During the last stage of Zhou (the Chunqiu period and the Warring States period [China]), lords of various places which had been ruled by Zhou began to administer independently and assimilated into their own territory and surrounding regions.
周の後期（春秋時代・戦国時代(中国)）には、周に封建制されていた諸侯が各自の国内・周辺地域に対する政治支配と同化を進めた。