Yue (state)

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State of Yue 越
?–306 BC
Map of the Chinese plain in the 5th century BC. The state of Yue is located in the southeast corner.
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Kuaiji, later Wu
Government	Monarchy
King
• 496–465 BC	Goujian
Historical era	Spring and Autumn period Warring States period
• Established	?
• Conquered by Chu	306 BC
Succeeded by Minyue Chu

Yue
"Yue" in seal script (top) and modern (bottom) Chinese characters
Chinese	越
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuè Gwoyeu Romatzyh Yueh Wade–Giles Yüeh4 IPA [ɥê] Wu Suzhounese Yuíh Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Yuht Jyutping Jyut6 IPA [jyːt̚˨] Southern Min Tâi-lô Ua̍t Old Chinese Baxter (1992) *wjat Baxter–Sagart (2014) *[ɢ]ʷat

Yue (Chinese: 越, Old Chinese: *[ɢ]ʷat), also known as Yuyue (于越), was a state in ancient China which existed during the first millennium BC – the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods of China's Zhou dynasty – in the modern provinces of Zhejiang, Shanghai and Jiangsu. Its original capital was Kuaiji (modern Shaoxing); after its conquest of Wu, Yue relocated its court north to the city of Wu (modern-day Suzhou). Yue was conquered by Chu in 306 BC.