The name of Zeng Guo was not recorded in the documents of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. But since the Song Dynasty, bronze wares have been unearthed in Zeng's country. /kloc-in the past 0/0 years, many bronze wares of Zeng State have been unearthed in the south of Nanyang Basin in Henan, Zaoyang in Hubei and Suizao in Sui County. Especially 1978, the excavation of the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Leigudun, Suixian County shows that there was a Zeng State in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which is undoubtedly true. So, where is this Zeng Guo? There are two diametrically opposed views in today's academic circles. There is a saying that Zeng Guo followed the country. The reason is that (1) has the same existence time. "Mandarin. Sixteen Records of Zheng Yu records the Shi Bo dialect of Zhou people in the late Western Zhou Dynasty: "... as Zhou people, there are, Shen, Lu, Ying, Deng, Chen, Cai, Sui and Tang in the south ...", which shows that this country was established in the late Western Zhou Dynasty at the latest. The last activity of following the country recorded in the existing history books was to unite Chu, Chen, Xu and other countries to attack Cai. It was the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. It can be seen that it was built in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and died in the early Warring States period. The textual research and appraisal of the bronzes unearthed in Zeng state show that the age of these bronzes is from the late Western Zhou Dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn Period. The tomb of Zeng Houyi was unearthed in 1978, which further proved that Zeng Guo still existed in the early Warring States period. According to the literature, it can be inferred that the small country between Han and Huai lasted until the early years of the Warring States, only with the country, but the country of Zeng still existed, so it can be seen that it was with it. (2) They are located in the same area. Zeng's artifacts have been unearthed at the southeast end of Sui-Zao Corridor so far, but now there are relatively dense places between Sui County, Anlu and Jingshan. According to the literature, at the same time, this area was once the seat of this country. 1978 The tomb of Zeng Houyi was found near Sui County. It is the capital of this country. According to the monarch's tomb, it should be buried in the capital, so it was with you before. (3) Surnames kiss each other. The country with the surname of Ji is recorded in history. However, in April of 1979, one of the bronzes with Ji surname Liang unearthed at Suixian 1.5 km was a bronze with the inscription of the owner's country, official position and its relationship with the Zhou royal family, which proved that it was also the country with Ji surname. (4) According to Zuo Zhuan, in the fourth year of Ding Gong, Wu, Tang and Cai attacked Chu on a large scale, laid the capital of Chu, fled with them, sheltered with others, and rejected the soldiers of the three countries. However, it was found in the tomb of Hou Yi of Zeng that King Hui of Chu had made a set of bells and spears and put them in the ancestral temple of Zeng Guo to offer sacrifices to Ceng Houyi. The powerful Chu state respects the king of a small country so much, which probably has something to do with protecting the king of Zhao with others, and has the meaning of repaying kindness. It can be seen that the then King Zeng was the descendant of the followers who protected him. (5) In ancient books, the records of two people in one country are very common. For example, Lu near Henan is also called Fu, Zhou near Shandong is also called Chunyu, Chu is called Jing, and Wei is called Liang, which can be seen everywhere. So it is very likely that he followed. Another view disagrees with the above view. They think that the Zeng State discovered by archaeology is obviously different from the Sui State recorded in literature, but the Sui State or Shaanxi State recorded in historical books. The reasons why they don't agree with Zeng Yisui are as follows: (1) The tombs of princes in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are not necessarily in Beijing. Due to the small fiefs of many small vassal States, the mausoleum of the monarch can only be near the capital. Larger vassal States have specific monarch cemeteries. For example, the cemetery is not in Qufu, the capital, but in Kan (more than 0/00 kilometers away from Qufu/KLOC). Historical records. The Biography of Qin Shihuang lists the burial places of Qin emperors, many of which are not in the capital. With the tomb of Ceng Houyi, it may not be said that it was once the capital. On the contrary, according to Xiong's inscription, King Hui of Chu got the obituary of Xiyang, so he made bells and other ritual vessels for the ancestral hall and sent them to Xiyang as a souvenir. It can be seen that the capital before the Warring States period was not in Xiyang, which is now southwest of Guangshan County, Henan Province. (2) According to the literature, Sui was the largest vassal state among the countries with the surname of Ji in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which can be described as "the country of the Eastern Han Dynasty, increasing with it". But from the early Spring and Autumn Period, it gradually became a vassal of Chu. In the early Warring States period, Sui had disappeared, and it was probably extinct. Until the early Warring States period, it was an independent vassal state with strong economic strength. (3) King Hui of Chu cast sacrificial vessels for the ancestral hall and gave Zeng a very high courtesy. This is by no means because he protected Zhao Haoqi, but because of his political status at that time and the needs of the King of Chu in the political struggle. (4) It is inappropriate to regard Zeng and Sui as two names of a country. You can't make a simple analogy, because Shang is also called Yin, and Lu is also called Fu. At that time, two people in one country had their own reasons. Most of them are because they moved to the capital, which is clearly recorded in the literature. However, all documents are always called "Sui", and all unearthed bronzes are called "Zeng". There is no relationship between one country and two peoples. Then, why do you think that Zeng is a country that has been captured or captured in the literature? The main reasons are as follows: first, ancient books are related to dragons and dragons. In ancient books, it is recorded in both countries, such as "Shen, Yi and Xirong are both strong ..." At that time, Shen was a strong country in the south, and joined hands with Yi and Xirong, with great strength. " Mandarin. "Yu Jin Yi" records: "He Zhiren called Xirong to attack Zhou and Zhou died." Historical records. Zhou Benji has a similar record. Therefore, it makes sense to regard Zeng Guo as a donkey or a donkey. Second, there were two Zeng countries in ancient times. One surnamed Zhou was a Zhuang country in the northwest of Cangshan Mountain in Shandong during the Spring and Autumn Period. Another surname is Ji, in the south of Nanyang basin, adjacent to Shen. (3) The capital of Zeng State in the Western Zhou Dynasty, surnamed Ji, was in Guiguan and Guiqiu area near Fangcheng of Chu State. Later, forced by the increasingly powerful Chu state, it once entered the corridor with dates in the southeast. Therefore, it is understandable that Zeng's bronzes and cultural relics were found in Xinye, Henan, and that Zeng's cultural relics appeared in Suizao Corridor and its southeast end. In addition, there is a third point of view. It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu rebelled against Sui, attacked Sui three times and died in the army for the third time. From the discovery of the tomb of Zeng Houyi, it can be seen that the old king of a big country, King Hui of Chu, paid a generous gift to Ceng Houyi, the son of a small country, which showed the friendly relationship between Chu and Ceng Houyi. If it was the Sui Dynasty, it was probably that the Zeng people, egged on by the King of Chu, got into the Sui Dynasty and seized the Sui Dynasty through a palace coup, just like Tian Faqi. Three "answers", which one is right? It seems difficult to decide.