Even though this period-known in its earlier part as the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period-in its latter part was fraught with chaos and bloody battles, it is also known as the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy because a broad range of thoughts and ideas were developed and discussed freely.

The population migrations around 1200 – 1100 BC reduced the shipping of tin around the Mediterranean ( and from Great Britain ), limiting supplies and raising prices. Bianzhong of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Spring and Autumn Period ( 476BC-221BC ) As ironworking improved, iron became cheaper ; and as cultures advanced from wrought iron to forged iron, they learned how to make steel, which is stronger than bronze and holds a sharper edge longer.

The Zhou Dynasty began to bow to external and internal pressures in the 8th century BC, and the kingdom eventually broke apart into smaller states, beginning in the Spring and Autumn Period and reaching full expression in the Warring States period.

Chinese pu vessel with interlaced Chinese dragon | dragon design, Spring and Autumn Period

In the 8th century BC, power became decentralized during the Spring and Autumn Period, named after the influential Spring and Autumn Annals.

The Spring and Autumn Period is marked by a falling apart of the central Zhou power.

This system had been in use since the Spring and Autumn Period, and parts can still be seen in the modern system of Sheng & Xian ( province and county, 省縣 / 省县 ).

The other major contributions of the Qin include the concept of a centralized government, the unification of the legal code, development of the written language, measurement, and currency of China after the tribulations of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

Confucianism originated as an " ethical-sociopolitical teaching " during the Spring and Autumn Period, but later developed metaphysical and cosmological elements in the Han Dynasty.

The majority of traditional Chinese philosophy originates in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States eras, during a period known as the " Hundred Schools of Thought ", which was characterized by significant intellectual and cultural developments.

In around 500 BCE, after the Zhou state weakened and China moved into the Spring and Autumn Period, the classic period of Chinese philosophy began ( it is an interesting fact that this date nearly coincides with the emergence of the first Greek philosophers ).

Confucius ( 551 – 479 BCE ) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history.

Spring and Autumn are mild seasons with low humidity.

This source refers to the use of a giant crossbow in the 6th to 5th century BC, corresponding to the late Spring and Autumn Period.

Early Eastern Zhou texts, such as the Spring and Autumn Annals, provide better understanding of the calendars used in the Zhou dynasty.

Although tradition holds that in the Zhou, the year began on the new moon which preceded the winter solstice, the Spring and Autumn Annals seem to indicate that ( in Lu at least ) the Yin calendar ( the calendar used in Shang dynasty, with years beginning on the first new moon after the winter solstice ) was in use until the middle of the 7th century, and that the beginning of the year was shifted back one month around 650 BC.

*** The Spring and Autumn Annals is chronologically the earliest annal ; consisting of about 16, 000 words, it records the events of the State of Lu from 722 BCE to 481 BCE, with implied condemnation of usurpations, murder, incest, etc.

**** The Zuo Zhuan ( Commentary of Zuo ) is a different report of the same events as the Spring and Autumn Annals with a few significant differences.

It covers a longer period than the Spring and Autumn Annals.

**** The Commentary of Gongyang, another surviving commentary on the same events ( see Spring and Autumn Annals ).

**** The Commentary of Guliang, another surviving commentary on the same events ( see Spring and Autumn Annals ).

* The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Sixteen Kingdoms, a historical record of the Sixteen Kingdoms, attributed to Cui Hong, is lost.

* The Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue, a historical record of the states of Wu and Yue during the period of Spring and Autumn, attributed to Zhao Ye.

* Annals of Spring and Autumn — China

In 784 Kammu authorised the teaching of a new course based on the Spring and Autumn Annals based on two newly imported commentaries: Kung-yang and Ku-liang.

Sima Tan wanted to follow the Annals of Spring and Autumn-the first chronicle in the history of Chinese literature.

This includes Chinese records Spring and Autumn Annals referring to a neighbouring people as Beidi.

* 645 BC — In the Chinese book of the Spring and Autumn Annals, it was recorded that on December 24 of this year there were five meteors seen in the sky over what is now northern Shanqiu County, Henan Province.

The Spring and Autumn Annals states that Sun Tzu was born in Qi, while the later Records of the Grand Historian ( Shiji ) states that Sun Tzu was a native of Wu.

* 613 BC, July – A Comet, possibly Comet Halley, is recorded in Spring and Autumn Annals by the Chinese

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Professors John Knoblock and Jeffrey Riegel, in their translation of Lü Buwei's Spring and Autumn Annals, call the story " patently false, meant both to libel Lü and to cast aspersions on the First Emperor.

Ma Fuxiang also published many books, and wrote on Confucianism and Islam, having studied both the Quran and the Spring and Autumn Annals.

# The Spring and Autumn Annals, a historical record of Confucius ' native state, Lu, from 722 to 479 BCE.

Its name comes from the Spring and Autumn Annals, a chronicle of the state of Lu between 722 and 479 BC, which tradition associates with Confucius.

Yugoslavia's communist ruler Joseph Broz Tito subdues the Croatian Spring movement and arrests its leaders, but does initiate major constitutional reform resulting in the 1974 Constitution which decentralized powers to the republics, gave them the official right to separate from Yugoslavia, and weakened the influence of Serbia ( Yugoslavia's largest and most populous constituent republic ) in the federation by granting significant powers to the Serbian autonomous provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina.

After a successful 4-Day Carnival Cruise show in the Bahamas alongside Post-grunge band Sponge it was announced that the band would kick off an official tour for the Spring of 2009, playing in venues along the California coastline, including the notorious Key Club, as well as various cities in Canada and North Carolina.

In addition to the official control cities of Galveston, Houston, and Dallas, I-45 serves a number of other communities, including La Marque, League City, Spring, The Woodlands, Conroe, Willis, Huntsville, Madisonville, Centerville, Buffalo, Fairfield, Corsicana, and Ennis.

* Borough of Spring Lake official website

* Borough of Spring Lake Heights official website

* Village of Cold Spring official website

* Village of Spring Valley official website

* Roaring Spring official website

The official main street of Spring Hill is also called Tennessee State Highway 31, Columbia Pike, or Nashville Highway.

In Spring of 1986 when the university had not yet named the building in his memory four students ( Keith Tannenbaum, Jeffy Brenner, Joey Kuperberg and Space Mann ) nailed a sign with the name " Jarvis Hall " onto the side of the building as a show of support for the deceased astronaut, and in 1987 the name was made official with a dedication ceremony.

Since the Berber Spring in 1980, Kabyles have been at the forefront of the fight for the official recognition of the Berber language ( see Languages of Algeria ) and secularism ( laïcité ) in Algeria.

Also in 2009, students started a Kappa Sigma interest group which is now recognized as an official fraternity starting Spring 2012.

On July 17, 2007, The Washington Post reported that, as of Spring 2007, federal investigators were continuing to examine Weldon's official actions taken on behalf of his daughter Karen's lobbying clients.

Cloud Gate created numerous dances that evoked the unique experience of Taiwan people within the larger Chinese and Asian context, including such works as White Serpent Tale ( bai she zhuan ), an adaptation of a centerpiece of the Chinese folk canon, Legend of the White Snake ; Crossing the Ocean ( du hai ), a dance rich with layered references to generations of Chinese who have crossed the Taiwan Straits to reach Taiwan ; Liao Tianding, about a legendary Taiwanese Robin Hood character who foiled oppressive officials during the period of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan ; and Wu Feng, a long form piece with echoes of The Rite of Spring, about the Wu Feng Legend, concerning an official from the Chinese Mainland who was involved in early efforts to pacify aborigines in Taiwan.

A Qing official ordered three wells to be dug around the spring, and a structure constructed near the wells named " Lu Yu Hut " and the " Literary Spring ".

The official maximum loading for a single locomotive was seven carriages until 1977 when it was reduced to six ( SRN Spring 1978 ).

The CDP has no official status as a municipality and the boundaries defined by the Census Bureau may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the Spring Arbor area.

He served as a senior foreign policy official in the Obama administration, founding the State Department Office of Global Youth Issues and reporting to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as the United States ' first Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues during the Arab Spring revolutions.

For the rest of his political career Spring never held any significant post on a national level, and as a relatively conservative rural Labour man he fell out of step with the official line of the Labour Party, which moved significantly to the left during the 1960s and 1970s.

From there, the road becomes the official northern border between Spring Hill and unincorporated Brooksville as it approaches the Sand Hill Scout Reservation.

Later in Spring the official programme is published and the second, slightly less discounted tickets are available.

In 2009, The ARIAN BAND has released a single called " Here Comes Nowrooz, Here Comes Spring " for The Iranian Newyear be downloaded for free from their official website.

In Spring of 1922 Lenin suffered his first stroke, and Stalin, still being a People's Commissar for nationalities gained a new official chair as the General Secretary of the Communist Party.

His remix of " On The Beach " by York, also helped to propel that song into the UK Top Five in Spring 2000, when it was selected by the record company-Manifesto-to be used as the official radio edit.