succession of throne

There was a politician named "Guan Zhong" in Qi of Chunqiu period of China. （管仲)

Year of birth of him is not known.
But he died in 645 BC.
It's about 100 years ago that Confucius was born.

Chunqiu of history book which was the source of the name of this period.
It is said Confucius wrote.
And the first record of this book is 722 BC.

King，Guan Zhong served from the beginning of the coronation.
This king coronation is 685 BC.

Decline of royal power of Zhou.
The rise of lords.　
　
When the analogy from this fact，he was born at the turn of the era exactly.

Will be described later，age he began to serve the king.
It's since adolescence at least.


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"Qi" of one of the lords country of Zhou.（斉）

"Jiang Ziya" was founder of this country. (太公望)
This is said so.

Incidentally，Jiang Ziya is legendary strategist of China.
And he was a person who has rendered distinguished service for Zhou founding.
This is also said so.
　
But his achievement of those is legend only.
Therefore, his career is not clear.

However，enough to be handed down like that，Qi was originally large country in the lords country of Zhou.
And it also as one of the reasons，succession conflict of throne of Qi was extremely fierce.
　
Note：Of course this is not a throne to be precise.


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By the way，Guan Zhong.
Initially，he was a political opponent of the king he served.　

To be precise，he was a confidant of the rival of inheritance of the throne.
And confidant of the king was his best friend.
(Of course，King was prince at this time.)
　
When the battle for the throne has reached a climax.
　
"Let assassinate that prince（king）."
　
Guan Zhong made ​​a plan this.
And it was put into action.