Lü

Not to be confused with the State of Lu (魯)

State of Lü 吕国/呂國
← ~722 BCE–unknown [[State of Chu|→]]   [[Qin Dynasty|→]]
Capital	West of Nanyang, Henan
Religion	Chinese folk religion, ancestor worship, Taoism
Government	Marquessate
	Hereditary Marquesses of the Jiang (姜姓) family
History
- Established	~722 BCE
- Annexed by the State of Chu	unknown
Currency	Chinese coin, gold coins

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The State of Lü (simplified Chinese: 吕国; traditional Chinese: 呂國; pinyin: Lǚ Guó) was a Zhou Dynasty vassal state in present-day central China in the early years of the Spring and Autumn Period (722-481 BC).

Origin

As the rulers of the four states of Qi, Xu, Shen and Lü all had the surname Jiang (姜), they share a common ancestry.^[1]

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