Politics209–211

Liu Bei Takes Jing Province

Also called: Borrowing Jing

After the Red Cliffs Liu Bei took the four southern commanderies of Jing, married Sun Quan’s sister to seal the alliance, and borrowed the key commandery of Nan from Sun Quan — his first base of his own.

While Zhou Yu drove Cao Ren out of Jiangling (Nan Commandery) after the Red Cliffs, Liu Bei seized the four southern commanderies of Jing — Wuling, Changsha, Guiyang and Lingling. In 209 Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei to seal their alliance, and after Zhou Yu died in 210 he lent Nan Commandery to Liu Bei on Lu Su’s advice — the seed of the later quarrel over "borrowing Jing".

Chased by Cao Cao and wandering on others’ land, Liu Bei won a base of his own only as he neared fifty. Zhuge Liang governed it, gathering grain and troops, while Liu Bei looked west to Yi province.

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People

Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223
key figure · Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221
Sun QuanAD 182 – AD 252
related figure · Founding emperor of Wu (Emperor Da), who allied with Liu Bei to stop Cao Cao at Red Cliffs and became emperor in 229
Zhuge LiangAD 181 – AD 234
participant · Chancellor of Shu Han, who proposed the plan to divide the realm in three to Liu Bei in 207 and died of illness on the Wuzhang Plains in 234 during his northern campaigns

Before and after

Earlier: AD 208 Battle of Red Cliffs
Later: AD 211 Liu Bei Enters Shu

Themes that include this event

The Three KingdomsAD 184 – AD 280
From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to the Jin reunification — a century of Wei, Shu and Wu, the age of Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan