Ba (state)

The Ba - state (Chinese巴 国, Pinyin Baguo ) was a political entity in China at the time of the Warring States Period. 316 BC it was subjected, together with the State of Shu- Qin State. In contrast to Qin Shu and the Kingdom of the Ba was not firmly entrenched state but a loose alliance of tribes. The Book of the Later Han (后 汉书/后 汉书, Hou Hanshu ) under the leadership of the tribe, according to the tribes of Ba Fan (樊), Sheng (瞫), Xiang (相) and Zheng (郑) had joined forces. The Pu (濮), Zong (賨), Ju (苴), Gong (龚), Nu (奴), rank (獽), Yi (夷) and Dan (蜑) were annexed.

The Ba 703 BC were first mentioned as allies of the State of Chu. Then they rose up against Chu and destroyed 676 or 675 BCE its capital.

Since the 5th century BC, the Alliance area of ​​Ba covered the eastern part of the Sichuan Basin and the adjacent uplands to the valley of the Han. The tribes subsisted more on hunting and fishing as from agriculture and knew no irrigation.

The first capital of Ba in Sichuan was Yicheng in Hubei, where the Ba settled. But there were other political centers: Pingdu, Zhi, Jiangzhou, Dianjiang and Langzhong.