was also the first ruler among Zhou's vassal states to style himself "king"; Chu was one of a few states where local rulers declared...

King Zhuang of Chu inquired for the first time regarding the "weight of the Nine Tripod Cauldrons" only to be rebuffed by the Zhou minister Wangsun...

particularly Qin and Chu. Late in his reign, the leaders of the states declared themselves kings, and ceased to recognise the king of Zhou as even nominally...

King Zhao of Zhou, the Zhou dynasty launched a successful campaign against Xian. This campaign was probably part of the wider Zhou–Chu War (c. 961–957...

up chu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chu or CHU may refer to: Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty Western Chu (206...

in 473 BC. Wu, Yue, and Chu all proclaimed themselves kings in the 6th century BC, showing the drastic weakening of the Zhou court's authority during...

diminished. The Warring States period (c. 481 – 221 BC) that followed saw large-scale warfare and consolidation among what had formerly been Zhou client states...

to have a superior claim on the throne. In light of Chu's civil war, Liu Sheng, the emperor of Chu's southern neighbor Southern Han, sent the eunuch general...

King Yi of Zhou (Chinese: 周夷王; pinyin: Zhōu Yí Wáng), personal name Ji Xie, was a king of China's Zhou dynasty. Estimated dates of his reign are 885–878...

the 6th century BC. The Warring States period comprises the latter half of the Eastern Zhou dynasty, by which point the Zhou kings had become nearly politically...

treason. Zhou Yafu committed suicide by starving himself in prison. Zhou's father, Zhou Bo, was one of the generals for Liu Bang during the Chu-Han Contention...

were dynastic polities of China within and without the Zhou cultural sphere prior to Qin's wars of unification. They ranged in size from large estates...

patriarch of the Zhou state during the final years of Shang dynasty in ancient China. Ji Chang himself died before the end of the Zhou-Shang War, and his second...

contested historicity. During the subsequent Shang (c. 1600–1046 BCE) and Zhou (1046–256 BCE) dynasties, rulers were referred to as Wang 王, meaning king...

King's War, also known as Legend of Chu and Han, is a Chinese television series based on the events in the Chu–Han Contention, an interregnum between...

Zhou Enlai and was expelled from Germany for his role in a number of student protests. Around this time he joined the Chinese Communist Party; Zhou Enlai...

a military standoff took place between India and China in the Sumdorong Chu Valley bordering the Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh and Cona County,...