Dai | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 代國 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 代国 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | State of Dai | ||||||||
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Dai was a state which existed in northern Hebei during the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history. Its eponymous capital was located north of the Zhou Kingdom in what is now Yu County. It was apparently established by the people known to the ancient Chinese as the Baidi or "White Barbarians". They traded livestock and other goods between Central Asia and the Zhou states prior to their conquest by the Zhao clan of Jin.