Biyang Kingdom
Biyang Kingdom was a historical Chinese state
"The 'Zuo Zhuan' refers to the state as Biyang, while the 'Guliang Zhuan' refers to it as Fu Yang, which was a vassal state during the Spring and Autumn period. It was eventually destroyed by a coalition of states, and its territory was annexed by the State of Song.
Biyang was an obscure and little-known state. In the tenth year of Duke Xiang of Lu, which is the spring of 563 BC, the states of Lu, Jin, Qi, Song, Wei, and Cao, met with envoys from Wu, who had come from the southeast, at the place near Fu Yang known as Zha. After the meeting, the participating lords formed a coalition army and besieged Fu Yang. Fu Yang put up a tenacious resistance, and after several months of fighting, with the coalition expending significant efforts, Fu Yang was not conquered until the fifth month of summer. The commander of the coalition forces, a noble from Jin, presented the land of Fu Yang to the monarch of the State of Song. zh:偪阳国 Tong Shuye believes that from the lords’ meeting with Wu at Zha to the coalition's destruction of Fu Yang and its annexation by Song, the goal of states like Jin was to open up a corridor between the Central Plains' lords and Wu, thereby better supporting Wu in its struggle against Chu. This would contain Chu's energies, allowing Jin to gain the upper hand in the contest for supremacy with Chu. The State of Fu Yang was strategically situated on the essential route from the Central Plains to Wu, thus Jin orchestrated the downfall of Fu Yang."
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