SANGUO
Major Events
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Chronology
List of characters in order of appearance
Important characters in Red

  • Liu Bei - descendent of a Han emperor, founder of Shu empire
  • Zhang Fei - sworn brother to Liu Bei and Guan Yu, fearsome and loyal one the best warriors. People died because of fear of him.
  • Guan Yu - sworn brother to Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, fearsome and loyal, one the best warriors
  • Dong Zhuo - a tyrannical character who dethroned the previous emperor and became one himself
  • Wang Yun - loyal subject to the Liu emperors and tried to kill Dong Zhuo
  • Luu Bu - Dong Zhuo's adopted son, one of the strongest warriors alive
  • Cao Cao - prime minister of central government, founder of Wei Kingdom
  • Yuan Shao - a general who wants to unite China and become emperor himself
  • Yuan Shu - Yuan Shao's son
  • Guo Jia -- strategist for Cao Cao, intelligence comparable with Zhuge Liang, but died too young
  • ZhuGe Liang - Genius. Srategist for Liu Bei. Prime Minister of Shu, commander of the Army. It was said that if one has either one of Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong, one can have the world.
  • Sun Quan -- founder of Wu kingdom, descendent of Sun Jian
  • Cao Pi -- first emperor of Wei Kingdom
  • Zhou Yu-- general and strategist for Wu. Wise but too narrow-minded. Died of anger.
  • Pang Tong -- another very wise man. It was said that if one has either one of Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong, one can have the world.
  • Sima Yi -- general and strategist for Wei, fought with Zhuge Liang
  • Ma Su -- A warrior of Shu. Because of his arrogance, Zhuge Liang lost one of his most important his battles.
  • Jiang Wei -- successor of Zhuge Liang. Used to be a soldier of Wei.

List of important Events:

Important events in pink

Year (A.D)
Events
184 Yellow Ribbon rebellion, Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu become sworn brothers
189 Dong Zhuo kills one emperor, and names another while having himself become the one in power
192 Wang Yun uses beauty trap and uses Luu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo
196 Cao Cao controls the Emperor
197 Yuan Shu declares himself emperor and then is defeated by Cao Cao
198 Cao Cao kills Luu Bu and names Sun Jian ruler of Wu area.
199 Yuan Shu dies, Liu Bei declares war against Cao Cao for controlling the emperor
200 Cao Cao captures Guan Yu, tries to make him leave Liu Bei. Yuan Shu loses badly to Cao Cao at Guan Du. (Called the Major Battle of Guan Du)
205 Cao Cao battles against the remaining Yuan brothers and wins with Guo Jia's strategy but Guoa Jia dies of illness. Cao Cao becomes devastated by his death.
207 Liu Bei heard of Zhuge Liang, visits him 3 times and begs him to come out of the mountain to help him reviving the Han dynasty. Zhuge Liang finally agrees and leaves his home at 27 years of age. (Called San Gu Mao Lu, which means 3 visits to the hut)
208
  • Cao Cao declares himself emperor and marches on Wu.
  • Zhuge Liang helps and iritates Zhou Yu.
  • Zhou Yu uses self-tortured ruse as strategy and Pang Tong traps Cao Cao by telling him to chain the boats together.
  • Zhuge Liang successfully predicts East Wind and burns Cao Cao's ships. Cao Cao loses badly and almost dies.(FAMOUS & MAJOR battle!! -- The Battle of Red Cliff)
    • 209 Liu Bei gets Jin Zhou (A big place).
    210 Zhou Yu cannot allow Zhuge Liang to be smarter than him. He dies of anger and jealousy.
    213 Pang Tong dies.
    216 Cao Cao declares himself head of Wei.
    219 Liu Bei takes Central China. Declares himself head of Central China. While Liu bei is away, Sun Quan takes Jin Zhou and kills Guan Yu and his son.(Beginning of disaster for the sworn brothers)
    220 Guan Yu's head is taken to Cao Cao. Weird events happen afterwards. Cao Cao dies. Cao Pi declaresh himself emperor. Eastern Han completely collapses.
    221 Liu Bie declares himself emperor of Shu (or Shu Han) kingdom. Zhang Fei killed by his own discontented soldiers in his sleep. Liu Bei brings 100 000 soldiers to Wu to revenge for Guan Yu.
    222 Liu Bei loses to Wu.
    223 Liu Bei dies of illness. Son Liu Shan becomes emperor. Liu Bei says Zhuge Liang can become emperor if Liu Shan is not capable.
    225 Zhuge Liang subdues barbarian king, Meng Huo, in the south who causes troubles by capturing him 7 times and releasing him 7 times.
    226 Cao Pi dies. Son becomes emperor.
    227 Zhuge Liang hands in "First Letter to The Emperor" (Chu Shi Biao)
    228 Zhuge Liang marches north to defeat Wei for the 1st time, capturing 3 regions, but lost at Jie Ting because of Ma Su's arrogance. Zhuge Liang was thus forced to retreat. (Famous episode called Hui Lei Zhan Ma Su which means killing Ma Su with tears)
    229 Zhuge Liang takes two other territories.
    231 Zhuge Liang marches north again but is forced to retreat because the person in charge of food does not do his job.
    234 Zhuge Liang marches north for the 6th time. Stalemate at Plains of Wu Zhang with Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang dies of illness and overwork.
    249 Sima Yi dethrones the Cao emperors and makes the Sima families rule Wei Jiang Wei marches North for the 1st time
    251 Sima Yi dies of illness.
    252 Sun Quan dies. Wei attachs Wu and loses.
    255 Jiang Wei marches north for the 3rd time
    256 Jiang Wei marches north and experiences major defeat.
    258 Sun familes in Wu fight for power. Jiang Wei begins 6th northern offensive.
    263 Liu Shan surrenders Shu. Shu Collapses, Jiang Wei dies in battle.
    280 Wu Collapses. Sima Yi's son now unites China and names the dynasty Jin. Three Kingdoms ends after 60 years of endless battles and the birth of many geniuses, warriors and rulers.

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