Yue (state)
Yue 越 | |||||||||
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| ?–333 BC | |||||||||
Map of the Chinese plain in the 5th century BC. The state of Yue is located in the southeast corner. | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Kuaiji, later Wu | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
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• 496–465 BC | Goujian | ||||||||
| Historical era | Spring and Autumn period Warring States period | ||||||||
• Established | ? | ||||||||
• Conquered by Chu | 333 BC | ||||||||
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"Yue" in seal script (top) and modern (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 越 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yue (Chinese: 越), also known as Yuyue (於越 or 于越), was a state in ancient China which existed during the first millennium BC – the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of China's Zhou dynasty – in the modern provinces of Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu. Its original capital was Kuaiji (modern Shaoxing); after its conquest of Wu, Yue relocated its court north to the city of Wu (modern-day Suzhou). Yue was conquered by Chu in 333 BC.