Shu Han
The
Kingdom of Shu (蜀 shu3) (221-263) was one of the
Three Kingdoms competing for control of
China after the fall of the
Han Dynasty.
During the decline of the Han Dynasty, the area surrounding
Shu was under the control of
Liu Bei, a distant relative of the
Han emperor. After
Cao Pi of
Wei seized the imperial throne in
220, he proclaimed himself to be the next Han emperor and the real ruler of China. Therefore the Kingdom of Shu is also known as the
Kingdom of Shu-Han. 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.
In
222, Liu Bei initiated an unsuccessful attack on the
Kingdom of Wu. He survived this attack, but one year later he became ill and died. He was succeeded by
Liu Chan, who did not really care for governance and left his kingdom in the hands of his ministers.
The prime minister of Shu,
Zhuge Liang-whose name is synonmous with wisdom in China-made peace with Wu instead of taking revenge. He had a bigger target, the
Kingdom of Wei. He himself died of disease during the seventh attempt to conquer Wei.
Jiang Wei, his successor, also tried but failed.
In
263, it was Wei's turn to attack Shu. Jiang Wei was killed and the kingdom conquered.
Liu Chan was captured and taken to
Luoyang. The\nWei emperor gave him the title
Duke of Comfort and allowed him to retire in peace.
Important figures
\n*Huang Zhong (黄忠)\n*
Jiang Wei (姜维)\n*
Liao Hua (廖化)\n*
Liu Bei (刘备)\n*
Liu Chan (刘禅)\n*
Ma Su (马谡)\n*Pang Tong (庞统)\n*
Wei Yan (魏延)\n*
Xu Shu (徐庶)\n*Zhang Yi (张嶷)\n*
Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮)\n*
Five Tiger Generals:\n**
Guan Yu (关羽)\n**
Huang Zhong (黄忠)\n**
Ma Chao (马超)\n**
Zhang Fei (张飞)\n**
Zhao Yun (赵云)
Rulers of Kingdom of Shu or Kingdom of Shu-Han 221 - 263
zh-cn:蜀汉
