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King Ling of Chu
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Aug 27, 2026
Yuri Pines, "China's Aristocratic Age: Politics and Power in the Springs-and-Autumns Period" (Princeton UP, 2026)
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11:45Yuri PinesGUEST
or linked years.
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11:46Yuri PinesGUEST
It is a historical manuscript discovered from the state of Chu
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11:51Nicholas GordonHOST
and it is the first time that we have a newly discovered
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11:55Yuri PinesGUEST
historical text of such length and there are more that will be published hopefully in the next few years.
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13:32Nicholas GordonHOST
I mean, if you read the book, there's like, you know, Lots of like the state of true and the state of chi and all these different states all doing stuff.
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13:40Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
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13:47Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who have the map in front of their eyes.
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14:08Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the west, in the far west, the state of Qin, which
Yuri Pines, "China's Aristocratic Age: Politics and Power in the Springs-and-Autumns Period" (Princeton UP, 2026)
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10:28Yuri PinesGUEST
It is called Xin Yan, or Linked Years.
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10:31Yuri PinesGUEST
It is a historical manuscript discovered from the state of Chu.
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10:36Nicholas GordonHOST
And it is the first time that we have a
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10:39Yuri PinesGUEST
newly discovered historical text of such length and there are more that will be published hopefully in the next few years.
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12:16Nicholas GordonHOST
I mean, if you read the book, there's like, you know, Lots of like the state of true and the state of chi and all these different states all doing stuff.
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12:24Nicholas GordonHOST
But which ones do you see as kind of the most prominent ones during this period that kind of most exemplify what you're talking about?
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12:32Yuri PinesGUEST
Yes, so there are major powers, the two greatest powers, the state of Jin in the north, ruling to the north of the Yellow River, and the state of Chu in the south, actually in southwest, ruling the Han and Huai River basins, for those of the listeners who... have the map in front of their eyes.
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12:52Yuri PinesGUEST
Then there are two important powers in the West.