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Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 340s BC 330s BC 320s BC 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 304 BC 303 BC 302 BC 301 BC 300 BC 299 BC 298 BC 297 BC 296 BC 295 BC 294 BC Births Deaths Events Qin attacks 8 cities of Chu. Chu then sent an envoy to ask the King of Huai to go to Qin to negotiate peace. Qu Yuan risked his life to go up to the court to weigh the consequences to persuade K ...

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