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|conventional_long_name = State of Pi
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|government_type = Monarchy
|year_start = 11th Century BCE
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|capital = Xuecheng (薛城), 30 km south of [[Tengzhou]], Shandong Province<br />Lower Pi (下邳), North east of [[Pizhou]] City, Shandong Province<br />Upper Pi (上邳), West of the [[Xuecheng District]], Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province
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|religion = [[Chinese folk religion]], [[ancestor worship]], [[Taoism]] 
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'''Pi''' ({{zh|c=邳}}) was a [[Zhou dynasty]] (1045–256 BCE) [[State (Ancient China)|vassal state]] in ancient China. Also known as Xue ({{zh|c=薛}}), Pi was ruled by members of the ''Ren'' (任) family.

Its progenitor [[Xi Zhong]] (奚仲), had been the Minister of Chariots (车正) for [[Yu the Great]] during the [[Xia dynasty]] ({{Circa|2070 BC}} &ndash; 1600 BCE)<ref>''[[Zuo Zhuan]] First Year of Duke Ding of Lu.''</ref> who was given land at the confluence of the [[Dan River (China)|Dan]] (丹水) and Yi Rivers (沂水) in the southern part of modern-day [[Shandong]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://iask.sina.com.cn/b/9293037.html |title=Vassal state land grants during the Western Zhou Dynasty (西周所分封的诸侯国)|language=Chinese|accessdate=October 29, 2010}}</ref>

During the [[Western Zhou]] dynasty (1046–771 BCE), the State of Pi shares a border with the [[Song (state)|State of Song]] to the east and the [[Tan (state)|State of Tan]] (郯国) to the north.

==History==
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[[Oracle bone]] inscriptions dating to the [[Shang dynasty]] (1600&ndash;1046 BCE) show the Chinese characters “丕” and “邑” (''literally: grand city'') side by side; these were later combined into the single form “邳”.

In the [[Shang dynasty]] (1600–1046 BC), Pi was at war with the imperial court in order to resist their attempts to govern the state. Later on, Pi was defeated by the [[Peng (state)|State of Peng]]. In 418 BCE the [[Qi (state)|State of Qi]] moved into Xue's territory forcing its inhabitants to move south into Lower Pi (邳下), which was located on the lower reaches of the [[Si River]]. Upper Pi (邳上) lay to the north along the same river. The state was eventually overthrown by the [[Chu (state)|State of Chu]].

With its history of more than 1,500 years, Pi made an important contribution to the development of the eastern [[Xuzhou]] region.

==References==
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