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What were the seven ancient countries?
The ancient seven countries refer to Qin, Qi, Chu, Zhao, Wei, Han and Yan. It's the Seven Heroes of the Warring States.

1, before Qi (1 1 century -22 1 year ago)

The surname is Jiang and Lu. After Tian Daiqi, the history was called "Tian Qi" and his surname was Tian. It is one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period.

2. Chu State (65438 BC+065438 BC+0th century BC-223 BC)

Last name: Yan; Health: Bear. In the pre-Qin period, the surname Mi (Mi Ben was originally written) was a vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty and one of the seven heroes of the Warring States. Also called Jing. Mi surname is one of the so-called "Zhu Rong Eight Surnames", and its ancestor is Ji Lian. Xiong Ji, the descendant of Ji Lian, is Zhou Wenwang's teacher.

3. Yan State (1 1 century -222 years ago)

Ji surname. Yan was a vassal state in northern China from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the history of China. One of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period, it was destroyed by Qin in the first 222 years.

4. Korea (403 years ago -230 years ago)

Last name: Ji; Student: Han. The ancestors of South Korea were Jin people. An uncle gave birth to 10 thousand children, sealed in Hanyuan, and established the Han family. After Jin dominated, Korea declined. When I arrived in Korea, it was a tribute from the Duke of Jin, who returned to power. Han Jue has great power.

After 27 years in power in Jin Dynasty, Han was a powerful man. In the first 403 years, King Wei Lie of Zhou made Han Qian a vassal with Zhao and Wei, and established Korea.

5. Zhao (403 BC-227 BC)

Last name: Yan; Zhao. Zhao Fu, the ancestor of Zhao State, was deeply loved by Zhou Muwang. After quelling Guo Xuzhi's rebellion, Zhao Fu made outstanding achievements, but he was sealed in Zhao Cheng and became Scott.

After the patriarch of Zhao, he was listed as a Jinshi of Qing. When Uncle Dai was here, he left Haojiang for the State of Jin because of corruption. The next seven generations destroyed Zhao one after another, which helped to achieve success, and Zhao became famous all over the world. In the first 403 years, King Wei Lie of Zhou made Sanjin a vassal, and Zhao was formally founded.

6. Wei State (403 BC-225 BC)

Last name: Ji || Last name: Wei (Bi). The ancestor of Wei was Bi, and later Bi died, nominally Bi, and scattered all over the country. There was a man named Bi Wan, who was Jin Xiangong's right-hand man. Because of his military achievements, he was awarded Cheng Wei and established Wei's family.

When the Duke of Jin was in mourning, he was promoted to Jinshi, and the big man of Wei began to join the ranks of the six ministers of Jin. The Wei family made a fortune later, slightly weaker than the other five ministers. In the first 453 years, Wei and Wei Ju colluded with Zhao and Han to jointly destroy Zhi Bo and carve up the State of Jin. In the first 403 years, King Weilie of Zhou made Wei a vassal, which was called Wei Wenhou in history.

7. The State of Qin (770 BC-206 BC)

Qin was a vassal state during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qin people are a branch of the Chinese nation. It is said that their ancestors were sealed in the state of Qin because they were good at raising horses. 770 years ago, he was made a vassal because of his great contributions to escort and Wang Li, before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Since 677, Qin has established its capital in Yong for nearly 300 years. Yongcheng has a palace area, a residential area, a burial area for scholars and China people, and a cemetery for Qin Gong.

Extended data

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, after wars and mergers among the vassal states, the major vassal states were Qin in the west, Jin in the north of the Central Plains, Qi and Yan in the east, and Chu, Wu and Yue in the south. At the beginning, the strength of Qin and Yan was weak.

Among the seven countries, the stronger ones are Jin, Qi, Chu and Yue. However, in the early Warring States period, the strength of Qi was temporarily weaker than that of other Sanjin.

Although Chu expanded eastward and competed with Sanjin in the north for the small state of Zheng, it was defeated repeatedly. As for the state of Yue, it flourished for a period of time after the demise of Wu, but after entering the Warring States period, its strength gradually declined due to long-term internal civil strife.

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