Spring and Autumn Period (771-453 BCE)
In 771 the Quanrong nomads drove the Zhou out of the Wei River valley and killed the king. Marquis Wen of Jin (晉文侯), the eleventh marquis of Jin, supported King Ping of Zhou by killing his rival, King Xie of Zhou, an act that King Ping heavily rewarded him for.
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