Zou (state)
Zou/Zhu 鄒/邾 | |||||||
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| 1046–4th century BCE | |||||||
Zou can be seen as Tsou | |||||||
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| Capital | Zhu (now south of Qufu) Zou (now southeast of Zoucheng) | ||||||
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Enfeoffment | 1046 | ||||||
• Conquered by Chu | 4th century BCE | ||||||
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Zou (simplified Chinese: 邹; traditional Chinese: 鄒), originally Zhu (邾) or Zhulou (邾婁), was a minor state that existed during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China. It centered near today's Zoucheng, Shandong province.