597 BC e.

• 597 - Joachim refuses to pay tribute to Babylon . Babylonia subdues Judea. March 16 - The capture of Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem. The death of Joachim. Jehonia (Joachin), the son of Joachim, becomes king. Jehonia continues anti-Babylonian policy. Nebuchadnezzar begins the siege of Jerusalem. Jehonia capitulates. Nebuchadnezzar places on the throne of his protege Tsidkiyu (Zedekiah). The Captivity of Joachin.
• 597-586 - King of Judea Zedekiah , son of Josiah .

China

• The 12th year of the reign of Lusky Prince Xuan-gong ^[1] .
• In spring, the Chusan king surrounded the capital Zheng , the Zheng prince sent an ambassador to Jin for help. But after a 3-month siege, Zheng-bo (Prince Zheng) surrendered and met a Chuvsky van entering the city through the gates of Huangmen ("Tsarskie"), humiliating his "bare shoulder" and driving a ram. Van let him go and agreed to peace, withdrawing 30 li troops to the camp. Pan Wang drove into the capital of Zheng , and Zi-liang drove out as a hostage ^[2] .
• Chen Ling-gun was buried in the spring ^[3] .
• The Jin army came to the rescue of Zheng (the three armies were commanded by Xun Ling Fu, Sui Hui and Zhao Sho) and approached the Yellow River. There, they learned about Zheng ’s defeat, but still decided to cross over. The Chu troops wanted to water their horses with the waters of the Yellow River. According to L. S. Vasiliev , the parties were ready for peace, but provocations caused a clash. In the 6th moon, on the day of i-mao, in the battle of the Bi Army, Chu and Zheng defeated the Jinans, the commander Zhi Ying was captured. Then his father, Zhi Chuang Tzu, captured the Chuvsky prince Gu-chen. The Chu military commander Xiang-lao was killed. The Jins went to the Yellow River, the soldiers fought for the opportunity to cross, and "severed fingers were everywhere in the boats." The Chusians reached Hengyun, and then returned. After the defeat, Xun Ling-fu asked the prince to command his suicide, but Sui Hui dissuaded the prince ^[4] .
• The dignitaries proposed to Chusky van to build a hill from the bodies of dead enemies, but he preferred to build a temple on the battlefield. The rulers Zheng and Xu arrived in Chu and congratulated Wang on his victory. ^[5]
• Ruler Chu became a hegemon and led the Zhuhou alliance ^[6] (Vasiliev considers the Shi Ji data on hegemony to be completely unrealistic ^[7] ).
• Chapter 43 “ Shi Ji ” sets out a detailed novelized version, which has clear contradictions in the chronology. According to her, in 597 (the 3rd year of Jing-gong), a dignitary of the Sykou Tu An-gu began to advise punishing the Zhao clan for the crime of Zhao Dong in 607. Han Que advised Zhao Sho to flee, but he refused. Then Tu An-gu, led by military leaders, attacked the Zhao clan in the Lower Palace and killed Zhao Sho, Zhao Tong, Zhao Ko, Zhao Ying-qi and their relatives. The pregnant wife Zhao Shou (the eldest sister of Cheng-gong) took refuge in the gong palace and gave birth to a boy. His enemies were looking for him, and Cheng Ying's family friend found the common man’s son and passed him off as an orphan, after which he passed him off to the enemies who killed him and rejoiced, and hid the boy in the mountains ^[8] . Meanwhile, it is known that Zhao Koh was a commander in 588, and executed with Zhao Tong in 583. Thus, the history of the extermination of the entire family is clearly of a folklore character (in the Yuan era it was set forth in the play “ An Orphan from the Zhao Family ”), in fact, only Zhao Sho was executed in 597.
• The Chusians marched on Xiao, Song and Cao tried to defend him, but to no avail ^[7] . In the 12th moon, on the day of the Yin-Yin, the Chu prince joined Xiao ^[9] .
• On the 12th moon, the ambassadors Jin , Song , Wei, and Cao entered into an agreement in Qing-qiu (locality in Wei) ^[10] .
• In the 12th moon, the Suns attacked Chen ^[11] . The Weits, on the advice of the dignitary Kun Da, helped the Chans ^[12] .