Zhou Dynasty
HD3 (-1046~-256)
Feudal hierarchies and the Hundred Schools of Thought
Duke of Zhou Codifying Rites
HE15 (1042 BC ~ 1036 BC)Creating the foundational sociopolitical network of ancient China.
Rebellion of the Three Guards
HE16 (1042 BC ~ 1039 BC)The crucial war that consolidated the newly founded Zhou dynasty and feudalism.
Guoren Rebellion and Gonghe Regency
HE17 (841 BC)The starting point of precise historical dating in China.
Beacon Fire Deception
HE18 (771 BC)The tragic end of the unified Western Zhou era.
King Ping's Eastward Migration
HE19 (770 BC)The decline of royal authority and the beginning of multi-state competition.
Hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi
HE20 (651 BC)The dawn of Spring and Autumn multi-polar coalitions.
Hundred Schools Contention
HE21 (500 BC ~ 250 BC)The axial-age plural flourishing of Chinese thought unmatched before or since.
Confucius Traveling the States
HE22 (497 BC ~ 484 BC)The spiritual pilgrimage of the Great Sage of East Asia.
Goujian Conquering Wu
HE23 (473 BC)The Spring and Autumn epic of vengeance through endurance.
Shang Yang's Legalist Reforms
HE24 (356 BC ~ 350 BC)Standardizing national mobilization that paved the path to empire.
Qu Yuan's Sacrifice
HE25 (278 BC)The eternal source of Chinese romantic poetry and patriotic loyalty.
Battle of Changping
HE26 (260 BC)The most decisive, catastrophic battle that paved the way for Qin's unification.