What are the capitals of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period?

The influence of the warring States period on later generations

The Warring States period spanned about 200 years, but it had a great and far-reaching impact on later generations.

On the one hand, the geographical division of the Warring States provided a basis for the later dynasties to decide their titles. Before the Yuan Dynasty, most feudal dynasties in China were closely related to the names of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period. Secondly, in the field of geomantic omen, the geographical pattern of the Warring States and the stars in the sky correspond to each other, which has become a powerful basis for geomantic omen positioning. It can be said that the influence of the Warring States period on later generations is enormous, both at the imperial level and in the folk field.

So, what is the capital of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States now? Let's discuss this problem.

Qin State-Xianyang

The capital of Qin is Xianyang. After the demise of the Qin Dynasty, the overlord of Chu burned Xianyang City into a vast expanse of white land. So that when Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty a few years later, he had to consider building his capital in a place called Chang 'an near Xianyang, which was the origin of Chang 'an in the Han Dynasty.

Now xianyang is still a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi Province, which is the same level as Xi 'an. There is a district in Xianyang called Qindu District, which means that Xianyang was once the capital of the Qin Dynasty. A few years ago, chen more, a famous talented woman at the CCTV Poetry Conference, came from Qindu District, Xianyang City.

Xianyang is near Xi. As the first central city in the western region, Xi's radiation and energy covered Xianyang. However, with the development of Xi, Xianyang will also be promoted.

Wei Guoliang

The capital of Wei is Daliangcheng. The so-called Great Liangcheng is a city with a strong sense of existence in the history of China, but it is also a disaster-stricken city. The name of this city is Kaifeng.

"Historical Records of Wei Benji" records that after Qin destroyed Wei, he once slaughtered the city in Daliang.

After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, Kaifeng became the political center of China. The Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, and later the Jin Dynasty, all established their capitals in Kaifeng. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Kaifeng was also a military center in Henan. Today, Henan University is still under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng. Although Kaifeng has not become the capital of Henan, it is still a pivotal city.

Korea-Xinzheng

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, North Korea is the most special existence, because almost none of the later separatist regimes or unified regimes took North Korea as their country name, and North Korea was also the weakest of the Seven Heroes.

Xinzheng, the capital of South Korea, is currently a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Of course, its position cannot be compared with that of Xianyang Kaifeng, but Xinzheng is still relatively strong in county economy.

Zhao-Handan

Handan claims to be the only city in China history that hasn't changed its name for thousands of years. Handan, located in the south of Hebei Province, is a prefecture-level city. The idiom Handan toddler makes Handan a cultural symbol.

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial court of the Song Dynasty carried out the four capitals system. The so-called four Beijing, east, west and south are Kaifeng, Luoyang and Shangqiu, but Beijing in the Song Dynasty was located in Handan (then called Daming House).

In the Water Margin, Liangshan heroes once sent troops to attack Daming House. This may also be the main reason why Song Jiang, who has only a few hills, became a thief in the eyes of Song Huizong and Fang La, compared with the peasant regime in Fang La. After all, Fang La didn't capture the capital, but Song Jiang did. Although sung river strength lost to wax, but to deal with this kind of thing in Beijing, sung river is a few paragraphs higher than Fang La.

Yan state-thistle

Among the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period, Yan is a country with a slightly larger territory than South Korea, but less sense of existence than South Korea, and even a lot of jokes. However, Yan is better than other vassal States in one thing, that is, Ji, the capital of Yan, is still the capital. Yes, Beijing, the capital of China, was once the capital of Yan in history.

In Qin Shihuang's time, thistle and Yuyang were relatively remote areas. But since the Tang Dynasty, the hometown of thistle has become a certain core area. For example, when An Lushan and Shi Siming rebelled, they all took Jiyuan's hometown as their capital. When An Lushan served as john young, john young's jurisdiction included today's Gyeonggi area.

In the Five Dynasties, today's Beijing area was ceded to Qidan by the late Jin court, and then Qidan once designated today's Beijing as the Nanjing of Qidan. Later Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as the Beiyang warlord government and New China, all took Beijing as their capital.

Qi State-Linzi

Among the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period, Qi was a highly qualified regime. Although the state of Qi has changed its master: from the Jiang family to the Tian family, the basic dishes of the State of Qi have not changed. Back in those days, when Qin dominated the whole country, he also planned to invite Qi to be emperor together: Qin was called Xidi and Qi was called Dongdi, and he didn't care about the word Zhou Tian at all. When Qin attacked the eastern governors, he was still kind to the state of Qi in order to stabilize it.

Linzi, the capital of Qi, is regarded as a leading metropolis. As early as before Guan Zhong's death, the prosperity of Linzi concealed Luoyang, where Zhou Tianzi was located. However, today's Linzi basically has no sense of existence. Linzi currently belongs to a district of Zibo. The administrative level is similar to Xinzheng.

Chu State-Yingdu

Chu is the country with the largest territory among the Seven Heroes. In order to annex Chu, Qin dispatched the most troops. The core area of Chu State is in today's Hubei Province, and its capital, Du Ying, is now Jingzhou City, Hubei Province.

Hubei is called Hubei for short, and Jingchu is another name for Hubei. Even in ancient literature, the titles of King Chu and King Jing often appear in ordinary states, which shows that Jingzhou is the city that best represents the hometown of Chu. However, the most famous story in the history of Jingzhou is Guan Yu's keeping Jingzhou and his carelessness.

Although Jingzhou is not the capital of Hubei Province at present, it is still an important city in Hubei Province.

The remnant swallow-Liaodong city

Of course, when the Qin Dynasty destroyed six countries, some countries were destroyed by the "second phase project". For example, after Qin occupied thistle, Yan fled to Liaodong and maintained his rule in the rest of Yan's territory. This rule lasted for several years before it was destroyed by the state of Qin.

The core of the Xi imperial court in Rebecca was Liaodong City, which is now Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province. Liaoyang is a weak city in Liaoning province at present, but it is a famous city in history. For example, Xiangping in the Three Kingdoms period was located in Liaoyang. Wei Emperor sent Sima Yi to attack Xiangping.

During the Sui Dynasty, Liaodong Peninsula belonged to Koguryo, and Yang Di personally signed it. The armies of Sui Dynasty and Koguryo fought for Liaoyang City many times. Even in the Liao Dynasty, the Koryo dynasty fantasized about winning Liaoyang.

Daiguo-Daiwangcheng

Similar to Can Yan, there is Daiguo. After Qin Shihuang attacked Handan, Jia, the son of Zhao, fled to the county of Zhao, established the country and called himself king. However, Daiguo also launched an anti-Japanese war with Yan, and Daiwang Jia also persuaded Yan to kill Taizi Dan to calm Qin's anger. Wang Jia ruled the country for about six years, which was also destroyed by Qin.

However, Sima Qian did not know whether this history of Wang Jia could be incorporated into the history of Zhao, because this generation of countries belonged to the residual regime of Zhao in origin and political attributes, but Wang Jia's name was not Zhao Wang, and the country name was not Zhao. Therefore, Sima Qian adopted a vague treatment of this period when compiling historical records. Sima Qian explicitly mentioned the year of Qin's demise in the families of other vassal States, but only at the end of Zhao's family, he used the words "Handan is Qin", that is, Handan became the territory of Qin, but it did not indicate whether Qin destroyed Zhao.

Compared with the above cities, it is hardly a heavyweight to replace the capital of the country and the city of Wang. Dai Wang Zhen was located in Yuxian County, Hebei Province, and Dai Wang Zhen. It is a town with a lower administrative level than Linzi.

However, we should not judge a book by its cover. Although the territory of Daiguo is small, this area also has great influence in the history of later generations: for example, Wendi was born as a king. In addition, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the predecessor of the Northern Wei Empire was also called Daiguo.