Warring States period

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historical period period of Chinese history

The Warring States period was a turbulent era in ancient Chinese history (c. 475–221 BCE) marked by intense warfare among rival states, major philosophical developments, and the eventual unification of China under the Qin dynasty.

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Label Occurrences
Warring States period canonical 62
Seven Warring States 2
The Warring States 2

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
period of Chinese history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Warring States period ⓘ
surface form: Zhanguo shidai

戰國時代 ⓘ
country China ⓘ
surface form: Ancient China
endCause Qin conquest of rival states ⓘ
unification of China by Qin ⓘ
endTime 221 BCE ⓘ
followedBy Qin dynasty ⓘ
follows Spring and Autumn period ⓘ
hasCause decline of Zhou royal authority ⓘ
fragmentation of Zhou feudal system ⓘ
hasCharacteristic decline of aristocratic chariot warfare ⓘ
diplomatic maneuvering ⓘ
intense intellectual activity ⓘ
intense interstate warfare ⓘ
legal and administrative reforms ⓘ
mass infantry armies ⓘ
political centralization ⓘ
rise of bureaucratic states ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
territorial expansion of major states ⓘ
use of iron weapons ⓘ
hasContribution Hundred Schools of Thought ⓘ
advances in military strategy ⓘ
codification of laws ⓘ
development of Confucianism ⓘ
development of Daoism ⓘ
development of Legalism ⓘ
development of Mohism ⓘ
early Chinese political philosophy ⓘ
hasPart remnant Zhou royal domain ⓘ
smaller states such as Zhongshan ⓘ
State of Chu ⓘ
surface form: state of Chu

State of Han ⓘ
surface form: state of Han

State of Qi ⓘ
surface form: state of Qi

state of Qin ⓘ
state of Wei ⓘ
state of Yan ⓘ
state of Zhao ⓘ
influenced East Asian political thought ⓘ
imperial Chinese statecraft ⓘ
later Chinese military theory ⓘ
location North China Plain ⓘ
Yangtze River ⓘ
surface form: Yangtze River basin

Yellow River basin ⓘ
namedAfter Warring States period self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Warring States
partOf Zhou dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Changping ⓘ
Partition of Jin ⓘ
Qin conquest of the six other major states ⓘ
abolition of Zhou kingship ⓘ
proclamation of Qin Shi Huang as First Emperor ⓘ
significantFigure Bai Qi ⓘ
Fan Li ⓘ
Li Si ⓘ
surface form: Han Fei

King Wuling of Zhao ⓘ
Qin Shi Huang ⓘ
surface form: King Zheng of Qin

Lord Shang ⓘ
Mencius ⓘ
Mozi ⓘ
Qin Shi Huang ⓘ
Su Qin ⓘ
Xunzi ⓘ
Zhang Yi ⓘ
Zhuangzi ⓘ
startTime circa 475 BCE ⓘ

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Hubei Provincial Museum → significantPeriodCovered → Warring States period ⓘ
Jing Tian → notableWork → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Warring States
Jing Tian → actedIn → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Warring States
Taoism → historicalPeriodOfFormation → Warring States period ⓘ
Han Chinese → ethnogenesisPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Qin dynasty → unified → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warring States
Qin dynasty → majorConflict → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qin unification wars
State of Chu → era → Warring States period ⓘ
State of Chu → era → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Zhou period
Warring States period → alsoKnownAs → Warring States period ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zhanguo shidai
Warring States period → namedAfter → Warring States period self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Warring States
Zhou dynasty → hasPart → Warring States period ⓘ
Sengoku period → alsoKnownAs → Warring States period ⓘ
Imperial China → follows → Warring States period ⓘ
Handan → historicalPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Warring States period (approximate)
Legalism → emergedInPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Mencius → period → Warring States period ⓘ
Tao Te Ching → period → Warring States period ⓘ
Xunzi → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Zhuangzi → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Classical Chinese → timePeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Liezi → periodOfCompilation → Warring States period ⓘ
I Ching → laterCommentariesDate → Warring States period ⓘ
State of Qi → era → Warring States period ⓘ
State of Lu → locatedInTimePeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Zibo → historicalPeriodAsCapital → Warring States period ⓘ
Old Chinese → spokenIn → Warring States period ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian → describes → Warring States period ⓘ
Wang Jian → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Ying → usedAsCapitalDuring → Warring States period ⓘ
Danyang → locatedInTime → Warring States period ⓘ
Jiangling → historicalPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Xiong clan → locatedInTime → Warring States period ⓘ
Chu bamboo slips → historicalPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
state of Zhao → era → Warring States period ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Zhao
state of Zhao → partOf → Warring States period ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Zhao
this entity surface form: Seven Warring States
Partition of Jin → shapedPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Battle of Changping → partOf → Warring States period ⓘ
Lord Shang → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Hundred Schools of Thought → emergedDuring → Warring States period ⓘ
Qin conquest of rival states → partOf → Warring States period ⓘ
King Huai of Chu → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Chu silk manuscripts → historicalPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Zizhi Tongjian → coversPeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
State of Han → partOf → Warring States period ⓘ
King Kaolie of Chu → era → Warring States period ⓘ
Bai Qi → timePeriod → Warring States period ⓘ
Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng → timePeriod → Warring States period ⓘ