Three Kingdoms period

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The Three Kingdoms period was a turbulent era in Chinese history (220–280 CE) marked by the division of China into the rival states of Wei, Shu, and Wu, extensive warfare, and legendary figures later romanticized in classic literature.

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instanceOf era in Chinese history
historical period
alsoKnownAs Sanguo period
Three Kingdoms era
capitalOfCaoWei Luoyang
Xuchang
capitalOfEasternWu Jianye
capitalOfShuHan Chengdu
linked to: Chéngdū
characterizedBy civil war
large-scale military campaigns
political fragmentation
warlordism
country China
culturalInfluenceOn Chinese opera
East Asian literature
East Asian popular culture
documentedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms
Zizhi Tongjian
endedByEvent conquest of Eastern Wu by Jin
conquest of Shu by Wei
usurpation of Wei by the Jin dynasty
endTime 280
followedBy Western Jin dynasty
follows Eastern Han dynasty
linked to: Han dynasty
hasPart Cao Wei
Eastern Wu
Shu Han
languageOfHistoricalRecord Classical Chinese
notableFigure Deng Ai
Guan Yu
Jiang Wei
Lu Xun
Sima Yi
Zhang Fei
Zhou Yu
Zhuge Liang
notableRuler Cao Pi
Cao Rui
Liu Bei
Liu Shan
Sun Hao
Sun Liang
Sun Quan
Sun Xiu
partOf Chinese imperial history
precededByEvent Yellow Turban Rebellion
collapse of the Eastern Han central authority
romanticizedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms
startTime 220
timeInChineseEraSystem end of the Han–Jin transition

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Yellow Crane Tower originalConstructionDynasty Three Kingdoms period
Han dynasty followedBy Three Kingdoms period
Three Kingdoms period alsoKnownAs Three Kingdoms era
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Three Kingdoms period alsoKnownAs Sanguo period
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Committee of Both Kingdoms historicalRegion Three Kingdoms
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Jingzhou historicalPeriodSignificance Three Kingdoms period
Baekje era Three Kingdoms period
Chinese Buddhism historicalPeriod Six Dynasties period
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Wuhou Shrine associatedWith Three Kingdoms period
Wuhou Shrine eraOfMainCommemoration Three Kingdoms era
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Eastern Wu partOf Three Kingdoms
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Stone City inception Three Kingdoms period
Capital of Six Dynasties appliesToPeriod Six Dynasties period
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Ma Su era Three Kingdoms period
Korean Buddhism historicalPeriodOfIntroduction Three Kingdoms period
Shu Han locatedInTimePeriod Three Kingdoms period
Shu Han partOf Three Kingdoms of China
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Cao Wei historicalEra Three Kingdoms period
Cao Wei partOfConflict Three Kingdoms
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Cao Pi era Three Kingdoms period
Cao Pi historicalPeriod Three Kingdoms
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Liu Bei associatedWithPeriod Three Kingdoms period
Sun Quan historicalPeriod Three Kingdoms period
Zizhi Tongjian coversPeriod Three Kingdoms period
Zhuge Liang period Three Kingdoms period
Jianye historicalPeriod Three Kingdoms period
Western Jin dynasty follows Three Kingdoms period
Sima Yi era Three Kingdoms period
Guan Yu era Three Kingdoms period
Cao Rui dynasty Three Kingdoms period
Zhou Yu era Three Kingdoms period
Liu Shan era Three Kingdoms period
Deng Ai era Three Kingdoms period
Jiang Wei era Three Kingdoms period
Chibi City historicalPeriodAssociated Three Kingdoms period
Battle of Red Cliffs relatedTo Three Kingdoms period
Guan Yu Temple (Jingzhou) associatedWithDynasty Three Kingdoms era states
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Cao Cao era Three Kingdoms period
Sun Liang era Three Kingdoms period
Sun Xiu partOf Three Kingdoms period
Sun Hao era Three Kingdoms period
Zhang Fei era Three Kingdoms period
Guandi linkedToHistoricalPeriod Three Kingdoms period
Xuchang servedAsCapitalFor Cao Cao’s regime
linked to: Three Kingdoms period
Xuchang historicalEra Three Kingdoms period