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. Personal names of the feudal rulers - as far as known - are written in brackets behind the posthumous temple name, e.g. Liang Huiwang 梁惠王 (Ji Ying 姬罃). 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) from the small table to the right. 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] 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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