Characteristics of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods

The era is characterized by competition among princes for hegemony and social changes. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were an era when a hundred schools of thought contended, talents emerged in large numbers, and the academic atmosphere was active. It was a period of great division in Chinese history. The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was destroyed by the Qin State in the late Warring States Period, so the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were not entirely included in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in terms of time.

The characteristics of the times reflected in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are ( )

A. Struggle for hegemony among princes and social changes

B. Consolidation of a unified multi-ethnic country

C. Separation of political power and national integration

D. Establishment of a unified country

Answer: A

The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are divided into the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period , the watershed was in 453 BC, when the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei destroyed the Zhi family and divided up the Jin Kingdom.

The Spring and Autumn Period, referred to as Spring and Autumn Period, is a period belonging to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the power of the Zhou kings weakened, and the princes fought among themselves. Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, Duke Xiang of Song, Duke Mu of Qin, and King Zhuang of Chu successively became hegemons and were known as the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The Warring States Period, referred to as the Warring States Period, was a period in Chinese history from the late Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty's unification of the Central Plains, when various countries fought endlessly, so it was called the "Warring States" by later generations. The name "Warring States" is taken from the "Warring States Policy" compiled and annotated by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty.