State · 841 – 681 BCE
Shen Guo
A state of 841 – 681 BCE — 160 years. It replaced Xie Guo. It was replaced by Chu (state). Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was conquered by Chu state and became one.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 160 years
- 841 BCE – 681 BCE
- Rulers
- 1
- the king
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Xie Guo · replaces
After it
- Chu (state) · replaced by · 722 – 223 BCE
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Chu state and became one. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn period, the Shen state was annexed by the Chu state and became one of its counties.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of king.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count of Shen | 841 BCE – — | no end recorded | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 841 BCE – 841 BCE. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood160 years
stood longer than 57% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Theories that apply to its ending
Of 3 theories of why states fall, 1 has every condition present at this ending; each is applied by its own logic, condition by condition, and whether its authors named this case is a footnote.
Dynastic cycle and the decay of group feeling
Ibn Khaldun 1377 · Turchin & Nefedov 2009
Applies by its own logic: the condition it names held here, and this is the kind of outcome it predicts — adverse regime change or the state's ending.
- the state 90 to 160 years old — ageBand 160
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 857 BCE – 665 BCE, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 761 BCE, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1056772 (CC0) · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.