Aetas veris et autumni
Aetas veris et autumni (Mandarinice simpliciter 春秋时代; traditionaliter 春秋時代; pinyin Chūnqiū Shídài) fuit aetas in historia Sinica a 771 a.C.n. ad 476 a.C.n. fere, vel secundum nonnullos historicos usque ad 403 a.C.n., quae cum primo dimidio fere aetatis Zhou orientalis congruit. Proprium aetatis nomen ex Annalibus Veris et Autumni derivat, ex historia Lu civitatis ab anno 722 a.C.n. ad 479 a.C.n., quae ab antiquis cum Confucio coniungi traditur.

Index civitatum
Mentionem 148 civitatum in annalibus huius aetatis fit.

Personae notabiles

Quinque Auctoritates (春秋五霸)
Historia ab antiquie tradita quinque auctoritates aetate veris et autumni perscribit:
Huan dux Qi
Xiang dux Song
Wen dux Jin
Mu dux Qin
Zhuang rex Chu

Aliter
Huan dux Qi
Wen dux Jin
Zhuang rex Chu
Fuchai rex Wu
Goujian rex Yue

Administri et magistratus
Guan Zhong, consultor Ducis Huan Qi
Baili Xi, primus minister Qin
Wu Zixu (Wu Yun), Dux Shen et consultor Helü regis magni momenti
Bo Pi, administer sub Helü rege qui praecipuas partes diplomaticas in coniuntione Wu et Yue egit
Fan Li et Wen Zhong, consultores Goujian rex Yue in eius bello contra Wu
Zi Chan, dux motuus automaticorum in Zheng civitate

Eruditi magni momenti
Confucius, maximus Confucianismi auctor
Laocius, magister Taoismi
Mocius, conditor Moismi
Suncius, auctor Artis Belli

Sima Qian

Notae

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Nexus externi

Rulers of the states of Zhou.

 
Historia Sinarum