Warring States

Warring States

▪ Chinese history
also called  Contending States , Chinese (Pinyin)  Zhanguo , or   (Wade-Giles romanization)  Chan-kuo 

      (475–221 BC), designation forseven or more small feuding Chinese kingdoms whose careers collectively constitute an era in Chinese history. The Warring States period was one of the most fertile and influential in Chinese history. It not only saw the rise of many of the great philosophers of Chinese civilization, including the Confucian thinkers Mencius and Xunzi, but also witnessed the establishment of many of the governmental structures and cultural patterns that were to characterize China for the next 2,000 years.

      The Warring States period is distinguished from the preceding age, the Spring and Autumn (Spring and Autumn Period) (Chunqiu) period (770–476 BC), when the country was divided into many even smaller states. The name Warring States is derived from an ancient work known as the Zhanguoce (“Intrigues of the Warring States”). In these intrigues, two states, Qin and Chu, eventually emerged supreme. Qin finally defeated all the other states and established the first unified Chinese empire in 221 BC.

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