Chuxiong Yi and his descendants are the earliest developers in Jianghan Valley, and their pioneering history is hard. "Zuo Zhuan" in the twelfth year of Zhao Gong: "In the past, Xiong Yi, my first king, stood on Jingshan Road, and the road was blue and sky-blue, making him travel all over the mountains and rivers to serve the sons of heaven." Jingshan is in the west of Hubei Province today, on both sides of the Han River. (Zuo Zhuan) Gong Xuan proclaimed himself emperor for twelve years: "Since Chu Keyong, his monarch has not been begging for his countrymen every day, but taking people's livelihood as his training. If there is no disaster, he can't be lazy. In the army, if you don't ask military facts every day, you can't guarantee victory. If you don't have 100 grams, you will die. Training is arrogant and the road is blue, so as to clear the forest. Day of Proverbs:' People's livelihood is diligent, and diligence is not lacking. The two sentences "Tao is blue" in Zuo Zhuan refer to more than ten generations of kings of Chu from Xiong Yi to Xiong Yi (Ruoao) and Xiong Chest (He Miaomiao). It can be seen that Chu lived a hard and poor life for a long time after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The monarch led his subjects to cross mountains and rivers, expand territory and share weal and woe. In the face of threats from neighboring countries, especially in the face of repeated southward invasions by the northern Zhou army, the Chu people rallied, remained vigilant and prepared for death. The King of Chu has a strong sense of hardship. On the basis of predecessors' hard work, he pays special attention to the traditional education of his subjects, so as to unite people's hearts, boost morale, and seek internal stability and external development. In 740 BC, in the thirty-first year of East Zhou Pingwang, Xiong Tong, Mao Mao's younger brother, established himself as Chu Wuwang. This is of epoch-making significance in the history of the development of Chu, and it is also a major event in the early Spring and Autumn Period, announcing the rise of a great southern country. Chu Wuwang's son Wang Jian was born in Ying, and the country became stronger. Small countries in Jianghan area are all afraid of Chu. By the time King Chu, the son of King Wen, ascended the throne, he was already "thousands of miles away". Chu's "it is better to be a vassal than to make old friends" forced Zhou to "give gifts" and demanded that Chu "put an end to foreign aggression in the south and not invade China" Zhou's words showed his fear of Chu, but at the same time he had to admit that Chu was the "leader" of the southern barbarians.

Qi:

Qi was one of the vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty, with a surname of Jiang and a marquis. After Tian Daiqi, it was called "Tian Qi" in history. It is one of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period.

In today's northeastern Shandong Province, facing the sea, Jiang Shang (Qi Taigong), the founding hero of the Zhou Dynasty, is a vassal state. The capital is located in Linzi (now Linzi District, Zibo City, Shandong Province). At first, the territory was only in the north of Shandong, with Ji and Lai in the east, Lu in the southwest and Yan and Wei in the north. When the regent, the third prison rebelled, rebelled for a week. Duke Zhou ordered Jiang Taigong to say, "East to the sea, west to the river, south to Muling, north to Wudi, five kings and nine uncles, it is really necessary to levy." Qi thus had the right to conquer and became a big country in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.