See also titles of rulers. Go to a table overview of the Zhou feudal lords (arranged centennial). Enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty kings as dukes (gong 公), marquises (hou 侯) and counts (bo 伯) of different territories, these feudal lords (zhuhou 諸侯) gradually became independent from their liege lord. Dukes started to call themselves kings, and marquises rose to the rank of duke or king. In the ruler lists, rank increasings are written in bold types. For Western Zhou and the Spring and Autumn Period, Chinese historians accept 13 official feudal lords (incl. Wu), for the Warring States Period 6 (with Qin 7) although the smaller states were still existing. All states not included in these numbers are written in round brackets (), the two Non-Chinese states of Shu and Ba are written in square brackets []. The feudal lords are listed by state and by time, the states can be chosen from the dynamic maps below, the time lists (only in Chinese and without date) are accessible via a centennial table. Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Period: ZHOU 周 Qin 秦 Chen 陳 Yan 燕 Qi 杞 Lu 魯 Chu 楚 Cai 蔡 Wu 吳 Qi 齊 Song 宋 Cao 曹 (Yue 越) Jin 晉 Wey 衛 Zheng 鄭 [Ba 巴 and Shu 蜀] Warring States Period: ZHOU 周 Hann 韓 Chu 楚 Yan 燕 Qin 秦 (Zheng 鄭) Yue 越 Qi 齊 Wei 魏 Zhao 趙 (Cai 蔡) Song 宋 Wey 衛 Zhongshan 中山 Lu 魯 [Ba 巴 and Shu 蜀] Chen 陳 Descendants of Emperor Shun 舜 Qi 杞 Descendants of the Xia dynasty Song 宋 Descendants of the Shang dynasty Qi 齊 Descendants of Bo Yi 伯夷, a minister of Shun Qin 秦 Descendants of Bo Yi 伯翳 Zhao 趙 Descendants of Bo Yi 伯翳 Brothers of King Wu of Zhou 周武王 Bo Yi Kao 伯邑考, died early, no heirs Guan 管 Guan Shu Xian 管叔鮮, killed as rebel, no heir Lu 魯 Zhou Gong Dan 周公旦, Duke of Zhou Cai 蔡 Cai Shu Du 蔡叔度, exiled as rebel, heirs were lords of Cai Cao 曹 Cao Shu Zhenduo 曹叔振鐸, lord of Cao Cheng 成/郕 Cheng Shu Wu 成叔武, lord of Cheng, no hereditary biography, conquered by Qi in 408 Huo 霍 Huo Shu Chu 霍叔處, lord of Huo, no hereditary biography, conquered by Jin in 7th cent. Kang 康 Kang Shu Feng 康叔封, lord of Wei 衛 Ran 冉/冄/{冄+邑} Ran Ji Dai 冉季載, heirs unknown Other minor fiefs (selection): Jiao 焦 Descendants of Shen Nong 神農, relatives to the house of Zhou Zhu 祝 Descendants of the Yellow Emperor 黃帝 Ji 薊 Descendants of Emperor Yao 堯 Ying 英 Descendants of Gao Tao 皋陶, a minister of Emperor Shun Liu 六 Descendants of Gao Tao 皋陶, a minister of Emperor Shun Chui 垂 Descendants of Gao Yang 高陽, Emperor Zhuan Xu 顓頊 Yi 益 Descendants of Gao Yang 高陽, Emperor Zhuan Xu 顓頊 Zeng 繒 Descendants of Xia Kui 夔 Long 龍 Teng 滕 Cuo Shu Xiu 錯叔繡, brother of King Wu of Zhou; Ji Mi, Duke Kao 考公麋; Ji Hong, Duke Yuan 元公弘 (Duke Ding 定公, Duke Wen 文公), conquered by Qi ca. 500 Xue 薛 Zou 騶 Zhu 邾 Zhu Yan 邾顏, Family Cao 曹; Viscount Juqu 邾子貜且, Duke Ding 邾定公 Xu 許 Family Jiang 姜, descendants of Emperor Yandi 炎帝; Jiang Zheng, Duke Huan 桓公鄭 Ju 莒 Surname Ji 紀 or Ji 己 or Ying 嬴, descendants of Emperor Shao Hao 少皞 Sui 隨 Surname Ji 姬 Hui 鄶 or 檜 Xi 息 Yu 虞 Guo 虢 Hua 滑 Yang 陽 Yu 邘 Ying 應 Quwo 曲沃 Bei 邶 Yong 鄘 Tang 唐 Gui 檜 Bin 豳

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