AsovereignandpoliticianoftheStateofJinduringtheSpringandAutumnperiod,DukeWen(697BC——628BC)ofJin,alsocalledChongEr,hasbeenregardedasoneoftheFiveHegenomsoftheSpringandAutumnperiod.At62,whenheended19yearsinexile,hereturnedtoJinasDukeWen.Uponreturninghome,hestraightenedoutthestateaffairsandstrengthenedhisarmy,thusestablishingthesupremacyofJin.ThehistoricallyfamousBattleofChengpufoughtbetweenJinandChuhadconsolidatedhisoverlordshipoverotherstates.
