Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 6th century BC ==
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| 600 <small>BC</small> || || [[Knife money]] came into use.
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| [[595 BC|595 <small>BC</small>]] || || ''[[Battle of Bi]]'': [[Chu (state)|Chu]] decisively defeated [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] at Bi, near modern [[Xingyang]].
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| [[586 BC|586 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Ding of Zhou|Ding]] died.
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| [[585 BC|585 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Ding of Zhou|Ding's]] son [[King Jian of Zhou]] became king of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| [[575 BC|575 <small>BC</small>]] || || ''[[Battle of Yanling]]'': A numerically superior [[Chu (state)|Chu]] force was defeated by [[Jin (Chinese state)|Jin]] in modern [[Yanling County, Henan|Yanling County]].  [[King Gong of Chu]] was injured.
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| [[572 BC|572 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Jian of Zhou|Jian]] died.
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| [[571 BC|571 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Jian of Zhou|Jian's]] son [[King Ling of Zhou]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| [[551 BC|551 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[Confucius]] was born.
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| [[548 BC|548 <small>BC</small>]] || || The earliest surviving reference to [[Go (game)|Go]] appeared.
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| [[545 BC|545 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Ling of Zhou|Ling]] died.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | [[544 BC|544 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Ling of Zhou|Ling's]] son [[King Jing of Zhou (Gui)|Ji Gui, King Jing of Zhou]] became king of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| || The Chinese people were first divided into a [[caste]] system of [[four occupations]].
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| [[543 BC|543 <small>BC</small>]] || || The [[Zheng (state)|Zheng]] prime minister [[Zichan]] established the state's first written civil code.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 520 <small>BC</small> || || [[King Jing of Zhou (Gui)|Ji Gui]] died.  He was succeeded by his son [[King Dao of Zhou]].
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| || [[King Dao of Zhou|Dao]] was murdered by his brother.
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| [[519 BC|519 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Dao of Zhou|Dao's]] brother [[King Jing of Zhou (Gai)|Ji Gai, King Jing of Zhou]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of the [[Zhou dynasty]].
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| [[515 BC|515 <small>BC</small>]] || || The [[Wu (state)|Wu]] [[Chinese sovereign|king]] [[King Liao of Wu|Liao]] was killed by the assassin [[Zhuan Zhu]].
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| [[514 BC|514 <small>BC</small>]] || || [[King Helü of Wu]] became [[Chinese sovereign|king]] of [[Wu (state)|Wu]].
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| [[506 BC|506 <small>BC</small>]] || || ''[[Battle of Boju]]'': [[Wu (state)|Wu]] decisively defeated a numerically superior [[Chu (state)|Chu]] force at [[Macheng|Boju]].
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