Liǎo (Chinese:蓼国) was a

Zhou dynasty The Zhou dynasty ( ; Old Chinese ( B&S): *''tiw'') was a royal dynasty of China that followed the Shang dynasty. Having lasted 789 years, the Zhou dynasty was the longest dynastic regime in Chinese history. The military control of China by th ...

vassal

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during the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period was a period in Chinese history from approximately 770 to 476 BC (or according to some authorities until 403 BC) which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period. The period's name derives fr ...

of Chinese history (771–476 BCE). There were two actual states called Liao at this time. The first of these is mentioned in the '' Zuo Zhuan • 11th Year of Duke Huan of Lu'', which records that in 701 BCE, the 40th year of the reign of King Wu of Chu: "The army of the State of Yun (郧国/鄖國) were at Pusao (蒲骚/蒲騷) together with the armies of the States of Sui, Jiao (绞国/绞國), Zhou (州国/州國) and Liao ready to attack Chu. Pusao was on the site of modern-day Tanghe County,

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then capital of the State of Liao." The ''Zuo Zhuan • 17th Year of Duke Ai of Lu'' records that at the end of the Spring and Autumn period, the Chu State Minister reflected on the achievements of King Wu of Chu in his alliances with the

state of Zhao Zhao () was one of the seven major states during the Warring States period of ancient China. It was created from the three-way Partition of Jin, together with Han and Wei, in the 5th century BC. Zhao gained significant strength from the mil ...

amongst others and the suppression of the state of Liao. In the case of the second state of Liao, according to the ''Zuo Zhuan • 5th Year of Duke Wen of Lu'', in 622 BCE, the fourth year of

King Mu of Chu King Mu of Chu (, died 614 BC) was from 625 to 614 BC king of the state of Chu during the Spring and Autumn period of ancient China. He was born Xiong Shangchen () and King Mu was his posthumous title. Prince Shangchen was the son of King Cheng ...

, "the king of Chu's son wiped out the State of Liao." This state was ruled by the descendants of the Tingjian (庭坚), also known as Gaoyang (高阳) or Bakai (八恺), a group of eight talented individuals who traced their lineage to the

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through

Zhuanxu Zhuanxu (Chinese: trad. , simp. , pinyin ''Zhuānxū''), also known as Gaoyang ( t , s , p ''Gāoyáng''), was a mythological emperor of ancient China. In the traditional account recorded by Sima Qian, Z ...

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