Chu

E710001

Zhou dynasty vassal state ancient Chinese state

Chu was a powerful ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, known for its distinctive culture, military strength, and significant role in early Chinese history.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Zhou dynasty vassal state ⓘ ancient Chinese state ⓘ
capital	Jiangling NERFINISHED ⓘ Shouchun NERFINISHED ⓘ Ying NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy	Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
culturalLegacy	Songs of Chu (Chu Ci) NERFINISHED ⓘ influence on southern Chinese culture ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	223 BCE ⓘ
ethnicComposition	Han Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ various southern non-Zhou peoples ⓘ
followedBy	Qin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	King Wu of Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Xiong Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
knownFor	bronze casting ⓘ contributions to early Chinese poetry ⓘ distinctive regional culture ⓘ lacquerware ⓘ military strength ⓘ shamanistic religious practices ⓘ significant role in early Chinese history ⓘ
language	Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Yangtze River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ southern China NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiver	Han River NERFINISHED ⓘ Yangtze River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	King Huai of Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ King Xiang of Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ King Zhuang of Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn	Spring and Autumn period NERFINISHED ⓘ Warring States period NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Zhou dynasty political system ⓘ
predecessor	Zhou feudal enfeoffment of Xiong Yi ⓘ
religion	Chinese folk religion ⓘ ancestor worship ⓘ
rival	Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ Qi NERFINISHED ⓘ Qin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wu NERFINISHED ⓘ Yue NERFINISHED ⓘ
rulingHouse	Mi clan ⓘ
startTime	c. 11th century BCE ⓘ early Western Zhou period NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryIncludes	parts of present-day Anhui ⓘ parts of present-day Henan ⓘ parts of present-day Jiangsu ⓘ parts of present-day Jiangxi ⓘ present-day Hubei ⓘ present-day Hunan ⓘ
usedScript	Chinese characters ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Xiong Yi → associatedState → Chu ⓘ

state of Qin → conqueredState → Chu ⓘ

subject surface form: State of Qin

Qu Yuan → countryOfCitizenship → Chu ⓘ

Chu silk manuscripts → culture → Chu ⓘ

King Huai of Chu → dynasty → Chu ⓘ

Xiong Yi → founderOf → Chu ⓘ

Chu–Han Contention → opponent → Chu ⓘ

Chu–Han Contention → participant → Chu ⓘ

King Huai of Chu → realm → Chu ⓘ

King Zhuang of Chu → stateRuled → Chu ⓘ

State of Yue → successorState → Chu ⓘ