Spring and Autumn period

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historical period period of Chinese history

The Spring and Autumn period was an early phase of the Eastern Zhou dynasty in ancient China marked by the decline of royal authority, the rise of powerful regional states, and significant political, military, and philosophical developments.

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Label Occurrences
Spring and Autumn period canonical 33
late Spring and Autumn period 2
Chunqiu period 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
period of Chinese history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
surface form: Chunqiu period
capital Luoyi ⓘ
characterizedBy feudal fragmentation ⓘ
increasing use of iron tools and weapons ⓘ
rise of powerful regional lords ⓘ
ritual and diplomatic conferences among states ⓘ
system of hegemon (ba) leadership among states ⓘ
transition from aristocratic chariot warfare to infantry warfare ⓘ
chronologyDefinedBy Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
surface form: Spring and Autumn Annals of the state of Lu
country Zhou dynasty ⓘ
documentedIn Guoyu ⓘ
Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
Zuo Zhuan ⓘ
endTime c. 476 BCE ⓘ
c. 481 BCE ⓘ
follows Western Zhou period ⓘ
surface form: Western Zhou dynasty
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasPart Cai ⓘ
surface form: state of Cai

state of Cao ⓘ
ancient State of Chen ⓘ
surface form: state of Chen

State of Chu ⓘ
surface form: state of Chu

State of Jin ⓘ
surface form: state of Jin

State of Lu ⓘ
surface form: state of Lu

state of Qi ⓘ
state of Qin ⓘ
state of Song ⓘ
state of Wei ⓘ
State of Wu ⓘ
surface form: state of Wu

state of Yan ⓘ
State of Yue ⓘ
surface form: state of Yue

state of Zheng ⓘ
historicalEra Zhou dynasty ⓘ
influenced Confucian classics ⓘ
Imperial Chinese political thought ⓘ
Warring States period ⓘ
languageUsed Old Chinese ⓘ
location North China Plain ⓘ
Yangtze River basin ⓘ
surface form: Yangtze River valley

middle and lower Yellow River valley ⓘ
namedAfter Spring and Autumn Annals ⓘ
notableFigure Confucius ⓘ
Duke Huan of Qi ⓘ
Guan Zhong ⓘ
King Zhuang of Chu ⓘ
Laozi ⓘ
Mozi ⓘ
Sun Tzu ⓘ
partOf Eastern Zhou ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Zhou dynasty
precedes Warring States period ⓘ
religion Chinese folk religion ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
rituals of Heaven (Tian) worship ⓘ
significantEvent decline of Zhou royal authority ⓘ
development of early Chinese philosophy ⓘ
early development of Daoist thought ⓘ
emergence of Confucianism ⓘ
emergence of Legalist thought ⓘ
emergence of Mohism ⓘ
increasing interstate warfare ⓘ
rise of regional hegemonies ⓘ
startTime 770 BCE ⓘ

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State of Chu → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Warring States period → follows → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Zhou dynasty → hasPart → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Confucius → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Analects → associatedWithPeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
State of Qi → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
State of Qi → hegemonOf → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
State of Lu → locatedInTimePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Zibo → historicalPeriodAsCapital → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Old Chinese → spokenIn → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Ying → usedAsCapitalDuring → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Danyang → locatedInTime → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Jiangling → historicalPeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Xiong clan → locatedInTime → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Spring and Autumn period → alsoKnownAs → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chunqiu period
King Zhuang of Chu → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Partition of Jin → occurredInPeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Hundred Schools of Thought → emergedDuring → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
State of Yue → locatedInTimePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Wu Zixu → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
this entity surface form: late Spring and Autumn period
Fan Li → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
this entity surface form: late Spring and Autumn period
State of Jin → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
state of Yan → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Yan
Laozi → traditionalEra → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
ancient State of Sui → locatedInTimePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Ancient China → period → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Eastern Zhou → hasPart → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
state of Qin → timePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Qin
King Ping of Zhou → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Book of Songs → timePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Kong He → timePeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Spring and Autumn Annals → originalTitle → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
this entity surface form: 春秋
Spring and Autumn Annals → historicalPeriod → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Mohism → emergedDuring → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Late Spring and Autumn period
Yan Zhengzai → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
Jin State → existedDuring → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
subject surface form: Jin (state)
ancient State of Chen → existedDuring → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Chen
Zengzi → era → Spring and Autumn period ⓘ