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king zhao of zhou attacked chu three times, but the result was that chu became stronger.

king zhao of zhou was the fourth king of the zhou dynasty. his surname was ji and his given name was xia. he was the son of king kang of zhou. king zhao wanted to inherit chengkang's cause and continue to expand the territory of the zhou dynasty. starting from the 16th year of king zhao, he personally led a large army to conquer jingchu in the south, passing through tang (now northwest of suizhou, hubei), li (now north of suizhou, hubei), zeng (now suizhou, hubei) , kui (now ziguidong, hubei province), and as far as the jianghan area, where they gained a lot of treasures and made inscriptions on their merits.

in the twenty-fourth year of king zhao's reign, king zhao of zhou personally commanded the sixth division to attack chu state in the south. as a result, the entire army was wiped out and king zhao died on the bank of the han river. the failure of the southern expedition was not only a turning point from prosperity to decline of the zhou dynasty, but also a sign that the chu state was strong enough to compete with the zhou dynasty. later, the chu state became one of the five hegemons of the spring and autumn period, dominating the south and aspiring to dominate the zhou territory.

the kingdom of chu was one of the "southern kingdoms" under the rule of the houwei of the western zhou dynasty. at the end of the shang dynasty and the beginning of the zhou dynasty, the relationship between the chu and zhou royal families was generally good due to the fact that wu xiong's family defected to the zhou dynasty.

king wu of zhou died, and his son became king. "some people may ridicule duke zhou, and duke zhou will flee to chu" (see "historical records. the family of duke zhou of lu"). later, the rumors were clarified and duke zhou returned. during the reign of king kang of zhou, the relationship between chu and zhou was also normal (see "zuo zhuan. the twelfth year of zhaogong" records the words of king ling of chu: "in the past, my late king xiong yi, lu ji, wang sun mou, xie fu, and qin fu worked together with king kang" ). the reasons are as follows: first, zhou and chu share the same origin (zhou people, ji's surname, it is said that he is the queen of the emperor), and xiong xiong ministers to zhou, which laid the foundation for the good relationship between zhou and chu. second, the zhou dynasty conquered yin in the early days, and later the duke of zhou marched eastward. this shows that the remaining forces of the yin and shang dynasties and the tribes of the fang kingdom in the east have been rebelling against the zhou dynasty. the western zhou dynasty had to go eastward with all its strength and focus on attacking the fang kingdom tribes in the east. third, the chu people were established in a barbaric land and were weak in power. they had no choice but to serve the emperor of zhou in a humble manner, which would not attract the attention of the zhou royal family.