Song (state)

Song 宋
11th century BC–286 BC
Map of Zhou dynasty states, including Song
Status	State
Capital	Shangqiu (商丘)
Religion	Chinese folk religion, ancestor worship, Taoism
Government	Monarchy
History
• Established	11th century BC
• Conquered by Qi	286 BC
Currency	Chinese coin
Succeeded by Qi (state)

Song
"Song" in ancient seal script (top) and modern regular (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese	宋
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Song was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty with its capital at Shangqiu. The state was founded soon after King Wu of Zhou conquered the Shang dynasty to establish the Zhou dynasty in 1046 BC. It was conquered by the state of Qi in 286 BC, during the Warring States period. Confucius is traditionally considered to have been a descendant of a Song nobleman who moved to the state of Lu.^[1]