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CHU

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Chu

 or Ch'u

One of the states contending for power in China, 770–221 BC. Chu emerged in the 8th century BC in the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) valley. It struggled with other states for supreme control over China in the 3rd century BC but lost out to Qin, which formed the first great Chinese empire.


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But let them once be brought to bay, and they will display the courage of a Chu or a Kuei.
 
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