Sack of Haojing and the Move to Luoyang (events of 771 BCE and aftermath)

1. King You deposes Queen Shen and Yijiu

   Jan 1, 779 BCELabels: King You, Queen Shen

   • Britannica
   • King You

2. Shen and allies bring Quanrong against Zhou

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: Marquess of, Quanrong

   • Haojing
   • King You

3. Battle near Mount Li and sack of Haojing

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: Haojing, Mount Li

   • Mount Li
   • Fenghao

4. King You killed; Bao Si captured

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: King You, Bao Si

   • King You
   • Haojing

5. Court abandons Fenghao capital complex

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: Fenghao, Wei River

   • Fenghao
   • Haojing

6. Luoyi/Luoyang recognized as Zhou royal center

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: Luoyi, Zhou kings

   • Luoyang
   • ChinaDaily HN

7. Aftermath remembered as Western-to-Eastern Zhou watershed

   Jan 1, 771 BCELabels: Western Zhou, Eastern Zhou

   • Britannica Zhou
   • Fenghao

8. Yijiu proclaimed King Ping by key nobles

   Jan 1, 770 BCELabels: Yijiu, Shen nobility

   • Eastern Zhou
   • King You

9. Rival Zhou claimant established at Xie (traditional)

   Jan 1, 770 BCELabels: Xie claimant, Yuchen

   • King Xie
   • Tsinghua Slips

10. Royal capital relocated east to Chengzhou/Luoyi

    Jan 1, 770 BCELabels: Chengzhou, King Ping

    • Britannica Zhou
    • Luoyang
    • Eastern Zhou

11. Eastern Zhou era begins; royal authority diminishes

    Jan 1, 770 BCELabels: Eastern Zhou, Zhou king

    • Britannica Zhou
    • Eastern Zhou

12. Competing claimants resolved with King Xie’s death

    Jan 1, 750 BCELabels: King Xie, Xie

    • King Xie
    • Eastern Zhou