Sun Quan–Liu Bei alliance

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The Sun Quan–Liu Bei alliance was a strategic military and political partnership between the warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty, most famously formed to resist Cao Cao’s invasion leading up to the Battle of Red Cliffs.

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Sun Quan–Liu Bei alliance canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military alliance ⓘ
strategic partnership ⓘ
formedToCounter Cao Cao’s southward campaign ⓘ
hasAllianceType anti-hegemonic coalition ⓘ
defensive alliance ⓘ
hasConsequence enabling Liu Bei’s later establishment of Shu Han ⓘ
halt of Cao Cao’s unification attempt ⓘ
preservation of Sun Quan’s power base in Jiangdong ⓘ
hasContext Three Kingdoms period formation ⓘ
end of Eastern Han central authority ⓘ
hasDiplomaticAgent Lu Su ⓘ
Zhuge Liang ⓘ
hasGeographicRegion Yangtze River region ⓘ
linked to: Yangtze River basin

southern China ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod late Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance crucial in preventing rapid unification of China under Cao Cao ⓘ
foundational to the emergence of the Three Kingdoms configuration ⓘ
hasKeyBattle Battle of Red Cliffs ⓘ
Battle of Yiling (aftermath context) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Xiaoting
hasKeyEvent Battle of Red Cliffs ⓘ
hasLanguageOfHistoricalSources Classical Chinese ⓘ
hasLaterDevelopment deterioration of relations over Jing Province ⓘ
eventual conflict between Liu Bei and Sun Quan ⓘ
hasMilitaryCommander Liu Bei ⓘ
Zhou Yu ⓘ
hasMilitaryDimension joint defense of the Yangtze River ⓘ
hasOpponent Cao Cao ⓘ
hasOutcome defeat of Cao Cao at the Battle of Red Cliffs ⓘ
hasParticipant Liu Bei ⓘ
Sun Quan ⓘ
hasPoliticalBasis mutual fear of Cao Cao’s dominance ⓘ
hasPoliticalDimension power-sharing against northern warlords ⓘ
hasPowerBalanceAspect temporary cooperation between rival southern warlords ⓘ
hasPrimaryPurpose resist Cao Cao’s invasion ⓘ
hasResultingPoliticalOrder tripartite balance between Wei, Shu, and Wu (proto-Three Kingdoms) ⓘ
hasStrategicFeature combined naval and land operations ⓘ
use of fire attack at Red Cliffs ⓘ
hasStrategicObjective containment of Cao Cao’s forces south of the Yangtze ⓘ
control of Jing Province ⓘ
hasTemporalRelation preceded the formal establishment of Eastern Wu ⓘ
preceded the formal establishment of Shu Han ⓘ
isDescribedIn Records of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
isDramatizedIn Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ

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Battle of Red Cliffs → alliance → Sun Quan–Liu Bei alliance ⓘ
Battle of Chibi → alliedForce → Sun Quan–Liu Bei alliance ⓘ