Liu Bei

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1. AD 184Oath of the Peach GardenFictionparticipant

   The opening scene of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in which Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei swear brotherhood in a peach garden. It is not in the official history.

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   AD 207Three Visits to the Thatched Cottageleader

   Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang three times at his thatched cottage in Longzhong to recruit him. Zhuge Liang proposed taking Jing and Yi provinces and allying with Sun Quan against Cao Cao — the plan to divide the realm in three.

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   AD 208Battle of Changbancommander

   Cao Cao’s cavalry, come south into Jing Province, caught the fleeing Liu Bei at Changban in Dangyang. Liu Bei abandoned his family and fled while Zhang Fei cut the bridge and held the rear.

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   AD 208Battle of Red Cliffscommander

   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.

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   AD 219Battle of Mount Dingjuncommander

   Liu Bei, aiming at Hanzhong, camped on Mount Dingjun, and his general Huang Zhong killed Wei’s Xiahou Yuan when he came to attack. Liu Bei took Hanzhong and became King of Hanzhong.

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   AD 221Founding of Shu Hanmonarch

   Liu Bei became emperor at Chengdu, claiming to continue the Han dynasty; historians call his state Shu Han or Shu.

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   AD 222Battle of Yilingcommander

   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.

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People who appear alongside

• 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

• 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

• Zhang FeiAD 221

  Liu Bei’s general from Zhuo Commandery, who held off Cao Cao’s cavalry at the bridge at Changban in 208; murdered by his own men in 221

• Sun QuanAD 182 – AD 252

  Founding emperor of Wu (Emperor Da), who allied with Liu Bei to stop Cao Cao at Red Cliffs and became emperor in 229

• 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

• Zhao YunAD 229

  Liu Bei’s general (courtesy name Zilong), who saved Liu Bei’s infant son Liu Shan and Lady Gan at Changban in 208

• Liu ShanAD 207 – AD 271

  Second and last emperor of Shu Han, who surrendered when Wei’s Deng Ai reached Chengdu in 263

• Zhou YuAD 175 – AD 210

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

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