See also titles of rulers. Go to a table overview of the Zhou feudal lords (arranged centennial). Enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty kings as dukes (gong 公), marquises (hou 侯) and counts (bo 伯) of different territories, these feudal lords (zhuhou 諸侯) gradually became independent from their liege lord. Dukes started to call themselves kings, and marquises rose to the rank of duke or king. In the ruler lists, rank increasings are written in bold types. For Western Zhou and the Spring and Autumn Period, Chinese historians accept 13 official feudal lords (incl. Wu), for the Warring States Period 6 (with Qin 7) although the smaller states were still existing. All states not included in these numbers are written in round brackets (), the two Non-Chinese states of Shu and Ba are written in square brackets []. The feudal lords are listed by state and by time, the states can be chosen from the dynamic maps below, the time lists (only in Chinese and without date) are accessible via a centennial table. Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn Period: ZHOU 周 Qin 秦 Chen 陳 Yan 燕 Qi 杞 (descendants of Xia) Lu 魯 Chu 楚 Cai 蔡 Wu 吳 Qi 齊 Song 宋 Cao 曹 (Yue 越) Jin 晉 Wey 衛 Zheng 鄭 [Ba 巴 and Shu 蜀] Other minor fiefs (selection): Jiao 焦 Descendants of Shen Nong (Shennong) 神農 Zhu 祝 Descendants of the Yellow Emperor (Huang Di [Huangdi] 黃帝) Ji 薊 Descendants of Emperor Yao 堯 Guan 管 Guan Shu Xian 管叔鮮, brother of King Zhou Wuwang 周武王. Cheng 成 Cheng Shu Wu 成叔武, brother of King Zhou Wuwang. Huo 霍 Huo Shu Chu 霍叔處, brother of King Zhou Wuwang. Nan 冉 Nan Ji Dai 冉季載, brother of King Zhou Wuwang. Hui 繒 Descendants of Xia (like Qi 杞) Warring States Period: ZHOU 周 Hann 韓 Chu 楚 Yan 燕 Qin 秦 (Zheng 鄭) Yue 越 Qi 齊 Wei 魏 Zhao 趙 (Cai 蔡) Song 宋 Wey 衛 Zhongshan 中山 Lu 魯 [Ba 巴 and Shu 蜀]

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