Xu (state)
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The State of Xu was an independent Huaiyi state of the Chinese Bronze Age that was ruled by the Ying family (嬴) and controlled much of the Huai River valley for at least two centuries. It was centered in northern Jiangsu and Anhui.
Xu was centered in the Huai River valley
Bronze ding cast by Yin, the yaoyin (official in charge of sacrifice) of Xu, who was exiled in the Yue kingdom, unearthed in Shaoxing, 1982. Its 44-character inscription records Yin's ambition to restore the vanquished Xu kingdom.
Western Zhou
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The Western Zhou was a period of Chinese history, approximately first half of the Zhou dynasty, before the period of the Eastern Zhou. It began when King Wu of Zhou overthrew the Shang dynasty at the Battle of Muye and ended when Quanrong pastoralists sacked its capital Haojing and killed King You of Zhou in 771 BC.
States of the Western Zhou dynasty
Bronze pot, 3rd Year of King Yì (896 BCE), Western Zhou Dynasty. Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. Baoji Zhouyuan Museum
Western Zhou jade figure
Bronze helmet, Zhou dynasty