Zhongshan (state)

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Zhongshan (中山國, pinyin: Zhōngshān Guó) was a state in the Zhou Dynasty that roughly corresponds to the territory of the modern prefecture-level city Baoding, Hebei. It first came under the protection of the State of Wei during the Warring States Period and later regained its independence for years. It was eventually absorbed into the state of Zhao. Area of today's Ding County later became part of the ancient Zhongshan Commandry during Han Dynasty. The commandry capital, Zhongshan, was an economic center since the Eastern Han Dynasty until the Tang Dynasty and the capital of Later Yan during the reign of its first emperor, Murong Chui.

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