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Shu Han (Traditional Chinese: ??, pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Shu Hàn), sometimes known as the Kingdom of Shu (? shu) was one of the Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms period is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors....
 competing for control of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 after the fall of the Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
, based on areas around Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 which was then known as Shu
Shu (state)

Shu was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan, China. Shu derived its power from the Chengdu Plain, with its territory primarily in the central and western Sichuan basin, as well as in the upper Han River ....
. Some historians argue it is the last Han dynasty because Liu Bei
Liu Bei

Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
 is directly related to the Han sovereignty. The other two states were Cao Wei
Cao Wei

Cao Wei was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period. With the capital at Lu?y?ng, the empire was established by Cao Pi in 220, based upon the foundations that his father Cao Cao laid....
 in central and northern China, and Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu

Eastern Wu , also known as Sun Wu , was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty in the Jiangnan region of China....
 in southern and southeastern China.

ng the decline of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei
Liu Bei

Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
, a distant relative of the emperor, gathered together many capable men, and with Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang was Chancellor of China of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....
's advice, took parts of Jing province at first, then Yi province
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 and Hanzhong
Hanzhong

Hanzhong is a city in Shaanxi province, in central China. The population in 2004 was approximately 3.7 million....
.






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Shu Han (Traditional Chinese: ??, pinyin
Pinyin

Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most commonly used Romanization system for Standard Mandarin. Hanyu is the Chinese Language, and pinyin means "phonetics", or more literally, "spelling sound" or "spelled sound"....
: Shu Hàn), sometimes known as the Kingdom of Shu (? shu) was one of the Three Kingdoms
Three Kingdoms

The Three Kingdoms period is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors....
 competing for control of China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
 after the fall of the Han Dynasty
Han Dynasty

The Han Dynasty followed the Qin Dynasty and preceded the Three Kingdoms in China. The Han Dynasty was ruled by the family known as the Liu clan who had peasant origins....
, based on areas around Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 which was then known as Shu
Shu (state)

Shu was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan, China. Shu derived its power from the Chengdu Plain, with its territory primarily in the central and western Sichuan basin, as well as in the upper Han River ....
. Some historians argue it is the last Han dynasty because Liu Bei
Liu Bei

Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
 is directly related to the Han sovereignty. The other two states were Cao Wei
Cao Wei

Cao Wei was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period. With the capital at Lu?y?ng, the empire was established by Cao Pi in 220, based upon the foundations that his father Cao Cao laid....
 in central and northern China, and Eastern Wu
Eastern Wu

Eastern Wu , also known as Sun Wu , was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty in the Jiangnan region of China....
 in southern and southeastern China.

History

During the decline of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei
Liu Bei

Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
, a distant relative of the emperor, gathered together many capable men, and with Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang was Chancellor of China of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....
's advice, took parts of Jing province at first, then Yi province
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 and Hanzhong
Hanzhong

Hanzhong is a city in Shaanxi province, in central China. The population in 2004 was approximately 3.7 million....
. From these territories, he established a place for himself in China during Han's final years. In 219
219

Events...
, Lü Meng
Lü Meng

L? Meng was a renowned officer under Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He served as the commanding general in the L? Meng's invasion of Jing Province that led to the death of Guan Yu....
 attacked and conquered Jing province for Sun Quan
Sun Quan

Sun Quan , son of Sun Jian, courtesy name Zh?ngm?u , formally Emperor Da of Wu was the founder of Eastern Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period, in China....
. Subsequently, Liu Bei's trusted general Guan Yu
Guan Yu

Guan Yu was a general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the Shu Han, of which Liu Bei was the first emperor....
 was executed by Sun Quan. After Cao Pi
Cao Pi

Cao Pi , formally Emperor Wen of Wei , courtesy name Zihuan , was born in Qiao County, Pei Commandery . He was the second son of the China politician and poet Cao Cao and was the first Emperor of China and the real founder of Cao Wei , one of the Three Kingdoms....
 seized the imperial throne in 220
220

EventsBy PlaceRoman Empire* The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans.* An Indian delegation visits Roman emperor Elagabalus....
 from Emperor Xian and proclaimed the Wei Dynasty, Liu Bei proclaimed himself to be the next Han emperor and the real ruler of China in 221. Although Liu Bei is said to be the founder of the Shu Han dynasty, he himself never claimed to be the founder of a new dynasty; rather, he claimed to continue the heritage of the earlier Han Emperors.

In 222
222

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, the first major conflict of the Three Kingdoms period began. Liu Bei initiated an attack of over 40,000 men upon Sun Quan's state of Eastern Wu in the Battle of Yiling to retake Jing province. However, because of a grave tactical mistake, his line of camps was burned to the ground and his already numerically inferior troops were decimated. He survived the attack and fled to Baidicheng, but one year later he became ill and died there. He was succeeded by his son, Liu Shan
Liu Shan

Liu Shan, , was the second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. As he ascended the throne at the young age of sixteen, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of a group of veteran ministers, including the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretary Li Yan ....
.

The Chancellor of Shu
Chancellor of China

The Chancellor , variously translated as Prime Minister, Premier or Chief Councillor, was a generic name given to the highest-ranking official in the imperial government in ancient China....
, Zhuge Liang
Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang was Chancellor of China of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....
, made peace with Wu instead of taking revenge. He decided that it was more important to conquer Cao Wei and not only gain the fertile lands of the north but also to topple the Wei government and restore legitimacy to the Shu-Han Dynasty. He made several invasions to the north but failed each time, finally dying of sickness during his sixth attempt to conquer Wei. Jiang Wei
Jiang Wei

Jiang Wei was a military general and later regent of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was originally a Cao Wei middle-level military officer, but because his mother was captured by Shu Han strategist Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei joined him on Zhuge's first Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions against Cao Wei in 228....
, his eventual successor, also tried many times but was pushed back each time.

In 263
263

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, Wei took advantage of Shu's weakness and attacked. The brilliant strategies of the Wei generals, Zhong Hui
Zhong Hui

Zhong Hui, , courtesy name Shiji , was a military general during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was the son of Zhong Yao, a Chinese calligrapher and military officer for Cao Wei....
 and Deng Ai
Deng Ai

Deng Ai was a talented general of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of China. It was said that whenever he saw a hill or wide valley, he would immediately size up the best places to store grain and position troops....
 led to the quick conquest of Hanzhong and the subsequent conquest of the capital Chengdu
Chengdu

Chengdu , located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan provinces of China and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in Southwestern China....
. Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui and tried to incite Zhong Hui to rebel against Deng Ai, hoping to revive Shu Han by trying to take advantage of the ensuing chaos and bringing back the Emperor Liu Shan. However, his plan failed and he was killed along with Zhong Hui and Deng Ai by their soldiers. Afterwards, the Emperor Liu Shan was taken to the capital of Wei, Luoyang
Luoyang

Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of China, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast....
, where he was given the title Duke of Anle (???; meaning Duke of Comfort) and retired in peace. Many refugees such as nobles and troops fled west to Sasanian Persia when Shu Han fell in 263AD.

However, Shu was not simply a nation of war. During times of peace, Shu began many irrigation
Irrigation

Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. In crop production it is mainly used in dry areas and in periods of rainfall shortfalls, but also to protect plants against frost....
 and road-building projects designed to improve the economy of Shu. Many of these public works still exist and are widely used. For example, the Nine-Mile Dam
Zipingpu

File:IMG 2633 - Zipingpu Dam.jpgZipingpu Water Control Project is a hydro-electric and irrigation system near the city of Dujiangyan City, Sichuan Province in southwest China....
 (Zipungpu Water Control Project) is still present near Chengdu
Chengdu

Chengdu , located in southwest People's Republic of China, is the capital of Sichuan provinces of China and a sub-provincial city. Chengdu is also one of the most important economic centers and transportation and communication hubs in Southwestern China....
 in Sichuan
Sichuan

is a Province in western China proper with its capital in Chengdu. The current name of the province, ?? , is an abbreviation of ??? , or "Four circuit #Circuits in East Asia of rivers", which is itself abbreviated from ???? , or "Four circuits of rivers and gorges", named after the division of the existing circuit into four during the Song...
 province. These works helped improve the economy of Southwest China and can be credited with beginning the history of economic activity in the Sichuan area. It also allowed trade with Southern China, ruled by Eastern Wu.

Important figures

  • Chen Dao
    Chen Dao

    Chen Dao was a famed military general during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Chen Dao joined Liu Bei of Shu Han at Yu. He fought numerous amounts of battles across the land....
  • Chen Shi
    Chen Shi

    Chen Shi was an advisor and general for the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was captured at the Battle of Mount Dingjun by Cao Wei, but was exchanged for Shu's prisoner, Xiahou Shang....
  • Chen Shou
    Chen Shou

    Chen Shou , born in Nanchong, Sichuan, was the author of the Sanguo Zhi, a historical account of the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was once an officer from the Shu Han of Three Kingdoms....
  • Chen Zhen
  • Deng Zhi
    Deng Zhi

    Deng Zhi was a minister serving under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era of China. After the death of his lord Liu Bei, he was the one who was tasked to send an envoy to Eastern Wu to seal an alliance with them, which ended in success, which included the release of Zhang Yi ....
  • Dong Yun
    Dong Yun

    Dong Yun was a minister for Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Dong Yun was one of the four very famous prime ministers under Shu, which also included Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan, and Fei Yi....
  • Empress Wu
    Empress Wu (Zhaolie)

    Empress Wu , formally Empress Mu was an empress of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the last wife and the only empress of Liu Bei, the founding emperor of Shu Han, and the younger sister of Wu Yi ....
  • Empress Zhang (former)
    Empress Zhang (Liu Shan, former)

    Empress Zhang , formally Empress Jing'ai was an empress of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the daughter of Zhang Fei and his wife Lady Xiahou, and the first wife of Liu Shan, the second emperor of Shu Han....
  • Empress Zhang (later)
    Empress Zhang (Liu Shan, later)

    Empress Zhang was an empress of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. She was the daughter of Zhang Fei and his wife Lady Xiahou, and the second wife of Liu Shan, the second emperor of Shu Han....
  • Fa Zheng
    Fa Zheng

    Fa Zh?ng , courtesy name Xi?ozh? , was an advisor for Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was born in 176 AD during the fall of the Han Dynasty....
  • Fei Yi
    Fei Yi

    Fei Yi , courtesy name Wenwei , was an official of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He served as regent after Jiang Wan....
  • Fu Qian
    Fu Qian

    Fu Qian was an officer of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China and the son of the Shu general, Fu Tong. In the Romance of Three Kingdoms, Fu Qian was accredited for killing both Li Peng and Wang Zhen during battle, and following a certain attack by Cao Wei on the Yangping Pass, Fu Qian defended it with his greatest of skills....
  • Fu Shiren
    Fu Shiren

    Fu Shiren was a general under Liu Bei during the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He originally came from Guangyang.Fu Shiren served at Gong'an as a general under the command of Guan Yu, serving Liu Bei....
  • Fu Tong
    Fu Tong

    Fu Tong was an officer of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms Period. Fu Tong was a very high classed warrior under the Kingdom of Shu Han, in which he ferociously fought against hordes under the Kingdom of Wu....
  • Guan Ping
    Guan Ping

    Guan Ping was the first son of the famed 3rd century military general Guan Yu and elder brother of Guan Xing. He had served a military post under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
  • Guan Xing
    Guan Xing

    Guan Xing was an officer for the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was the second son of the military general Guan Yu and the younger brother of Guan Ping....
  • Guan Yu
    Guan Yu

    Guan Yu was a general under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the Shu Han, of which Liu Bei was the first emperor....
  • Huang Zhong
    Huang Zhong

    Huang Zhong was a leading military general of the Shu Han during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He was most noted for his victory in the Battle of Mount Dingjun, in which his force routed that of Xiahou Yuan, who was slain during battle....
  • Jiang Wan
    Jiang Wan

    Jiang Wan , courtesy name Gongyan was an official of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. After Zhuge Liang's death, he succeeded Zhuge as the regent for the Shu emperor, Liu Shan....
  • Jiang Wei
    Jiang Wei

    Jiang Wei was a military general and later regent of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was originally a Cao Wei middle-level military officer, but because his mother was captured by Shu Han strategist Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wei joined him on Zhuge's first Zhuge Liang's Northern Expeditions against Cao Wei in 228....
  • Jian Yong
    Jian Yong

    Jian Yong, Chinese style name Xianhe was a minister serving under Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Jian Yong served under Liu Bei since the very beginnings of him raising his own army, acting as an envoy and advisor....
  • Liao Hua
    Liao Hua

    Liao Hua , courtesy name Yuanjian , was a military and political figure during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. According to Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was a former Yellow Turban rebel who proved himself a capable military general on multiple occasions....
  • Liu Bei
    Liu Bei

    Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
  • Liu Feng
    Liu Feng

    Liu Feng was the adopted son of Liu Bei, and served as a general in Liu Bei's army during the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty of China....
  • Liu Pi
  • Liu Shan
    Liu Shan

    Liu Shan, , was the second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. As he ascended the throne at the young age of sixteen, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of a group of veteran ministers, including the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretary Li Yan ....
  • Ma Chao
    Ma Chao

    Ma Chao was the eldest son of Ma Teng and a military general during the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. In Luo Guanzhong's 14th century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms he received the nickname "Ma Chao the Splendid" due to his elaborate armour and grand skill as a warrior....
  • Ma Dai
    Ma Dai

    Ma Dai was a general of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was a former officer under his uncle, Ma Teng, and later Ma Chao, the eldest son of Ma Teng and, finally, Liu Bei, founder of the Kingdom of Shu....
  • Ma Liang
    Ma Liang

    Ma Liang was an advisor to the powerful warlord Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms era of China.He was the fourth born of five sons in Yicheng, near Xiangyang on the Middle Yangtze River....
  • Ma Su
    Ma Su

    Ma Su was a military strategist for the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was the younger brother of Shu advisor, Ma Liang . Ma Su had extraordinary talents in military stratagems and was admired by the Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Liang....
  • Mi Fang
    Mi Fang

    Mi Fang was an official under the powerful warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. He was also the younger brother of Mi Zhu, who served the same lord....
  • Mi Zhu
    Mi Zhu

    Mi Zhu was a highly esteemed advisor and brother-in-law of the powerful warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China....
  • Pang Tong
    Pang Tong

    P?ng Tong , courtesy name Shiyuan , was an advisor to Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was nicknamed "Young Phoenix" by his uncle and a famous scholar, Pang De....
  • Sun Qian
    Sun Qian

    Sun Qian, styled Gongyou , was an advisor and emissary to Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty period. He was originally working for Tao Qian , the governor of Xuzhou , together with Mi Zhu, Mi Fang and Cao Pao....
  • Wang Ping
    Wang Ping

    Wang Ping was a Cao Wei officer who defected to the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He is a figure both in actual Chinese history, and in the historic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms....
  • Wei Yan
    Wei Yan

    Wei Yan was a military general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Wei Yan was a member of Liu Bei's army after Liu Bei captured Changsha in 209....
  • Xiahou Ba
    Xiahou Ba

    Xiahou Ba was a military general under the Cao Wei who later defected to the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. He was from one of the leading military families at the time, but fled to the Kingdom of Shu due to political instability at the capital Luoyang....
  • Xu Shu
    Xu Shu

    Xu Shu was one of Liu Bei's advisors during the Three Kingdoms era of China.He helped to provide strategies against Cao Cao when he attacked Liu Bei....
  • Yan Yan
    Yan Yan

    Yan Yan was a loyal general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China. Yan Yan began his career, however, as a general serving under the minor warlord Liu Zhang ....
  • Zhang Bao
  • Zhang Fei
  • Zhao Yun
    Zhao Yun

    Zhao Yun was a major military general during the civil wars of the late Han Dynasty and during the Three Kingdoms era of China. For most of his career, Zhao Yun served the warlord Liu Bei, playing a part in the establishment of Shu Han....
  • Zhuge Liang
    Zhuge Liang

    Zhuge Liang was Chancellor of China of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He is often recognised as the greatest and most accomplished strategist of his era....


Rulers of Shu Han 221
221

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 – 263
263

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Posthumous name
Posthumous name

A posthumous name is an honorary name given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others, in some cultures after the person's death. The posthumous name is commonly used when naming royalty of Table of Chinese monarchs, List of Korean monarchs, Vietnam and emperors of Japan....
s		Family name (in bold) and first names
Chinese name

Personal names in Culture of China follow a number of conventions different from those of personal names in Western cultures. Most noticeably, a Chinese name is written with the family name first and the given name next, therefore "John Smith" as a Chinese name would be "Smith John"....
Durations of reignsEra name
Era name

#REDIRECT Regnal year...
s and their ranges of years
Convention: use family and first names
Zhaolie (?? Zhaoliè)Liu Bei
Liu Bei

Liu Bei , Chinese style name Xu?nd? , was a general, warlord, and later the founding emperor of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era of China....
221
221

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-223
223

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Zhangwu 220
220

EventsBy PlaceRoman Empire* The Goths invade Asia Minor and the Balkans.* An Indian delegation visits Roman emperor Elagabalus....
-223
223

Events...
Xiaohuai (?? Xiàohuái)Liu Shan
Liu Shan

Liu Shan, , was the second and last emperor of the Kingdom of Shu during the Three Kingdoms era of China. As he ascended the throne at the young age of sixteen, Liu Shan was entrusted to the care of a group of veteran ministers, including the Chancellor Zhuge Liang and Imperial Secretary Li Yan ....
223
223

Events...
-263
263

Events...
Jiànxing 223
223

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-237
237

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Yánxi 238
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-257
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Jingyào 258
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-263
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Yánxing 263
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See also

  • Cao Wei
    Cao Wei

    Cao Wei was one of the empires that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period. With the capital at Lu?y?ng, the empire was established by Cao Pi in 220, based upon the foundations that his father Cao Cao laid....
  • Eastern Wu
    Eastern Wu

    Eastern Wu , also known as Sun Wu , was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty in the Jiangnan region of China....
  • Three Kingdoms
    Three Kingdoms

    The Three Kingdoms period is a period in the history of China, part of an era of disunity called the Six Dynasties following immediately the loss of de facto power of the Han Dynasty emperors....
  • Personages of the Three Kingdoms
    Personages of the Three Kingdoms

    The following is a list of personages significant to the Three Kingdoms period of History of China. They provided the basis of what is often termed "Matter of the Three Kingdoms", a favourite subject for Chinese folklore....
  • Timeline of the Three Kingdoms period
    Timeline of the Three Kingdoms period

    This is a timeline of the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.Notes...
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms
    Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    Romance of the Three Kingdoms , written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of China, starting in 169 and ending with the reunification of the land in 280....
  • Records of Three Kingdoms
    Records of Three Kingdoms

    The Records of Three Kingdoms , is the official and authoritative historical text on the period of Three Kingdoms covering from 189 to 280, that was written by Chen Shou in the 3rd century....
  • Dynasty Warriors
    Dynasty Warriors

    is a series of Fighting game/tactical Action game video games created by Omega Force/Koei. The award-winning series is a spin-off of Koei's turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, based loosely around the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms....