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278 BC

278 BC — China: The Chu poet Qu Yuan wrote Lament for Ying and drowned himself in the Miluo River because he could not bear his exile any long or to his despair for the state of his fellow countrymen

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KoreaOld Chosŏn 2333 BC–108 BCChinaWarring States period 476 BC–221 BCJapanYayoi period 300 BC–250United States
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  • The Chu poet Qu Yuan wrote Lament for Ying and drowned himself in the Miluo River because he could not bear his exile any long or to his despair for the state of his fellow countrymen
  • Qin conquered the Chu capital Ying.
  • BC280秦將司馬錯攻陷楚國黔中，楚國割讓漢北及上庸予秦。
  • BC279楚國於鄢之戰敗於秦軍。
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covered from 1607