page_title: Cai (state)
hierarchical_section_title: Cai (state)
caption_attribution_description: English: Map showing major principalities (vassal states) of Eastern Zhou dynasty 中文（中国大陆）‎: 东周列国，主要诸侯国示意地图
context_page_description: Cài was an ancient Chinese state established at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, rising to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period, and destroyed early in the Warring States period.
context_section_description: Cài (Chinese: 蔡; Old Chinese: *s.r̥ˤat-s) was an ancient Chinese state established at the beginning of the Zhou dynasty, rising to prominence during the Spring and Autumn period, and destroyed early in the Warring States period.
caption: Cai is in the central plain, near Chu, Chen and Zheng
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