- Teng (state)
The State of Teng (zh-cp|c=滕國|p=Ténggúo, ca. 1046 BC – 414 BC) was a small Chinese state that existed during the
Spring and Autumn Period and theWarring States Period of Chinese Antiquity. It was located in the south of modern-dayShandong province. Its territory is now the county-level city ofTengzhou .The
ancestral name of Teng's ruling family was Ji. The state was conquered and annexed by the State of Yue during the reign ofKing Goujian of Yue (reigned 496 BC – 465 BC).The small state of Teng was a vassal of State of Lu and is famed as the birthplace of the Chinese philosopher
Mozi (Micius) and architectLu Ban . The name of the state survives in both the city of Tengzhou and theChinese surname Teng .
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