Why was the trick of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty erased from the genealogy of the Wang family?

In 256 BC and 59 BC, Wang died of illness, and the principality of the Western Zhou Dynasty (the orthodox king of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty) was destroyed by the king of Qin. Later, the Principality of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (a small country split from the Zhou royal family) acted as an agent to exercise the rights of the Zhou Emperor. Seven years later, it was destroyed by Lv Buwei, and the Zhou Dynasty ceased to exist. On the historical stage of the Warring States, the royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was not only weak, but also could not be compared with the Seven Heroes of the Warring States. Moreover, because Wei, Qi, Qin and other vassal States were kings, the authority of the Zhou royal family as the co-owner of the world was gone. However, it was this royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty that persisted until the end of the Warring States Period and was completely wiped out by the State of Qin. Then, the question is, why did the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which existed in name only, persist until the end of the Warring States Period?

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First of all, as we all know, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty is divided into two historical stages: the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. During the Spring and Autumn Period, although the status and authority of the Zhou royal family declined, most vassal States regarded the Zhou royal family as the co-owner of the world except Chu. In particular, the overlord, etc., all under the banner of the Zhou royal family, thinks they are great. However, in the historical stage of the Warring States Period, after the King of Xuzhou and the Five Kings, the status of the royal family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty changed obviously. Through the King of Xuzhou and the Five Kings, the seven warring states except Chu, namely Qin, Wei, Han, Zhao, Qi and Yan, became kings successively. Because the seven heroes of the Warring States were kings, the emperor of Zhou lost even his nominal position and even the value of his puppet.

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However, for powerful countries such as Qin, it is not easy to destroy the royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which is directly related to the status of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Luoyi is the ancient name of Luoyang, the capital of Zhou Dynasty. After Zhou Pingwang moved eastward, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty established its capital here. Luoyang is called "Luoyi" because it has Zhou Luo as the center and is wide in all directions. Shangshu is called Tuzhong, Luoshu, Luoshu, Xinyiluo and Dongguoluo. Geographically, the seat of the royal family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the only place where Qin entered the Central Plains eastward. Once Qin occupied the area, it would undoubtedly make Han and Wei feel a great threat, thus prompting Han, Wei, Zhao, Chu and other vassal States to hold a group to keep warm to counter Qin.

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Accordingly, for Han, Wei, Chu and other vassal states, if they can occupy Luoyi and its surrounding areas, they can block the Qin State in Hanguguan, thus restraining the Qin State from expanding eastward. So obviously, if Qin destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and occupied the land of Luoyi, it would expose South Korea and Wei to Qin Jun's attack, which would inevitably lead to the joint counterattack of the vassal states such as Sanjin. It is worth noting that in the middle and early period of the Warring States, Qin did not compete with the strength of joint attacks by several vassal States alone. As for the vassal States such as Korea, Wei and Chu, as long as they don't want to break with Qin, they won't easily move the royal family of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

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Finally, for this reason, South Korea, Wei State, Qin State and other vassal states can only gradually encroach on the territory of the Eastern Zhou State, instead of directly destroying it. On the other hand, although Zhou existed in name only, he did not have the strength to compete with any of the Seven Heroes in the Warring States Period. However, the elimination of the royal family in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty can be said to have broken the last piece of paper, exposing his ambition to replace it.

In the middle of the Warring States period, Qi exposed this ambition by attacking Yan and destroying Song, so it was divided by the five countries and recovered at the end of the Warring States period. Therefore, for the powerful countries such as Qin, Zhao, Wei, Qi and Chu, if they don't have the heart to cause chaos because of the elimination of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, they will naturally not start work easily. Of course, in 256 BC, Qin won the battle of Changping, and solved the strong enemy of Zhao, while Wei Qichu was already weakened, so Qin could bear the reaction brought about by the demise of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, so he chose to send troops to end the history of the Zhou Dynasty.