Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú) was a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period, outside the Zhou cultural sphere. It was also known as Gouwu ( 句吳 ) or Gongwu ( 工/攻吳 ) from the pronunciation of the local language.

Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú; Middle Chinese * ŋuo < Eastern Han Chinese: *ŋuɑ[5]), known in historiography as Eastern Wu or Sun Wu, was a dynastic state of China and one of the three major states that competed for supremacy over China in the Three Kingdoms period.

Nov 3, 2024 · Wu (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú; Old Chinese: *ŋʷˤa) was a state during the Western Zhou dynasty and the Spring and Autumn period, outside the Zhou cultural sphere. It was also known as Gouwu (句吳 / *[k]ˁ (r)o.ŋʷˁa /) or Gongwu (工/攻吳 / *kˁoŋ.ŋʷˁa /) from the pronunciation of the local language.

The heartland of the Wu state lay in southern Jiangsu province, whereas that of Yue occupied the coastal area to the south of the Qiantang estuary where it merges into Hangzhou Bay. Yue and Wu engaged in constant warfare from 510 until…

Nov 1, 2018 · Wu 吳 was one of the larger regional states of the Zhou period 周 (11th. cent.-221 BC). It was not one of the Chinese states of the Yellow River plain but a native, semi-"barbarian" state on the southeast coast, in the southern parts of modern Jiangsu.

Three Kingdoms, (220–280 ce), trio of warring Chinese states—Wei, Shu-Han, and Wu—that followed the demise of the Han dynasty (206 bce –220 ce). In 25 ce, after a brief period of disruption, the great Han empire had been reconstituted as the Dong (Eastern) Han.

Three new kingdoms emerged from the wreckage, one of which was the Eastern Wu (otherwise referred to as Dōng Wú or Sun Wu). They were opposed in one of China's bloodiest civil wars in its entire history by Cao Wei and Shu Han .

The State of Wu was one of the vassal states during the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. It was also known as Gou Wu from the name of the indigenous tribe there and as Gong Wu. Wu was located at the mouth of the Yangtze River east of the State of Chu.

Mar 24, 2025 · In the late Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu (present-day Jiangsu and Anhui areas) and the State of Yue (present-day Zhejiang Province) strengthened their respective national powers and had repeated border disputes, which led to waves of wars.

Wuyue culture (吳越文化), a regional Chinese culture in the Wu region; Wu (state) (Chinese: 吳; pinyin: Wú; Old Chinese: * ŋʷˤa), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn period 771–476 BCE Suzhou or Wu (苏州; 蘇州; Sūzhōu), its eponymous capital; Wu County (吴县; 吳縣; Wúxiàn), a former county in Suzhou