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Liu Bei (Chinese: 劉備, pronunciation ⓘ; Mandarin pronunciation: [ljǒʊ pêɪ]; 161 – 10 June 223), [3] courtesy name Xuande (玄德), was a Chinese warlord in the late Eastern Han dynasty who later became the founding emperor of Shu Han, one of the Three Kingdoms of China.
Huo Jun (178–217), courtesy name Zhongmiao, was a military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. Liu Bei thought very highly of Huo Jun and in a letter to Zhuge Liang praised him as a great warrior with many achievements.
When Liu Bei decided to take over Liu Zhang's lands in 212, [17] Zhuge Liang, along with Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others, led troops from Jing Province into Yi Province to reinforce Liu Bei. They conquered many counties and commanderies along the way and eventually joined Liu Bei in surrounding Chengdu, the capital of Yi Province.
Zhuge had, after the death of Shu Han's founding emperor, Liu Bei, initially taken a passive posture militarily with regards to the Shu Han-Cao Wei border, while re-establishing an alliance with Sun Quan's Eastern Wu, in order to rest the people and the troops. In 227, he, under the theory that Shu Han was naturally a weaker state than Cao Wei ...
Looking Three Times at the Thatched Hut; hanging scroll, ink on silk, by Dai Jin (1368–1644). The Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage [1] [a] (Chinese: 三顧茅廬) refers to the event in the late Eastern Han dynasty (c. 2nd century AD) when the future Shu Han emperor Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang’s residence three times to ask him for help.
After Liu Bei's conquest of Yi Province, he was able to supply his troops on his own, so Sun Quan sent Lu Su as an emissary to demand for the return of Jing Province, but Liu Bei refused. Sun Quan then sent Lü Meng and Ling Tong to lead 20,000 men to attack southern Jing Province and they succeeded in capturing Changsha , Guiyang , and ...
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Pan Jun (died 239), courtesy name Chengming, was a minister and military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Originally a minor official serving under the warlords Liu Biao and later Liu Bei in Jing Province, Pan Jun reluctantly switched allegiance to another warlord Sun Quan after Sun Quan seized control of Liu Bei's territories in Jing Province in 220.