Pugu or Bogu was an ancient civilization or
state
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of
ancient China
The earliest known written records of the history of China date from as early as 1250 BC, from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1046 BC), during the reign of king Wu Ding. Ancient historical texts such as the '' Book of Documents'' (early chapte ...
around the mouth of the
Yellow River
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.
History
The Pugu are recorded as existing during the
Shang
The Shang dynasty (), also known as the Yin dynasty (), was a Chinese royal dynasty founded by Tang of Shang (Cheng Tang) that ruled in the Yellow River valley in the second millennium BC, traditionally succeeding the Xia dynasty and f ...
and were counted among the "
Eastern Barbarians" or ''Dongyi'' of
Qingzhou
Qingzhou () Wade–Giles: Tsing-chou, sometimes written as Ching-chow-fu, formerly Yidu County (Yitu) (), is a county-level city, which is located in the west of the prefecture-level city of Weifang, in the central part of Shandong Province, Chin ...
. They occupied the shore of the
Bay of Bohai
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around present-day
Binzhou
Binzhou (, ), formerly Putai, is a prefecture-level city in northern Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China. The city proper sits on the northern bank of the Yellow River, while its administrative area straddles both sides of its ...
and
Boxing
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, an area which the
silt deposition from the present course of the
Yellow River
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has since made miles inland.
In alliance with the Shang prince
Wu Geng Wu Geng or Wugeng (Chinese: ''Wǔgēng''), a.k.a. ''Lùfù'', was an ancient Chinese noble who was the son of Zhou, the last king of the Shang. After his father executed Bigan by cutting out his heart, Wugeng fled to Feng, the capital of the Zhou ...
, Pugu joined the ''Dongyi'' of
Yan
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* Yan (state) (11th century – 222 BC), a major state in northern China during the Zhou dynasty
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(, near present-day
Qufu
Qufu ( ; ) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about south of the provincial capital Jinan and northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of ...
) and
Xu in the
Huai
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valley in opposing Shang's replacement by the
Zhou after the
Battle of Muye
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. This insurrection joined with the
Rebellion of the Three Guards
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within Zhou itself, opposing the regency of the
Duke of Zhou
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BC. The Duke undertook a successful campaign across the
North China Plain
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, defeating Wu Geng and forcing the submission of the opposing Yi. Pugu's area was granted to the
minister Jiang Ziya
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as the fief of
Qi.
The ''
Bamboo Annals
The ''Bamboo Annals'' (), also known as the ''Ji Tomb Annals'' (), is a chronicle of ancient China.
It begins in the earliest legendary time (the age of the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focusing on the history ...
'' record that during the Duke of Zhou's expedition the "royal troops... attacked Yan and destroyed Pugu". The word used () means "destroy" and even implies "extermination". This was, however, patently hyperbolic since "belligerents" required a combined response from Qi,
Lu, and
Zhou ten years later and the Pugu are again said to have been "destroyed" in the autumn three years after that.
[.]
During the reign of
King Yi,
Duke Hu moved the Qi capital to the former site of Pugu. This prompted the residents of the former capital
Yingqiu
Linzi () was the capital of the ancient Chinese state of Qi during the Zhou dynasty. The ruins of the city lie in modern-day Linzi District, Shandong, China. The city was one of the largest and richest in China during the Spring and Autumn Perio ...
to
revolt
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under
another member of his house, who defeated him in battle and restored the former capital.
Legacy
Its name survived as
Putai and
Putai County
Boxing County is a county of Binzhou in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China.
History
The area of Boxing County was mostly created within the last few millennia and long remained sparsely populated owing to the destructive f ...
as late as the 20th century, although the former is now the subdistrict of Pucheng in
Binzhou
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and the latter has merged with
Boxing County
Boxing County is a county of Binzhou in Shandong Province in the People's Republic of China.
History
The area of Boxing County was mostly created within the last few millennia and long remained sparsely populated owing to the destructive ...
.
See also
*
Dongyi
The Dongyi or Eastern Yi () was a collective term for ancient peoples found in Chinese records. The definition of Dongyi varied across the ages, but in most cases referred to inhabitants of eastern China, then later, the Korean peninsula, and Ja ...
&
Siyi
The Siyi (Seiyap or Sze Yup in Cantonese; ) refers to the four former counties of Xinhui (Sunwui), Taishan (Toisan), Kaiping (Hoiping) and Enping (Yanping) on the west side of the Pearl River Delta in Southern Guangdong Province, China.
Geograp ...
* ''
Bamboo Annals
The ''Bamboo Annals'' (), also known as the ''Ji Tomb Annals'' (), is a chronicle of ancient China.
It begins in the earliest legendary time (the age of the Yellow Emperor) and extends to 299 BC, with the later centuries focusing on the history ...
''
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
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