Sun Quan

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4 related events

1. 1
   AD 208Battle of Red Cliffsmonarch

   The allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei burned the great fleet of Cao Cao, who had come south down the Yangtze, at Red Cliffs. Cao Cao’s bid to unify the realm was stopped, and the three-way division hardened.

2. 2
   AD 219 – AD 220Battle of Fancheng and the Death of Guan Yurelated figure

   Liu Bei’s general Guan Yu besieged Wei-held Fancheng and drowned its relief army, but Wu’s Lü Meng meanwhile seized Jing Province behind him. Guan Yu was captured and killed, and the Shu–Wu alliance broke.

3. 3
   AD 222Battle of Yilingmonarch

   Liu Bei attacked Wu to avenge Guan Yu and was routed at Yiling by Wu’s Lu Xun. He died the next year at Baidicheng, entrusting his son Liu Shan to Zhuge Liang.

4. 4
   AD 229Sun Quan Becomes Emperor of Wumonarch

   Sun Quan, ruler of the lower Yangtze, declared himself emperor of Wu, so that all three kingdoms now had emperors.

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People who appear alongside

• Cao CaoAD 155 – AD 220

  Chancellor and King of Wei in the late Han, who controlled Emperor Xian, defeated Yuan Shao at Guandu and unified the north, laying the foundation of Wei

• Liu BeiAD 161 – AD 223

  Founding emperor of Shu Han (Emperor Zhaolie), who claimed descent from the Han house and became emperor at Chengdu in 221

• Zhou YuAD 175 – AD 210

  Sun Quan’s commander, who led the Wu forces that defeated Cao Cao at Red Cliffs in 208

• Zhuge LiangAD 181 – AD 234

  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

• Guan YuAD 220

  Liu Bei’s general, who attacked Fancheng in 219 but lost Jingzhou to Wu’s Lü Meng and was captured and killed; later worshipped as Guandi

• Lu Xun (Wu general)AD 183 – AD 245

  Wu general and chancellor, who destroyed Liu Bei’s army with fire at Yiling in 222

Themes this person appears in

• 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