Lu State has lasted 795 years since 1043 BC to 255 BC, and has experienced thirty-four generations of monarchs.
The founder of Lu State is called Boqin . Everyone may not be familiar with Boqin, but everyone may know his father very well. His father is the younger brother of Zhou Wuwang .
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Bo Qin is the eldest son of Zhou Gongdan, and is the side branch of the Zhou royal family.
Western Zhou Early years Zhou Gong First assisted King Wu of Zhou, and then assisted Emperor Cheng of Zhou to destroy the Yan Kingdom , which was rebelled with Wu Geng, and was granted the title of Yan Kingdom's homeland. Since Duke Zhou wanted to stay in Haojing to assist the emperor of Zhou, he asked his eldest son Bo Qin to take the post on his behalf, and established the State of Lu as the title of "Lu" in the early fief of Duke Zhou, and established the capital of Qufu. At first, the territory of Lu was small and "only a hundred miles of land was enfeoffed". Later, it successively annexed small countries such as Ji, Xiang, Xuju, and Genmu, and seized part of the land of Cao, Zhu, Ju, and Song, becoming a major country with the "five miles of land". When the country was strongest, the territory reached Taishan in the north, in the south, xuhuai in the south, huanghai in the east, and dingtao in the west. Most of its ruling core areas are located in Jining in the present day, Shandong, and also include cities and counties such as southern Tai'an Ningyang , Heze in the east, Shanxian , Yuncheng , Linyi Pingyi and other cities and counties. For the week dynasty , an important state in the East, .
Duke Huan of Lu , Duke Zhuang of Lu , Duke Xi of Lu was the most powerful period of Lu. It once competed with Qi for the overlord of the East. Duke Xi of Lu even led the princes to compete with King Cheng of Chu and Duke Wen of Jin . Until the early days of , the Warring States Period, several vassal states still paid tribute to the Lu State.
Lu State has been passed down for twenty-five generations. In the 24th year of Duke Qing of Lu (255 BC), Lu State was destroyed by King Kaoli of Chu, and moved Duke Qing to Xiayi and was granted the title of Duke Lu in Ju. Six years later (249 BC), Duke Qing of Lu died in Ke (now Dong'a, Shandong) and was exiled to the state of Lu.
Among the many countries of in Zhou Dynasty, Lu was the Ji surname "Zongbang" and the princes "look at the country", so "the most closest to Zhou is Lu, and the ones that Lu are suitable for wearing are Zhou." Lu became the preserver and implementer of the typical Zhou rituals. People say that "the Zhou rituals are all in Lu.
Lu plays a huge role in the flow of history. Today's Qilu land follows the old name of Lu.
But for these, Lu also produced a "saint who has been famous for all ages. "
Confucian Sage"Confucian . ”
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