Slave society is one of the five social forms of Marxism.

Marxism believes that with the development of stone tools, the appearance of metal tools and the further development of production, labor productivity has been greatly improved. In addition to maintaining people's lives, social products began to have surplus. On the one hand, the emergence of surplus products makes it possible for some people to get rid of heavy manual labor and specialize in social management and cultural and scientific activities, thus promoting the development of production; On the other hand, it also prepared conditions for the emergence of private ownership.

With the emergence of private ownership, the exploiting class and the exploited class appeared in the society, the primitive society began to disintegrate and the slave society came into being. Slaves are regarded as the property of slave owners and can be bought and sold freely; Slave owners can force slaves to work, and labor activities must be dominated by slaves, without remuneration and personal freedom. In a human society, if most workers in the field of material production are slaves, then this social form is a slave society.

From the establishment of the Xia Dynasty in the 2nd/Kloc-0th century BC to the end of the Spring and Autumn Period in 476 BC, China was a slave society.

Xia, founded by Yu's son Qi, was the earliest slave country in China. In the 6th century BC, when Wang Xia Jie was in power, Shang Tang led his troops to perish.

The Shang Dynasty from16th century BC to 1 1 th century BC was the development period of slave society. Agriculture and handicraft industry were developed in Shang dynasty, and the level of bronze smelting and casting was high. The written history of China began in Shang Dynasty. During the reign of Shang Zhouwang, Zhou Wuwang led the army to attack, and the business died.

The Western Zhou Dynasty from 1 1 BC to 77 1 BC was the prosperous period of slave society. Western Zhou rulers practiced enfeoffment system and jingtian system. During the reign, there was a "China Uprising", and the regime was in charge of Zhou and Zhao Ergong. In 77 1 year BC, the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed by dogs.

During the Spring and Autumn Period from 770 BC to 476 BC, the slave society gradually disintegrated. During this period, the Zhou royal family declined and the princes competed for hegemony. Due to the use of ironware and the appearance of Niu Geng, productivity increased and private land increased, which led to the gradual disintegration of the Jingtian system based on the state-owned land of slavery, and the collapse of slavery, which was replaced by feudalism. During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a cultural prosperity.