One of them, Elai, was killed defending King Zhou of Shang during the rebellion led by Ji Fa that established the Zhou dynasty. The western Yíng clan at Quanqiu were lords over the Xichui ("Western March") region west of Mount Long and served as a buffer state for the Shang dynasty against invasions by the Western Rong barbarians. The latter became the ancestors of the rulers of the later Zhao state. During the Xia and Shang dynasties, the Yíng clan split in two: a western branch that migrated across the Ordos Plateau to Quanqiu (犬丘 or "Hill of the Quanrongs" in present-day Lixian in Gansu), and an eastern branch that settled east of the Yellow River in modern Shanxi. One of his descendants, Boyi, was granted the family name of Yíng by Emperor Shun. See also: Timeline of the Warring States and the Qin dynasty Founding Bronze mold for minting banliang coins, Warring States period (475–221 BC), State of Qin, from an excavation in Qishan County, Baoji, Shaanxi provinceĪccording to the 2nd century BC historical text Records of the Grand Historian by Sima Qian, the Qin state traced its origin to Zhuanxu, one of the legendary Five Emperors in ancient times.
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