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SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD

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The period in ancient Chinese History from about 771 to 476 BC during which northern China was split into a changing variety of smaller polities whose rulers were in perenial conflict with each other. The name given this era comes from a main literary source - The Spring and Autumn Annals from one of the states - Lu - the reputed home of Confuscious.

  
 

Reviewer Comment:
The Wikipedia entry has excellent maps and illustrations. It discusses the chronology of the successive dominant hegemons. It lists an amazing 148 'states' polities that were noted at one time or another during this chaotic era. This almost constant struggle, involving various levels of warfare generated considerable literature, inbcluding the Five Classics, on statescraft, military strategy and policy.

 
 

 

 
 

 
 

 
 



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