Timeline of Eastern Zhou Dynasty history
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 | Author: xiaochong | Filed under: history of china timeline | Tags: Timeline of Eastern Zhou Dynasty | 2 Comments »Timeline of Eastern Zhou Dynasty history
| Date | Ruler | Events | Other people/events |
| 770 BC | Ping | ||
| 722 BC | Spring and Autumn Period begins, the State of Lu begins the chronicle of the Spring and Autumn Annals. | Capital moved from Xi’an to Luoyang. | |
| 720 BC | Huan | ||
| 707 BC | King Huan of Zhou led a campaign against Duke Zhuang of Zheng after the latter refused to appear in the capital, angered that Huan had dismissed him from his old post as Left Advisor at court. King Huan was allegedly shamed when he was injured in the shoulder by an arrow in an ensuing battle. Duke Zhuang continued to rule Zheng until his death in 701 BC. | ||
| 697 BC | Zhuang | ||
| 685 BC | The Duke Huan of Qi began rule over the State of Qi in this year, and was the first of the Five Hegemons who assumed great autonomy from the Zhou Dynasty monarch, the latter whom became more or less a figurehead during the Eastern Zhou. | ||
| 682 BC | Xi | ||
| 677 BC | Hui | ||
| 651 BC | Xiang | ||
| 645 BC | Death of Guan Zhong, the chancellor of Qi who was appointed by Duke Huan as recommended by Bao Shuya. Guan initiated centralizing administrative and economic reforms that, for a time, made Qi the most successful and developed state in ancient China. | ||
| 632 BC | Battle of Chengpu | ||
| 618 BC | Qing | ||
| 612 BC | Kuang | ||
| 606 BC | Ding | Sunshu Ao, China’s first known hydraulic engineer. | |
| 595 BC | Battle of Bi | ||
| 585 BC | Jian | ||
| 575 BC | Battle of Yanling | ||
| 571 BC | Ling | ||
| 551 BC | Lao Zi, Confucius | ||
| 548 BC | Oldest known reference to the weiqi or go board game. | ||
| 544 BC | Jing (Jia Gui) | Four occupation (est.) | |
| 543 BC | Guided by the aristocratic statesman Zi Chan, the State of Zheng creates a formal code of law. | ||
| 520 BC | Jing (Ji Gai) | ||
| 515 BC | King Liao of Wu is assassinated by Zhuan Zhu, allowing King Helü of Wu to ascend to the throne. | ||
| 506 BC | Battle of Boju | ||
| 500 BC | Approximate date for the invention of cast iron in China and the earliest possible date for the invention of the iron plough, which by the 3rd century BC, with better casting techniques, would become the heavy moldboard iron plough. | Approximate date for the first use of bronze knife money. | |
| 486 BC | King Fuchai of Wu has the ‘Han Gou’ built, a proto-section of the Grand Canal of China | ||
| 484 BC | Death of Wu Zixu, an official of Wu and advisor to King Helü. | ||
| 482 BC | King Goujian of Yue captures the Wu state capital in a surprise assault while King Fuchai was away at Huangchi. | ||
| 481 BC | End of Spring and Autumn Period | ||
| 475 BC | Yuan | ||
| 473 BC | The State of Wu is annexed by the State of Yue. | ||
| 470 BC | Birth of Mozi | ||
| 468 BC | Zhending | ||
| 465 BC | Death of King Goujian of Yue; his sword was later found in an archaeological site in Hubei in the 1960s. | ||
| 441 BC | Ai & Si | ||
| 440 BC | Kao | ||
| 432 BC | Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng | ||
| 425 BC | Weilie | ||
| 403 BC | The State of Jin is partitioned, marking the beginning of the Warring States. Meanwhile, the Marquis Wen of Wei ascends to power, sponsoring Confucianism in Wei, and employing able advisors such as the Legalist Li Kui, the militant officer Wu Qi, and the hydraulic engineer Ximen Bao. | ||
| 401 BC | An | ||
| 400 BC | Astronomers Gan De and Shi Shen Star catalogue compilation (est.) |
Earliest date for the creation of the earliest known maps made in China, from the State of Qin. | |
| 389 | Latest possible date for the Zuo Zhuan historical text. | ||
| 386 | The city of Handan is founded, serving as the capital for Zhao. | ||
| 381 BC | Wu Qi assassinated at the funeral of King Diao of Chu; his book, the Wuzi, is considered one of the Seven Military Classics. | ||
| 375 BC | Lie | The State of Zheng is annexed by Han. | |
| 370 BC | Philosopher Zhuangzi is born around this time. | ||
| 368 BC | Xian | ||
| 354 BC | Battle of Guiling | ||
| 350 BC | Earliest proposed date for the Guodian Chu Slips, containing the oldest known version of the Tao Te Ching, parts of the Classic of History, and a chapter from the Classic of Rites | ||
| 342 BC | Battle of Maling | Crossbow used in China. | |
| 320 BC | Shenjing | ||
| 319 BC | Philosopher Mencius becomes an official in the State of Qi | ||
| 316 BC | Death of Sun Bin | ||
| 314 BC | Nan | ||
| 310 BC | Birth of Xunzi | ||
| 307 BC | Imitating the northern nomadic armies, King Wuling of Zhao reforms the Zhao state’s military by adopting formal cavalry ranks over charioteers and importing the trouser-pants style of the nomads for soldiers. | ||
| 305 BC | Birth of Zou Yan, whose school of thought would for the first time systematically combine the two premodern theories of Yin and yang and the Five Elements. | ||
| 300 BC | Erya, China’s oldest known dictionary | ||
| 293 BC | Battle of Yique | ||
| 278 BC | The poem “Lament for Ying” is written by Qu Yuan after discovering that the capital of Chu had been captured by Qin. | ||
| 260 BC | Battle of Changping | ||
| 256 BC | Last king of Zhou dies, marking the end of the dynasty. | Dujiangyan Irrigation System | |
| 250 BC | Repeating crossbow featured in drawings from the records of Chu. | ||
| 246 BC | The Zhengguo Canal is completed by Zheng Guo of Qin. |
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