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List of Chinese wars and battles
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The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date.[1][2]
Ancient China
| Year(s) | Event | Brief description |
|---|---|---|
| 26th century BCE | Battle of Banquan | The Yellow Emperor defeats the Yan Emperor.[citation needed] |
| 26th century BCE | Battle of Zhuolu | The Yellow Emperor defeats Chi You and establishes the Han Chinese civilization.[citation needed] |
| 1675 BCE | Battle of Mingtiao | The Xia dynasty is overthrown and replaced by the Shang dynasty.[citation needed] |
| 1046 BCE | Battle of Muye | The Shang dynasty is overthrown and replaced by the Zhou dynasty. |
| c. 1042–1039 BCE | Rebellion of the Three Guards | The Zhou dynasty defeats the discontented Zhou princes, and their Shang loyalist allies. |
| 771 BCE | Battle of Mount Li (Lishan) | King You of Zhou is killed and the Western Zhou dynasty ends. |
| 739–678 BCE | Jin–Quwo wars | Dynastic struggles between two branches of Jin's ruling house |
| 707 BCE | Battle of Xuge | The Eastern Zhou dynasty is defeated by the vassal Zheng state. |
| 701–680 BCE | Zheng war of succession | Caused by the death of Duke Zhuang of Zheng[3][4] |
| 685 BCE | Battle of Qianshi | The Qi state defeats the Lu state.[5] |
| 684 BCE | Battle of Changshao | The Lu state defeats the Qi state |
| 657–651 BCE | Li Ji Unrest | War about the future succession of Duke Xian of Jin |
| 643–642 BCE | War of Qi's succession | Caused by the death of Duke Huan of Qi |
| 635 BCE | War of the Zhou succession | Jin state assisted King Xiang of Zhou against his brother, Prince Dai, who claimed the Zhou throne |
| 632 BCE | Battle of Chengpu | The Jin state defeats the Chu state. |
| 627 BCE | Battle of Xiao | The Jin defeats Qin. |
| 595 BCE | Battle of Bi | The Chu state defeats the Jin state. |
| 589 BCE | Battle of An | The Jin state defeats the Qi state. |
| 575 BC | Battle of Yanling | The Jin state defeats the Chu state. |
| 506 BCE | Battle of Boju | The Wu state defeats the Chu state. |
| 4th century BCE | Gojoseon–Yan War | The Yan state defeats the Gojoseon kingdom. |
| 494 BCE | Battle of Fujiao | The Wu state defeats the Yue state. |
| c. 481–403 BCE | Partition of Jin | Series of wars between rival noble families of Jin, who eventually sought to divide the state's territory amongst themselves at the expense of Jin's ruling house. The state was definitively carved up between the successor states of Zhao, Wei and Han in 376 BCE. |
| 478 BCE | Battle of Lize | The Yue state defeats the Wu state. |
| 453 BCE | Battle of Jinyang | The Zhao state defeats the Zhi state. Leads to the Partition of Jin. |
| c. 403–221 BCE | Warring States period | Series of dynastic interstate and intrastate wars during the Eastern Zhou dynasty over succession and territory |
| 370–367 BCE | War of the Wei succession | Caused by the death of Marquess Wu of Wei |
| 354–353 BCE | Battle of Guiling | The Qi state defeats the Wei state. |
| 342 BCE | Battle of Maling | The Qi state defeats the Wei state. |
| 341 BCE | Battle of Guailing | |
| 293 BCE | Battle of Yique | The Qin state defeats the Wei and Han states. |
| 269 BCE | Battle of Yanyu | |
| 265 BCE | Zhao–Xiongnu War | The Zhao state defeats the Xiongnu |
| 260 BCE | Battle of Changping | The Qin state defeats the Zhao state. |
| 259–257 BCE | Battle of Handan | The allied forces of Zhao, Wei and Chu defeats the Qin. |
| 230–221 BCE | Qin's wars of unification | The Qin state conquers the six other major states in China and unifies the country under the Qin dynasty. |