List of States
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A total of 148 states are mentioned in the chronicles for this period.
| Name | Chinese (Trad./Simp.) |
Capital (s) | Established | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bā | 巴 | Yíchéng (夷城) Píngdū (平都) Zhǐ (枳) Jīangzhōu (江州) Diànjīang (垫江) Lánzhōng (阆中) |
unknown | 316 BC |
| Cài | 蔡 | Shàngcài (上蔡) Xīncài (新蔡) Xiàcài (下蔡) |
Before 1043 BC | 447 BC |
| Cáo | 曹 | Táoqiū (陶丘) | Before 1043 BC | 487 BC |
| Chén | 陳 / 陈 | Wǎnqiū (宛丘) | c. 1046 BC | 479 BC |
| Chéng | 郕 | (Western Zhou Period 1066 – 770 BC) In the vicinity of the Zhou capital Haojing 郕 (Chéng), Shandong |
c. 1100 BC | unknown |
| Chǔ | 楚 | Dānyáng（丹陽/丹阳）c. 1030 – c. 680 BC Yǐng (郢) c.680 – 278 BC Chén (陳 / 陈) 278 – 241 BC Shòuchūn (寿春) from 241 – 224 BC |
c. 1030 BC | 223 BC |
| Dào | 道 | Dào (possibly north of modern day Quèshān County, Henan or south of Xī County, Henan) | unknown | unknown |
| Dèng | 鄧 / 邓 | Dèngzhōu, Henan Province or Xiāngyáng, Hubei Province | c. 1200 BC | 678 BC |
| Dōng Guó | 東虢 / 东虢 | unknown | 1046 BC | 767 BC |
| È | 鄂 | Xiangning County, Shanxi Province, Nanyang, Henan Province, Ezhou Hubei Province | c. 1200 BC | 863 BC |
| Guăn | 管 | Guancheng Hui District, Zhengzhou | 1046 BC | 1040 BC |
| Huá | 滑 | Fèi (費 / 费) | unknown | 627 BC |
| Jǐ | 紀 / 纪 | Ji (纪国), located south of Shouguang, Shandong Province | unknown | 690 BC |
| Jìn | 晉 / 晋 | Táng (唐), renamed Jìnyáng (晉陽/晋陽) Qǔwò (曲沃) Jiàng (絳/绛) also known as Yì (翼) Xīntián (新田), renamed Xīnjiàng (新絳/新绛) |
11th century BC | 376 BC |
| Jǔ | 莒 | Jiegen (介根), south west of modern day Jiaozhou, Shandong Province Ju (莒), modern day Ju County, Shandong Province |
11th century BC | 431 BC |
| Lái | 莱 / 萊 | Changle (昌乐), modern day Changle County, Shandong Province | 11th century BC | 567 BC |
| Liáng | 梁 | Hánchéng (韩城) | unknown | 641 BC |
| Liǎo | 蓼 / 廖国 / 飂 | Tanghe County (唐河县), Henan | unknown | unknown |
| Liǎo | 蓼国 / 缪蓼 | Liao town, northeast of Gushi County, Henan Province | unknown | 622 BC |
| Lǔ | 魯 / 鲁 | Lǔshān (魯山) Yǎnchéng (奄城) Qǔfù (曲阜) |
11th century BC | 256 BC |
| Lǚ | 吕 / 呂 | West of modern Nanyang, Henan | unknown | early Spring and Autumn Period |
| Pī | 邳 | Xuecheng (薛城), 30 km south of Tengzhou, Shandong Province Lower Pi (下邳), North east of Pizhou City, Shandong Province Upper Pi (上邳), West of the Xuecheng District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province |
11th century BC | unknown |
| Qí | 齊 / 齐 | Yíngqiū (營丘 / 营丘) | 1046 BC | 221 BC |
| Qǐ | 杞 | Qǐ (杞) | 16th century BC | 445 BC |
| Qín | 秦 | Xīchuí (西垂) Yōng (雍) ? – 350 BC Xiányáng (咸阳) 350 – 206 BC |
9th century BC | 206 BC |
| Quán | 权 / 權 | South east of Dangyang, Hubei Province | unknown | 704 BC |
| Ruò | 鄀 | Shāngruò (上鄀)/Shāngmì (商密) Xìaruò (下鄀) |
unknown | unknown |
| Shēn | 申 | Nányáng (南阳) | unknown | between 688 and 680 BC |
| Shǔ | 蜀 | possibly Sānxīngduī (三星堆) | Before 1046 BC | 316 BC |
| Sòng | 宋 | Shāngqiū (商丘) | 11th century BC | 286 BC |
| Suí | 随 / 隨 | Suízhōu (随州) | Early Spring and Autumn Period | unknown |
| Téng | 滕 | Téng (滕) | Before 1043 BC | mid 4th century BC |
| Wei | 魏 | Anyi (安邑), north west of modern day Xia County, Shanxi Province Daliang (大梁), modern day Kaifeng City, Henan Province |
403 BC | 225 BC |
| Wèy | 卫 / 衛 | Zhāogē.(朝歌) Cáo (曹) Chǔqiū (楚丘) Dìqiū (帝丘) Yěwáng (野王) |
11th century BC | 209 BC |
| Wú | 吴 / 吳 | Wú (吳/吴), sometimes referred to as Gūsū（姑蘇/姑苏） | 11th century BC | 473 BC |
| Xī | 息 | Xī Xiàn (息县) | 1122 BC | Between 684 and 680 BC |
| Xī Guó | 西虢 / 西虢 | Yōngdì (雍地) Shàngyáng (上阳) Xiàyáng (下阳) |
1046 BC | 687 BC |
| Xíng | 邢 | Xingtai City, (邢台市) | 11th century BC | 632 BC |
| Xú | 徐 | Tangcheng (郯城) | c. 20th century BC | 512 BC |
| Xǔ | 許 / 许 (or 鄦) | Xǔ (鄦) Yè (叶) Báiyǔ (白羽) Róngchéng (容城) |
c. 11th century BC | c. 5th century BC |
| Yān | 燕 | Jì (薊) | 11th century BC | 222 BC |
| Yuè | 越 | Kuàjī (會稽/会稽) 489 – 468 BC Lángyá (琅琊) 468 – 379 BC Wú (吴/吳) 379 – 334 BC Kuàjī (會稽/会稽) 333 – 306 BC |
c. 11th century BC (38 generations before King Goujian of Yue) | 306 BC |
| Zhèng | 鄭 / 郑 | Zhèng (鄭/郑) Xìnzhèng (新郑) |
806 BC | 375 BC |
| Zhōngshān | 中山 | Lingshou County, Hebei Province | 6th century BC | 325 BC |
| Zōu or Zhū | 鄒 / 邹 or 邾 | Zhū (邾) South east of Qufu, Shandong Province 鄒/邹 South east of Zoucheng City, Shandong Province |
11th century BC | 4th century BC |
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| Note: Capitals are shown in their historical sequence. |
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