Guzhu
Guzhu 孤竹 | |||||||||
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| c. 1600 BC–660 BC | |||||||||
Map of states in Zhou dynasty. Guzhu is in the northeast. | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | c. 1600 BC | ||||||||
• Conquered by Yan | 660 BC | ||||||||
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Guzhu (Chinese: 孤竹; pinyin: Gūzhú) was a vassal state of the Shang and Zhou dynasties located in the vicinity of modern Tangshan, Hebei province. It was a Dongyi state and had close relations with King Tang of Shang. During the Western Zhou dynasty, the Lichi and Shanrong tribes rose up in the north-west and north-east respectively, causing concerns to Guzhu's southern neighbors, the states of Qi and Yan. In 664 BC, the monarch of an already-weakened Guzhu was killed by a Qi-Yan coalition during an expedition against the Shanrong. Finally, in 660 BC, Qi and Yan annexed Guzhu.