Looking Back at the Spring and Autumn Storms of a Thousand Years

"Spring and Autumn Wind and Rain" is the first work in the series of looking back at the millennium. This work sorts out a clear main line of the Spring and Autumn Period from the complex historical materials, which can help readers grasp the historical process of the Spring and Autumn Period from a macro perspective. The main line of Spring and Autumn is mainly divided into four stages. The Early Spring and Autumn Period - After King Ping moved eastward, the Three Little Overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period, headed by Zheng Zhuanggong, supported the main line of the Early Spring and Autumn Period. The work tells the historical events of the early Spring and Autumn Period from the perspectives of Zheng, Qi, and Chu. In the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the rise of Duke Huan of Qi, the work continues the main line of the early Spring and Autumn Period. The work revolves around the struggle between Qi and Chu for hegemony, telling the historical events from Duke Huan's first hegemony of the Central Plains to the battle between Qi and Chu over the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Late Spring and Autumn Period - Introducing the background of Qu Wo Daiyi and the rise of Jin State, taking Jin Wengong Chong'er's exile in various countries as the main line, and restoring the beginning and end of the Battle of Chengpu from multiple perspectives such as politics, military, and geography. From the Battle of Chengpu in 632 BC to the second annihilation of the military alliance in 546 BC, in nearly a hundred years, the struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony became the main theme of the times. At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period - after the second war and alliance, the Spring and Autumn countries had a truce for forty years. While the external conflicts of each country were alleviated, the Jin, Chu, and Qi countries all experienced internal worries to varying degrees. The scholar-bureaucrat class rose up and gradually emptied the power of the princes and kings. This phenomenon had a profound impact on later generations, such as the division of the three families into Jin and the succession of the Tian family to Qi. During the same period, Wu and Yue in the southeast region rose one after another, pushing Wu and Yue's struggle for hegemony to its climax. In the end, King Gou Jian of Yue succeeded in his revenge. This established the pattern of the four great powers of Jin, Chu, Qi and Yue in the early Warring States Period. "Spring and Autumn Wind and Rain" is based on historical materials such as "Spring and Autumn", "Zuo Zhuan", "Guoyu", "Gongyang Zhuan", "Gu Liang Zhuan", "Historical Records", "Yue Jueshu", "Wuyue Spring and Autumn", etc., And refers to many academic works. Through the combination of macro and micro, it restores a panoramic view of the Spring and Autumn Period from multiple dimensions such as politics, economy, military and geography. At the same time, in the process of sorting out historical materials, the author puts forward new perspectives on many historical events. For example, the mainstream view is that the reason why Duke Zhuang of Lu and Ai Jiang had no heirs was because Ai Jiang was a romantic woman, which led to infertility. However, after combing through historical materials, the author found that Duke Zhuang of Lu and Ai Jiang had a very close blood relationship. It was possible that they had no heirs due to incest marriage.