It is said that at the beginning of the establishment of the Shang State, the first three generations of Shang emperors were diligent in government affairs and virtuous kings, and in the fourth generation, they began to appear faint. In the future, the Shang emperors were almost all greedy for comfort and great achievements, although they were able to barely manage political affairs and maintain the continuity of the country, but as the powerful of all parties gained the upper hand, the style of luxury and leisure was passed on, the national strength was declining, and the livelihood of the people was becoming more and more difficult.

After the death of Emperor Wu Ding of Shang, the Shang state had declined to the point of failure. The last emperor of the Shang State was named Xin, known as Emperor Xin in history. The Book of Commerce records that Emperor Xin was gifted, eloquent, quick-moving, receptive, and powerful, capable of fighting beasts with his bare hands. He is wise enough to refuse the advice of his subordinates, and his words are enough to cover up his own mistakes. He boasted in front of the ministers by his talents, and exalted himself everywhere by his prestige, believing that all the people in the world were inferior to him. He was fond of drinking, debauchery, and pampering women. He especially dotes on the concubine Daji, and everything is obeyed by Daji. He asked the musician Juan to make new folk music for him, the North Dance Music, the Soft Song. He increased taxes, piled up the money in the Lutai treasury, and filled the grain in the Juqiao granary. He collected dogs, horses and novel playthings, filled the palace room, and expanded the garden terrace, caught a large number of wild beasts and birds, and placed them in it. He was arrogant and disrespectful to ghosts and gods. He summoned a large number of people to gather in the palace, used wine as a pool of water, hung meat as a wood, and made men and women naked, chasing and drinking in the midst of it, and staying up all night.

In terms of state affairs, Emperor Xin appointed Fei Zhong to manage state affairs. Fei Zhong is good at sycophancy, greedy for financial gain, and businessmen don't come to get close. Emperor Xin also appointed evil, and evil was good at slander and slander, and the princes became more and more estranged from the Shang state.

At the same time, Xi Bochang, the leader of the vassal state of Zhou, cultivated virtue and implemented good governance, and many princes betrayed Emperor Xin and came to submit to Xi Bochang. Xibochang's power became stronger, and Di Xin gradually lost his power as a result. Shang Rong was a man of great virtue and was loved by the people, but Di Xin deposed him.

After the death of Xi Bochang, his son Ji Fa led an army to the east, and when he arrived in Mengjin, the princes betrayed Emperor Xin and came to join forces with King Wu of 800 countries. The princes all said, "It is time to crusade against Di Xin!" Ji Fa said, "You do not understand the Mandate of Heaven. So he returned to China again.

Di Xin is even more **, without stopping. Weizi had been advised many times, but Di Xin did not listen, so Weizi discussed with the Taishi and Shaoshi, and then fled from Shangguo. Bigan said: "To be a courtier to others, you can't help but fight to the death." And he exhorted him with all his might. Dixin was furious and said, "I have heard that the heart of a saint has seven holes. So he cut open Bigan's chest and dug out his heart to see. When he saw this, he was frightened, so he pretended to be crazy and became a slave. When Di Xin found out, he imprisoned the basket again. The Taishi and Young Master of the Shang Kingdom took sacrificial vessels and musical instruments and fled to other vassal states in a hurry.

Ji Fa learned that the ruling group of Di Xin had fallen apart, the royal minister's important minister Bigan had been killed, Jizi had been imprisoned, and Weizi had fled.

Di Xin could only use slaves as an army to resist the alliance of princes in a hurry, as a result, Di Xin's army was quickly defeated, "the former disciples defected", the first battle of Makino caused "blood to flow and pestle", the domestic merchant army was exhausted, Di Xin fled to Lutai, put on his precious jade clothes, ran into the fire ** and died. King Wu of Zhou arrived, cut off his head, and hung it on a white flag pole for public display. Emperor Xin is known as the king of merchants.

The Shang Dynasty fell. The Shang Dynasty, the 17th and 31st kings, lasted 553 years.

According to the Book of Zhou, Emperor Xin was addicted to wine, reckless in military force, punished heavily, and refused to admonish and disguise wrongdoing, and was a typical tyrant who was called "Ji Xuan" along with Xia Wei, and eventually caused the people to betray their relatives and leave their relatives, and die and the country was destroyed.

Then, Ji Fa established the country as the 'King of Martial Arts', the country was called Da Zhou, and the capital was Luoyi. Implement the system of feudal princes, and seal the royal family and meritorious heroes.

The state of Zhou has experienced the rule of Zhou Gong's auxiliary government and Chengkang, and its national strength has become more and more prosperous. After the Zhaomu era, the strength of the Zhou Dynasty gradually deteriorated. During this period, the Northwest Rongdi gradually prospered and tyrannized China. The Zhou people suffered deeply and moved the capital to Xianyang.

Later Zhou Emperor Ji Hu succeeded to the throne, and the people were miserable after years of war. At the same time, Emperor Ji Hu of Zhou took Rong Yi Gong as his secretary and monopolized social wealth and resources. In order to suppress the dissatisfaction of the people, Emperor Ji of Zhou ordered the guards to be monitored, and those who slandered were killed. As a result, everyone was in danger, causing the people to rebel and attack Emperor Ji Hu of Zhou, who fled to the land of Yu, and finally died in the land of Yu, and was called King Li.

Prince Jing ascended the throne, and then moved the capital to Hojing, made great efforts to govern, the government was harmonious, and the princes came to the court. Emperor Jing of Zhou successively quelled the rebellions of the Lynx in the north, Rongdi in the west, Huaiyi in the east, and Chu in the south, opened up a vast territory, and reappeared the prosperous scene, known as "King Xuan's Zhongxing" in history. In his later years, Emperor Zhou interfered with the succession of the vassal state of Lu and forcibly established Lu Xiaogong by force, which caused the princes to be unhappy. After the expedition to Tiaorong and Benrong, the result was a fiasco. After that, he fought with Xirong and other branches of the Jiang clan in thousands of acres, and was defeated again. At this point, the national strength of the Zhou State declined, and the vassal states listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement.

Later, Emperor Zhou Gongyan succeeded to the throne, and appointed the well-used Yu Shifu to govern, the government was corrupt, and the people complained. The defeat of the foreign war, the continuous natural disasters at home, and the internal and external difficulties of the Zhou Dynasty's rule. Emperor Zhou's palace abolished the daughter of Shenhou and the prince Yijiu, and changed to the queen of the beauties, and his son Bofu was the prince. Yijiu fled to Shen State, and Shen Hou united with Zhangguo and Inu Rong to attack Haojing. Emperor Zhou's palace and Bofu were both killed by the dog Rong in the play. Emperor Zhou's palace is called King Zhou You.

The Western Zhou Dynasty perished.

Therefore, in the history books of later generations, Emperor Xia and King Shang, King Li of Zhou and King You of Zhou, four tyrants who brought disaster to the country and the people, were called together.

After King Zhou You was killed, Shen, Zeng and other princes saw that the goal was achieved, and at this time, the army of King Qin led by Zheng, Wei, Jin and other vassal states had also arrived, so Shen Hou and Marquis of Shen and Zheng, Wei, Jin and other princes outside should join forces with each other, defeated Dog Rong, and Dog Rong retreated. Zheng, Wei, Jin and other princes established the prince of Zhou You, Yijiu, as the emperor. Emperor Zhou Yijiu moved eastward, and the capital was Luoyi, which was known as the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in history.

Since then, the state of Zhou has lost its deer, and the king of the world has made a decree that he cannot leave the capital.

Subsequently, the princes of all walks of life competed for hegemony, which was called the Spring and Autumn Period. After that, the princes embezzled each other, and finally formed the Seven Kingdoms in parallel, known as the Seven Heroes of the Warring States in history.

After Emperor Yijiu of Zhou moved eastward, the western territory was occupied by the Qin state, and annexed some surrounding Rong tribes or countries, becoming a western power. The states of Jin, Qi, Lu, Chu, and Yan, as well as the vassal states of Wu and Yue, which rose later, all became powerful and became great powers after annexing some of the smaller states around them. As a result, the fierce scene of the great power struggle for hegemony was launched for the Spring and Autumn Period.

During this period, the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Wen of Jin, the Duke of Xiang of Song, the Duke of Qin Mu, and the King of Chu Zhuang successively claimed hegemony, known as the "Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period". The name of the Spring and Autumn Period is due to the revision of the Spring and Autumn Period by Confucius, a book that records the history from the first year of Lu Yin to the fourteenth year of Lu Ai.

From the eastward migration of the Zhou State and the beginning of the struggle for hegemony by the princes to the reunification of the Qin State on the Shenzhou Continent, this period was the greatest period of change in the Shenzhou Continent. The most widely circulated are Legalists, Mohists, Confucianists, famous scholars, miscellaneous families, peasant families, novelists, vertical and horizontal families, military families, and doctors.

Qi Huan Gong of Qi succeeded to the throne, took Guan Zhong as the prime minister, implemented the reform of the law, abolished the well field system, determined the taxation according to the fertility of the land, set up salt, iron officials and minted money, increased financial revenue, used troops in agriculture, integrated the grass-roots administrative organization and military organization, increased the source of troops and combat capacity, and quickly became the richest and most powerful country among the vassal states of Shenzhou. Then he raised the slogan of "respecting the king and fighting the emperor", and held many meetings with the princes to help or interfere with other countries to fight against Yidi. In the twenty-first year of Emperor Ji Lang of Zhou, Duke Huan of Qi led the coalition of eight vassal states, Chen Bing "barbarian" the border of Chu, questioned why Chu did not pay tribute to the Zhou royal family, and forced Chu to sign the Zhaoling Alliance and became the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons. Since then, the Duke of Qi Huan has established the system of the overlord of the Huimeng.

After the death of Duke Huan of Qi, the fifth prince seized the throne, and the civil strife in Qi continued. It is said that the five sons of Qi Huan Gong fought with each other, and arrows were shot at Qi Huan Gong's corpse, and no one cared about them. The state of Chu in the south rose up, proclaimed itself king, and after eliminating several small states in the north, pointed the finger at the Central Plains. Song Xianggong tried to emulate the Duke of Qi Huan, and in the name of resisting the attack of Chu, he once again assembled the princes to become the overlord, but the strength and prestige of the Song State were insufficient. In the fifteenth year of Song Xianggong, the two armies of Song and Chu fought in Hongshui. When the Chu army crossed the river, Song Da Sima Ziyu suggested that Song Xianggong "attack it halfway", Song Xianggong said that the attack when the enemy crossed the river was unkind and unjust, and after the Chu army crossed the river, Ziyu suggested that he attack while the Chu army was in chaos, and Song Xianggong once again refused on the grounds of injustice and injustice. After the Chu army finished the formation, it launched an attack, and the Song army was defeated, and Song Xianggong was shot in the thigh and died of his wounds the following year.

In the northern Jin Kingdom, it was the same as the Zhou State. During the reign of Jin Xiangong, the Jin Kingdom expanded in all directions, and its territory and national strength increased greatly. However, the public favor and love Ji were abolished, which led to the chaos of the country's politics. Chong'er, the son of Jin Xiangong, inherited the throne of Jin under the escort of the army sent by Qin Mugong, and was the Duke of Jin Wen. He reformed politics, developed the economy, reorganized the army and the military, won the trust of the people, stabilized the royal family, friendly the Qin State (Qin and Jin Zhihao), and had a high prestige among the princes. In the twentieth year of Emperor Ji Zheng of Zhou, the Chu army besieged Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Kingdom. At the beginning of the following year, Duke Wen of Jin led his troops to rescue the Song Dynasty, defeated the Chu army in the Battle of Chengpu, and then allied himself with Jiantu and became the overlord of the Central Plains.

After the death of Duke Wen of Jin, the alliance between Qin and Jin was disintegrated, and Duke Mu of Qin sought to develop to the east, but was blocked by Jin. The battle of Qin and Jin, the whole army of Qin was annihilated, the general Meng Mingshi was captured, and he was defeated again in the battle of Peng Ya the next year, although there were victories in the future, but he could not challenge the position of Jin in the Central Plains, so he turned to the west and annexed some Rongdi tribes, and dominated Xirong for thousands of miles.

After the Battle of Chengpu, the state of Chu developed eastward, destroying many small states, and its power reached Yunnan in the south and the Yellow River in the north. King Chuzhuang reformed internal affairs, quelled the riots, enabled the virtuous minister Sun Shu Ao Xing to repair water conservancy, reform the military system, and the national strength was stronger.