At the end of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), because the Duke of Jin Jing detained Zheng Chenggong, the monarch of Zheng Guo, who had gone to meet him in Xintian Dynasty, and did not listen to the explanation and killed the 'please and messenger' sent by Zheng Guo, the State of Chu, which had already had a private 'exchange agreement' with Zheng State, immediately reacted - he could not sit idly by and ignore this matter, and sent troops to demonstrate to the Jin State and warn the Jin State not to act arbitrarily.

Of course, the purpose of the Chu army was not to directly fight with the Jin State, so that things would make a big fuss; The meaning of the king of Chu was to let the state of Chu order Yin Zizhong to lead an army to attack the allies of the state of Jin, Chen and Ju, in order to warn and threaten the state of Jin, and force the Duke of Jin Jing to release the detained Duke Zheng Cheng; As for whether the Chu army's battle has any practical effect, whether the Jin State will release Zheng Chenggong, then the king of Chu Gong can't care, anyway, he is idle, and he just uses this excuse to continue to send troops north to 'fight for hegemony'.

At the same time that the Chu army was marching north to attack Chen and Ju and demonstrate to the Jin state, when the Duke Jing of Jin was inspecting the official warehouse (military palace) in the national capital where military supplies were stored, he inadvertently met with Zhong Yi, the general of the Chu state, 'Yun Gong', who had been captured by the Zheng army in the 'battle of Chu and Zheng in the second year of King Jian of Zhou, that is, 584 BC), and was later transferred by the Zheng state to the Jin state, and thus led to a dialogue between the two.

In the conversation with Zhong Yi, who was a prisoner of Jin, Jin Jinggong admired his demeanor and knowledge, and praised Zhong Yi's attitude of 'courtesy, courtesy, neither humility nor arrogance', and the conversation was very pleasant; at that time, Jin Jinggong had already intended to ease relations with Chu and temporarily suspend the 'war for hegemony', so he was ready to release Zhong Yi and let him return to China as an envoy to report the matter to the king of Chu.

So, after ending the conversation with Zhong Yi, Jin Jinggong ordered someone to rearrange Zhong Yi's residence, diet and treatment, and not treat him as a prisoner, and immediately summoned Shi Xie, a general of the army, and relayed the conversation between himself and Zhong Yi to Shi Xie as it was, wanting to hear Shi Xie's opinion on this matter.

After learning about the conversation between the monarch and Zhong Yi, Shi Xie also praised Zhong Yi's demeanor and knowledge, thinking that he was a gentleman with moral character, loyalty and patriotism; Later, Shixie also took the initiative to cater to the idea of Jin Jinggong, and persuaded the monarch to release Zhong Yi back to China, and use him as a messenger of 'peace talks' between the two countries, so as to promote the easing of relations between Jin and Chu and re-establish normal exchanges between Jin and Chu.

This was originally what Jin Jinggong meant, and after Shixie made another suggestion to 'negotiate peace with Chu', Jin Jinggong released Zhong Yi shortly afterwards and asked him to return to Chu as a 'peace envoy' and act as a peace negotiator between Jin and Chu.

After Zhong Yi returned to Chu from the Jin State, he immediately reported to the King of the Chu Communist Party that the Duke of Jin Jinggong intended to ease relations with the Chu State, and the two countries would cease their troops and restore normal relations; The king of Chu Gong naturally couldn't ask for it, so he appointed Chu Dazai Zishang (Gongzichen) as an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, see Jin Jinggong and discuss the specific plan of 'truce and peace'.

But when Jin and Chu were about to negotiate peace, the main force of the Chu army was still fighting in the north under the leadership of Ling Yin Zizhong; Because the conditions at that time were backward and the speed of information transmission was too slow, when Zhong Yi was released by Jin Jinggong and returned to China, he reported to the king of Chu that the Jin state intended to make peace, and the king of Chu Gong also responded to Jin Jinggong's proposal and sent Dazai Zishang to envoy to the Jin state, and the Chu Ling Yin Zizhong, who led the army to attack Chen and Ju, did not receive the news that 'Chu and Jin were about to make peace' in time, and was still attacking Chen according to the original plan.

However, the Chu army's campaign against Chen progressed slowly, and it failed to achieve actual results for a long time; In order to implement the set goal of this expedition as soon as possible, Zizhong changed the direction of the Chu army's attack on his own, withdrew his troops from Chen State, and launched an attack on Ju State, first attacking Quqiu City (Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong).

It wasn't until the Chu army was killing violently that the unsuspecting Ju State monarch Juqu Qiu Gong remembered that more than a year ago, when Wu Chen, the doctor of the Jin State (a traitor of the Chu State and had already switched to the Jin State with his wife Xia Ji at this time), passed through the Ju State, he had said to himself that "the city defense is too broken and needs to be repaired".

But at that time, the Duke of Juqu Qiu not only did not pay attention to Wu Chen's kind suggestions, but also refuted Wu Chen nonchalantly - his country is located in a remote barbarian land, and no one will take Ju as a target for coveting and attacking, you are too worried; But at this time, the Chu army that came from afar just killed the 'remote and wild land' of Ju State, and the soldiers came to the city of Quqiu;

Because Ju Guo has been neglected for a long time and the city is dilapidated, the Quqiu City where Juquqiu Gong currently lives was broken by the Chu army from afar, and Juquqiu Gong had to flee to Jucheng (also in Ju County) for refuge in embarrassment.

However, when the Chu army attacked Quqiu City, it also suffered a lot of losses - not only did the siege soldiers suffer many casualties, but even Gongziping, the general of the Chu army, was captured by the Ju army defending the city during the siege because of the rash advance of the enemy and carelessness; Later, when Juquqiu Gong evacuated Quqiu City, the captured Gongziping was also taken to Jucheng and imprisoned.

After that, the commander of the Chu army, Zizhong, led his army to continue the pursuit and rushed outside Jucheng; Because he was worried about Gongziping's safety, Zizhong specially sent an envoy into Jucheng and sent a letter to Juquqiu Gong, saying:

"Please don't kill Gongziping, I'm willing to return the captured Ju people in Quqiu in exchange."

But Juqu Qiugong, who was still being chased and killed by the Chu army, was afraid that his brain was in the water at this time, and for some reason he didn't listen to Zizhong's advice, and he was angry and publicly executed Gongziping; At this moment, Zizhong, who had lost face, was completely enraged, and in a fit of rage, he led the army to launch a more fierce attack on Jucheng.

Jucheng, like Quqiu City, the city wall is also dilapidated, and the fortifications are extremely uneven, so the Ju army in the city could not withstand the onslaught of the Chu army, and Jucheng also fell soon after; In desperation, Juqu Qiu Gong had no choice but to lead the remnants to flee Jucheng and hide in Yuncheng (Yuncheng County, Heze, Shandong) to avoid the continued pursuit of the Chu army.

After Juqu Qiu Gong escaped from Jucheng, the angry Zizhong still refused to give up, and continued to lead the army to follow and pursue, until he reached Yuncheng; Then, Zizhong launched a siege without stopping; Yuncheng, like Quqiu and Jucheng, is also a city that is not repaired and fortifications are not prepared, so it was successfully conquered by the Chu army without exception; In this way, in just twelve days, the three most important cities of the Ju Kingdom were conquered by the Chu army that came from afar.

After the fall of Yuncheng, the unlucky Juqu Qiu Gong had to abandon the city again and flee; However, at this time, there were no more cities worth defending in Ju (there were only three cities in Ju that could be called 'cities', Yuncheng, Quqiu, and Jucheng, and most of the others were simple settlements such as 'Tuweizi').

Therefore, Juqu Qiugong, who had lost all his reliance, could only wander around in the aimless wilderness with a few followers, and was in a very embarrassed and depressed situation (I don't know if Juquqiu Gong at this time would remember the advice and advice given to him by Wuchen when he passed Ju. ）

Regarding the experience of the Chu army's attack on Ju, Zuo Qiu Ming wrote in "Zuo Chuan. In the ninth year of Chenggong", he published a profound evaluation - "There is only a simple city defense but no defense, which is the greatest crime among the crimes; Heightened vigilance and preparedness for accidents is the greatest of the good. It was because Ju relied on its rudimentary city defense that it did not repair the city, which led to the Chu army conquering three cities within twelve days, all because of the lack of preparedness!

In the Book of Songs, it says, 'Even if you have good raw materials such as silk and linen, don't throw away weeds like Kan (these materials can be used to weave shoes); Although there are stunning beauties with the surnames Ji and Jiang, don't give up the woman with an ordinary appearance; Even a gentleman with high moral character and insight has a time when he lacks one or the other. This means that adequate precautions can never be stopped. ”

"Left Biography. Nine Years of Becoming a Prince" - the gentleman said: "If you are ugly and unprepared, you will also be guilty of great crimes." Be prepared, and the good will be great. Ju is ugly, and does not repair the city, between the Chenchen, and Chu Keqi is the third capital, unprepared! "Poem" said: "Although there is silk and linen, there is no abandonment." Although there are Ji and ginger, there is no abandoned banana extract. All the gentlemen are not scarce. 'Words must not be used. ”

The insights of the sages of 2,000 years ago cannot be easily surpassed and denied by future generations, so remember here!

Follow-up story - Although Zizhong led the army to successfully capture the three cities of Ju State, and also drove away Juqu Qiu Gong, whose head was in the water, the Zongmiao Sheji of Ju State can basically be said to have been wiped out by the Chu army, and Ju State has actually perished.

However, the location of the Ju State is too far away from the Chu State itself, and it is not easy for the Chu people to master the land so far away for a long time; Moreover, after the Chu army destroyed Ju and occupied this place, it was very easy to be feared and opposed by the neighboring princely powers, Qi and Lu, and even directly sent troops to intervene; In that case, the Chu army's destruction of Ju Ke would outweigh the losses.

Moreover, at the same time that Zizhong attacked Ju and drove away Juqu Qiugong, Zhong Yi, who had been two prisoners in Jin State, had been released by Jin Jinggong and returned to Chu State, and then reported to the King of Chu that Jin intended to ease the relationship between Jin and Chu; After a period of transmission, the news finally reached Zizhong's army.

In order to cooperate with the peace agreement between the monarch and the Jin state, Zizhong got off the donkey and released the exiled Juquqiu Gong, announcing that the Chu army would withdraw from the three cities of Quqiu, Jucheng and Yuncheng, and return these three cities to the Ju people who had lost their country. Subsequently, Zizhong withdrew his troops from Ju and returned to China (of course, a large amount of loot looted from Ju would not be left to Juqu Qiugong).

It was not until many days after the Chu army withdrew from the three cities that the embarrassed Duke of Juqu Qiu, who had taken refuge in exile, returned to Jucheng, the national capital, from the wilderness tremblingly, and rebuilt and restored the temples and shrines of Juguo; I just don't know if Juqu Qiugong, who has returned to Jucheng, will repeat the mistakes of the past in the future, be careless, and ignore the national defense matters such as building cities and improving fortifications.

Here, there is also a special knowledge of Ju State to tell you———— the monarch of Ju at this time, his title is "Quqiu Gong" (the title behind him, here for the convenience of everyone's understanding, it is directly quoted), which is consistent with the name of the city in his country 'Quqiu City', and is not the same as the name of the monarch of other vassal states in the Central Plains and southern countries such as Chu; The kings of the Central Plains and Chu were all called 'nicknames' (behind them), such as Duke Wen, Duke Wu, Duke Zhuang, Duke Xian, and Duke Huan; Of course, the state of Chu claims to be a certain king; What is the reason for this?

At the beginning, when the Duke of Juquqiu talked with the envoy of the Jin State, Wu Chen, he explained the reason for this - "Our country is a barbarian country located in a remote and simple state", that is, the Ju country thinks that it is a barbarian country (Ju is not a Chinese country, but was established by the Dongyi nation; Its monarch is surnamed Ying and Ji).

Therefore, the etiquette and customs of the Ju State and the Central Plains Zhuxia State are different, and the monarch does not add the usual 'nickname' of the Central Plains country after his death, but the title of the monarch after his death with the name of the domestic place.

Therefore, for a long period of time, the titles of the monarchs of the Ju Kingdom after their deaths were all based on the domestic place names, such as the Zipi Gong before this, the reigning Quqiu Gong at this time, and the later successors to the throne of the Libi Gong, Zhuqiu Gong, Jiao Gong, Gonggong, and so on ('suburbs', 'Gong' are also the place names of Ju Kingdom, although they are somewhat similar to the posthumous names of the princes of the Central Plains, but they are not the same thing at all).

The side story of the Ju State in the process of the Jin and Chu hegemony has been finished, and the next article will continue to tell you the story of the Jin State and the Chu State during the peace negotiations and after the conclusion (and the anecdote between the Yin family and Bozong will be pushed back again). At the end of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), because the Duke of Jin Jing detained Zheng Chenggong, the monarch of Zheng Guo, who had gone to meet him in Xintian Dynasty, and did not listen to the explanation and killed the 'please and messenger' sent by Zheng Guo, the State of Chu, which had already had a private 'exchange agreement' with Zheng State, immediately reacted - he could not sit idly by and ignore this matter, and sent troops to demonstrate to the Jin State and warn the Jin State not to act arbitrarily.

Of course, the purpose of the Chu army was not to directly fight with the Jin State, so that things would make a big fuss; The meaning of the king of Chu was to let the state of Chu order Yin Zizhong to lead an army to attack the allies of the state of Jin, Chen and Ju, in order to warn and threaten the state of Jin, and force the Duke of Jin Jing to release the detained Duke Zheng Cheng; As for whether the Chu army's battle has any practical effect, whether the Jin State will release Zheng Chenggong, then the king of Chu Gong can't care, anyway, he is idle, and he just uses this excuse to continue to send troops north to 'fight for hegemony'.

At the same time that the Chu army was marching north to attack Chen and Ju and demonstrate to the Jin state, when the Duke Jing of Jin was inspecting the official warehouse (military palace) in the national capital where military supplies were stored, he inadvertently met with Zhong Yi, the general of the Chu state, 'Yun Gong', who had been captured by the Zheng army in the 'battle of Chu and Zheng in the second year of King Jian of Zhou, that is, 584 BC), and was later transferred by the Zheng state to the Jin state, and thus led to a dialogue between the two.

In the conversation with Zhong Yi, who was a prisoner of Jin, Jin Jinggong admired his demeanor and knowledge, and praised Zhong Yi's attitude of 'courtesy, courtesy, neither humility nor arrogance', and the conversation was very pleasant; at that time, Jin Jinggong had already intended to ease relations with Chu and temporarily suspend the 'war for hegemony', so he was ready to release Zhong Yi and let him return to China as an envoy to report the matter to the king of Chu.

So, after ending the conversation with Zhong Yi, Jin Jinggong ordered someone to rearrange Zhong Yi's residence, diet and treatment, and not treat him as a prisoner, and immediately summoned Shi Xie, a general of the army, and relayed the conversation between himself and Zhong Yi to Shi Xie as it was, wanting to hear Shi Xie's opinion on this matter.

After learning about the conversation between the monarch and Zhong Yi, Shi Xie also praised Zhong Yi's demeanor and knowledge, thinking that he was a gentleman with moral character, loyalty and patriotism; Later, Shixie also took the initiative to cater to the idea of Jin Jinggong, and persuaded the monarch to release Zhong Yi back to China, and use him as a messenger of 'peace talks' between the two countries, so as to promote the easing of relations between Jin and Chu and re-establish normal exchanges between Jin and Chu.

This was originally what Jin Jinggong meant, and after Shixie made another suggestion to 'negotiate peace with Chu', Jin Jinggong released Zhong Yi shortly afterwards and asked him to return to Chu as a 'peace envoy' and act as a peace negotiator between Jin and Chu.

After Zhong Yi returned to Chu from the Jin State, he immediately reported to the King of the Chu Communist Party that the Duke of Jin Jinggong intended to ease relations with the Chu State, and the two countries would cease their troops and restore normal relations; The king of Chu Gong naturally couldn't ask for it, so he appointed Chu Dazai Zishang (Gongzichen) as an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, see Jin Jinggong and discuss the specific plan of 'truce and peace'.

But when Jin and Chu were about to negotiate peace, the main force of the Chu army was still fighting in the north under the leadership of Ling Yin Zizhong; Because the conditions at that time were backward and the speed of information transmission was too slow, when Zhong Yi was released by Jin Jinggong and returned to China, he reported to the king of Chu that the Jin state intended to make peace, and the king of Chu Gong also responded to Jin Jinggong's proposal and sent Dazai Zishang to envoy to the Jin state, and the Chu Ling Yin Zizhong, who led the army to attack Chen and Ju, did not receive the news that 'Chu and Jin were about to make peace' in time, and was still attacking Chen according to the original plan.

However, the Chu army's campaign against Chen progressed slowly, and it failed to achieve actual results for a long time; In order to implement the set goal of this expedition as soon as possible, Zizhong changed the direction of the Chu army's attack on his own, withdrew his troops from Chen State, and launched an attack on Ju State, first attacking Quqiu City (Ju County, Rizhao, Shandong).

It wasn't until the Chu army was killing violently that the unsuspecting Ju State monarch Juqu Qiu Gong remembered that more than a year ago, when Wu Chen, the doctor of the Jin State (a traitor of the Chu State and had already switched to the Jin State with his wife Xia Ji at this time), passed through the Ju State, he had said to himself that "the city defense is too broken and needs to be repaired".

But at that time, the Duke of Juqu Qiu not only did not pay attention to Wu Chen's kind suggestions, but also refuted Wu Chen nonchalantly - his country is located in a remote barbarian land, and no one will take Ju as a target for coveting and attacking, you are too worried; But at this time, the Chu army that came from afar just killed the 'remote and wild land' of Ju State, and the soldiers came to the city of Quqiu;

Because Ju Guo has been neglected for a long time and the city is dilapidated, the Quqiu City where Juquqiu Gong currently lives was broken by the Chu army from afar, and Juquqiu Gong had to flee to Jucheng (also in Ju County) for refuge in embarrassment.

However, when the Chu army attacked Quqiu City, it also suffered a lot of losses - not only did the siege soldiers suffer many casualties, but even Gongziping, the general of the Chu army, was captured by the Ju army defending the city during the siege because of the rash advance of the enemy and carelessness; Later, when Juquqiu Gong evacuated Quqiu City, the captured Gongziping was also taken to Jucheng and imprisoned.

After that, the commander of the Chu army, Zizhong, led his army to continue the pursuit and rushed outside Jucheng; Because he was worried about Gongziping's safety, Zizhong specially sent an envoy into Jucheng and sent a letter to Juquqiu Gong, saying:

"Please don't kill Gongziping, I'm willing to return the captured Ju people in Quqiu in exchange."

But Juqu Qiugong, who was still being chased and killed by the Chu army, was afraid that his brain was in the water at this time, and for some reason he didn't listen to Zizhong's advice, and he was angry and publicly executed Gongziping; At this moment, Zizhong, who had lost face, was completely enraged, and in a fit of rage, he led the army to launch a more fierce attack on Jucheng.

Jucheng, like Quqiu City, the city wall is also dilapidated, and the fortifications are extremely uneven, so the Ju army in the city could not withstand the onslaught of the Chu army, and Jucheng also fell soon after; In desperation, Juqu Qiu Gong had no choice but to lead the remnants to flee Jucheng and hide in Yuncheng (Yuncheng County, Heze, Shandong) to avoid the continued pursuit of the Chu army.

After Juqu Qiu Gong escaped from Jucheng, the angry Zizhong still refused to give up, and continued to lead the army to follow and pursue, until he reached Yuncheng; Then, Zizhong launched a siege without stopping; Yuncheng, like Quqiu and Jucheng, is also a city that is not repaired and fortifications are not prepared, so it was successfully conquered by the Chu army without exception; In this way, in just twelve days, the three most important cities of the Ju Kingdom were conquered by the Chu army that came from afar.

After the fall of Yuncheng, the unlucky Juqu Qiu Gong had to abandon the city again and flee; However, at this time, there were no more cities worth defending in Ju (there were only three cities in Ju that could be called 'cities', Yuncheng, Quqiu, and Jucheng, and most of the others were simple settlements such as 'Tuweizi').

Therefore, Juqu Qiugong, who had lost all his reliance, could only wander around in the aimless wilderness with a few followers, and was in a very embarrassed and depressed situation (I don't know if Juquqiu Gong at this time would remember the advice and advice given to him by Wuchen when he passed Ju. ）

Regarding the experience of the Chu army's attack on Ju, Zuo Qiu Ming wrote in "Zuo Chuan. In the ninth year of Chenggong", he published a profound evaluation - "There is only a simple city defense but no defense, which is the greatest crime among the crimes; Heightened vigilance and preparedness for accidents is the greatest of the good. It was because Ju relied on its rudimentary city defense that it did not repair the city, which led to the Chu army conquering three cities within twelve days, all because of the lack of preparedness!

In the Book of Songs, it says, 'Even if you have good raw materials such as silk and linen, don't throw away weeds like Kan (these materials can be used to weave shoes); Although there are stunning beauties with the surnames Ji and Jiang, don't give up the woman with an ordinary appearance; Even a gentleman with high moral character and insight has a time when he lacks one or the other. This means that adequate precautions can never be stopped. ”

"Left Biography. Nine Years of Becoming a Prince" - the gentleman said: "If you are ugly and unprepared, you will also be guilty of great crimes." Be prepared, and the good will be great. Ju is ugly, and does not repair the city, between the Chenchen, and Chu Keqi is the third capital, unprepared! "Poem" said: "Although there is silk and linen, there is no abandonment." Although there are Ji and ginger, there is no abandoned banana extract. All the gentlemen are not scarce. 'Words must not be used. ”

The insights of the sages of 2,000 years ago cannot be easily surpassed and denied by future generations, so remember here!

Follow-up story - Although Zizhong led the army to successfully capture the three cities of Ju State, and also drove away Juqu Qiu Gong, whose head was in the water, the Zongmiao Sheji of Ju State can basically be said to have been wiped out by the Chu army, and Ju State has actually perished.

However, the location of the Ju State is too far away from the Chu State itself, and it is not easy for the Chu people to master the land so far away for a long time; Moreover, after the Chu army destroyed Ju and occupied this place, it was very easy to be feared and opposed by the neighboring princely powers, Qi and Lu, and even directly sent troops to intervene; In that case, the Chu army's destruction of Ju Ke would outweigh the losses.

Moreover, at the same time that Zizhong attacked Ju and drove away Juqu Qiugong, Zhong Yi, who had been two prisoners in Jin State, had been released by Jin Jinggong and returned to Chu State, and then reported to the King of Chu that Jin intended to ease the relationship between Jin and Chu; After a period of transmission, the news finally reached Zizhong's army.

In order to cooperate with the peace agreement between the monarch and the Jin state, Zizhong got off the donkey and released the exiled Juquqiu Gong, announcing that the Chu army would withdraw from the three cities of Quqiu, Jucheng and Yuncheng, and return these three cities to the Ju people who had lost their country. Subsequently, Zizhong withdrew his troops from Ju and returned to China (of course, a large amount of loot looted from Ju would not be left to Juqu Qiugong).

It was not until many days after the Chu army withdrew from the three cities that the embarrassed Duke of Juqu Qiu, who had taken refuge in exile, returned to Jucheng, the national capital, from the wilderness tremblingly, and rebuilt and restored the temples and shrines of Juguo; I just don't know if Juqu Qiugong, who has returned to Jucheng, will repeat the mistakes of the past in the future, be careless, and ignore the national defense matters such as building cities and improving fortifications.

Here, there is also a special knowledge of Ju State to tell you———— the monarch of Ju at this time, his title is "Quqiu Gong" (the title behind him, here for the convenience of everyone's understanding, it is directly quoted), which is consistent with the name of the city in his country 'Quqiu City', and is not the same as the name of the monarch of other vassal states in the Central Plains and southern countries such as Chu; The kings of the Central Plains and Chu were all called 'nicknames' (behind them), such as Duke Wen, Duke Wu, Duke Zhuang, Duke Xian, and Duke Huan; Of course, the state of Chu claims to be a certain king; What is the reason for this?

At the beginning, when the Duke of Juquqiu talked with the envoy of the Jin State, Wu Chen, he explained the reason for this - "Our country is a barbarian country located in a remote and simple state", that is, the Ju country thinks that it is a barbarian country (Ju is not a Chinese country, but was established by the Dongyi nation; Its monarch is surnamed Ying and Ji).

Therefore, the etiquette and customs of the Ju State and the Central Plains Zhuxia State are different, and the monarch does not add the usual 'nickname' of the Central Plains country after his death, but the title of the monarch after his death with the name of the domestic place.

Therefore, for a long period of time, the titles of the monarchs of the Ju Kingdom after their deaths were all based on the domestic place names, such as the Zipi Gong before this, the reigning Quqiu Gong at this time, and the later successors to the throne of the Libi Gong, Zhuqiu Gong, Jiao Gong, Gonggong, and so on ('suburbs', 'Gong' are also the place names of Ju Kingdom, although they are somewhat similar to the posthumous names of the princes of the Central Plains, but they are not the same thing at all).

The side story of the Ju State in the process of the Jin and Chu hegemony has been finished, and the next article will continue to tell you the story of the Jin State and the Chu State during the peace negotiations and after the conclusion (and the anecdote between the Yin family and Bozong will be pushed back again).