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“Taibo’s Move to Wu”
According to what has been recorded in Shi Ji·Wu Taibo Shijia, in late Shang dynasty, Taibo, eldest son of the ancient duke Dan-fu who was ancestor of Zhou Clan, and his brother Zhong Yong came from Shaanxi to as far as Jiangnan (south Yangtze River area) region to abdicate the power to their brother Jili and Jili’s son Chang (King Wen of Zhou). They shared the same customs and habits with the local people ...
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The Rise and Deline of Gouwu State
Gouwu State Existed for 742 years, which is one of the vassal states with longest history in ancientChina. Wu Culture created in this period is a kind of state-running idea which focuses on planting and war, which indicates ideal of pursuit of wealthy state and strong army. Shou Meng, the 19th monarch, named himself as a king and at the same time, the state developed rapidly and became powerful. From BC 584...
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Noble Tomb of Hongshan
Yue State ruled Wuxi areas for more than 100 years, while history books seldom recorded history of this period. In 2004, numbers of tombs of nobility of Wu and Yue in Zhou Dynasty were discovered in Xinwu district Hongshan area. seven early warring states tombs had been excavated by archaeologists, and more than 2300 pieces of funerary objects which were of top level in the period they belonged to were unea...
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Areas of Yue and Chu
In BC473, Yue State perished Wu State. After perdition of Wu, Wuxi was under jurisdiction of Yue State. In BC306, King Huai of Chu defeated Yue State during the war between Chu and Yue. Then Yue State was submitted to Chu State, and Wuxi was included in the territory of Chu State and later became fief of Chunshenjun Huang Xie. During two and a half centuries from perdition of Wu State to unification of Qin,...
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A Bright Pearl Near Taihu Lake
In BC221,Emperor Qinshihuang unified China,taking Meili as Wuxi county which belonged to Kuaiji county. In the Western Han Dynasty, Wuxi became fief of Han Xin, the King of Chu, Liu Jia, the King of Jin and Liubi, the King of Wu. In the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, it was the principality of the Wuxi Marquess of Duo Jun.During the Three Kingdoms time , the Wu country took the west to Wux...
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Establishment and Transformation of Wuxi County
Qin government set up two counties in Wuxi, Wuxi County and Yangxian County, which were under jurisdiction of Kuaiji Jun. From the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty to the period of move to the south in Yongjia Period of West Jin, Wuxi went through three large-scaled emigration tides. Emigrants from the north and south not only energized the development of economy in Wuxi, but also made regional culture o...
