Song (State)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Song was a state during the Eastern Zhou Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC). Its capital was Shangqiu. In 701 BC, a political marriage between Lady Yong of Song and Duke Zhuang of Zheng (as well as the capture of Zhai Zhong, a leading warrior) empowered Song to manipulate the management of Zheng. After King Wu of Zhou overthrew King Zhou of Shang, marking the transition from the Shang to the Zhou Dynasty, according to feudal etiquette, even though the Shang had been destroyed, the new rulers were bound to permit them to continue offering sacrifices to their ancestors. As a result for a time Shang became a vassal state of Zhou with King Zhou's son Wu Geng allowed to continue ancestor worship at Yin. After King Wu's death, Wu Geng fomented a rebellion and was killed by the Duke of Zhou. King Zhou of Shang's illegitimate elder brother was granted land at Shangqiu where the capital of the new State of Song was built.