Ruo (state)
Ruo 鄀 | |||||||||||||
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| Unknown–Unknown | |||||||||||||
| Status | Viscountcy | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Upper Ruo (上鄀)/Shangmi (商密) Lower Ruo (下鄀)/Ruo (鄀) | ||||||||||||
| Government | viscountcy (子) | ||||||||||||
| Viscount | |||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | Unknown | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | Unknown | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | China | ||||||||||||
Ruo was a small vassal state of the Chinese Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE) whose rulers used the title Zǐ (子), roughly equivalent to a viscount. Located between the states of Qin and Chu, Ruo was eventually annexed by the Chu state.