Full of joy - Kiman

…? - 478 BC. At the end of the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou appointed Shun's descendant, Qi Man, to Wanqiu (Huaiyang County, Henan). During the Spring and Autumn period, the state held a considerable position as one of the 12 powerful feudal lords, but from the 7th century BC onwards, there were frequent civil wars over the succession of the feudal lords, and the state suffered under the oppression between Chu, Qi and Jin, and was destroyed by King Ling of Chu in 531 BC. …

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…？‐前478年。前11世紀末，周武王が，舜の子孫の嬀満（きまん）を宛丘(河南淮陽県)に封じた国。春秋時代には12の有力諸侯の一つとしてかなりの地位を保っていたが，前7世紀以降，侯位相続をめぐる内乱がたびたびあり，しかも楚･斉･晋の間にあって，その圧迫に苦しみ，前531年楚の霊王に滅ぼされた。…

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