The Regional State of Zhao 趙 (www.chinaknowledge.de)

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Zhao 趙 was a regional state of the Zhou period 周 (11th cent.-221 BCE). It emerged as a separate state when several noble families of Jin 晉 extinguished the ducal house and divided its territory into three, namely Wei 魏, Han 韓 and Zhao 趙. Zhao played an…