Why did so many Central Plains overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period not respect the king to resist foreigners, regardless of slogans?

Respecting the king and resisting foreigners is the slogan used by princes to dominate and express orthodoxy. Chu is far from the political center of the Central Plains and is in a semi-wild land. The Central Plains called them Na Man. Chu is powerful, and it is the largest and strongest vassal state in the south. Chu has a "Fangcheng", and the princes of the Central Plains will lose both sides if they fight hard with him.

The Second Zuo Zhuan has been propagating for twelve years: "Since the Chu State began to exercise self-discipline, its monarch has not begged his compatriots every day, but has trained in people's livelihood. If the disaster is endless, he can't be lazy. In the army, every day, if you don't ask military facts, you can't guarantee victory. Without 100 grams, you will die. If arrogance is trained, the road will be blue and blue, thus opening the forest.

Day of Proverbs:' People's livelihood is diligent, but diligence is not lacking. The word "the road is blue" in Zuo Zhuan refers to more than ten generations of kings from Xiong Yi to Xiong Yi (Joao) and Xiong You (He Miaomiao). It can be seen that Chu lived a hard and poor life for a long time after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Spring and Autumn National Map

In 656 BC, Qi Huangong led an army to attack the State of Chu, and enumerated two major crimes of the State of Chu. One of them is "Wang Zhaonan didn't return, I asked", and the other is: "Two packs of male hair are not men, the king sacrificed without * * *, and there is no way to restrict alcohol, so I am a man". It shows that Chu did not pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty on time for a long time. When the state of Chu is surrounded by many things, it is fearless and ready to fight at any time. However, due to strategic considerations, they made an appropriate compromise and promised to pay tribute, so they formed an alliance with Qi and went on strike. After Qi Huangong's death, Song Xianggong, who succeeded the king, overreached himself and wanted to summon the king of Chu who was once detained by Chu. At that time, Chu "would rather make friends with old friends than princes", forcing Zhou Tianzi to "give gifts" and demanding that Chu "end the rebellion of invading China". Zhou's words showed his fear of Chu, and at the same time he had to admit that Chu was the "leader" of the southern barbarians. In 740 BC, the thirty-first year of East Zhou Pingwang. This is of epoch-making significance in the history of the development of Chu, and it is also a major event in the early Spring and Autumn Period, announcing the rise of a great southern country. Chu Wuwang's son Wang Jian was born in Ying, and the country became stronger. Small countries in Jianghan area are all afraid of Chu. By the time King Wen's son, King Chu, ascended the throne, he was already "thousands of miles away".