* 221 – Liu Bei, a Chinese warlord and member of the Han royal house, declares himself emperor of Shu-Han and claims his legitimate succession to the Han Dynasty.

* Liu Bei, founding emperor of the Kingdom of Shu

* Empress Wu, wife of Liu Bei

* Ma Chao, son of Ma Teng, cousin of Ma Dai, brother of Ma Tie and Ma Xie, general and Tiger general of Shu for Liu Bei.

* Lu Su, advisor to Sun Quan, sympathetic to Liu Bei ( b. 172 )

* Chen Zhen, minister under Liu Bei of Shu ( b. 170 )

* Deng Zhi, minister under Liu Bei

* Liu Bei, founder of the Shu Kingdom of China ( d. 223 )

* Liu Zhang, ruled Yi after Liu Yan's death until he was forced to hand it to Liu Bei ( d. 219 )

* Chen Zhen, minister under Liu Bei ( d. 235 )

It began when the ruler of Wei, Cao Cao, was defeated by Liu Bei and Sun Quan at the Battle of Red Cliffs.

Tao Qian received the support of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan, but even then it seemed as if Cao Cao's superior forces would overrun Xu Province entirely.

Tao Qian died in the same year, leaving his province to Liu Bei.

Lü Bu fled to Xu Province and was received by Liu Bei, and an uneasy alliance began between the two.

In 197, Yuan Shu, who was at odds with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Liu Bei, felt assured of victory with his subordinate's conquests, and thus declared himself emperor of the Cheng Dynasty.

Sun Ce complied, but first convinced Cao Cao to form a coalition against Yuan Shu, of which Liu Bei and Lü Bu were members.

Afterwards, Lü Bu betrayed Liu Bei and seized Xu Province, forming an alliance with Yuan Shu's remnant forces.

Liu Bei, together with his followers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, fled to Cao Cao, who accepted him.

Soon, preparations were made for an attack on Lü Bu, and the combined forces of Cao Cao and Liu Bei invaded Xu Province.

He collaborated with Liu Bei on this effort, but Cao Cao soon found out about the plot and had Dong Cheng and his conspirators executed, with only Liu Bei surviving and fleeing to join Yuan Shao in the north.

* Taishi Ci, first a general under Kong Rong, then Liu Yao, and later under Sun Ce and Sun Quan ( d. 206 )

In the south, Sun Ce, then an independent general under the service of Yuan Shu, defeated the warlords of Yang Province, including Liu Yao, Wang Lang, and Yan Baihu.

In 200, after winning a decisive battle against Liu Biao at Sha County and putting down the rebellions of Xu Gong and others, Sun Ce was struck by an arrow and fatally wounded.

After Cao's defeat at the naval Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 CE, China was divided into three spheres of influence, with Cao Cao dominating the north, Sun Quan ( 182 – 252 CE ) dominating the south, and Liu Bei ( 161 – 223 CE ) dominating the west.

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For the next several years, Sun Quan was largely interested in first defending his realm against potential enemies, but he gradually sought to harass and weaken Liu Biao's key subordinate, Huang Zu ( who controlled the northeastern region of Liu Biao's domain ) -- particularly because Huang Zu had killed his father in battle.

Soon after, Liu Biao died while Cao Cao was preparing a major campaign to subjugate both Liu Biao and Sun Quan under his control, precipitating a major confrontation.

Sun Quan was well aware of Cao Cao's intentions, and he quickly entered into an alliance with Liu Bei and Liu Qi to prepare for an attack by Cao.

Sun Quan put Zhou Yu in charge of his 30, 000 men, largely stationed on naval ships, and Zhou set up in a defense position in conjunction with Liu Bei, whose army was stationed on land.

Cao Cao led his forces to escape on land, but much of the force was destroyed by Sun Quan and Liu Bei's land forces.

The Sun-Liu alliance was further cemented by a marriage of Sun Quan's younger sister, Lady Sun, to Liu Bei.

Zhou Yu was suspicious of Liu Bei's intentions, however, and suggested to Sun Quan that Liu be seized and put under house arrest ( albeit be very well-treated ) and his forces be merged into Sun's ; Sun Quan, believing that Liu Bei's forces would rebel if he did that, declined.

Sun Quan did agree to Zhou Yu's plans to consider attacking Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu ( who controlled the modern southern Shaanxi ) to try to take over their territories, but after Zhou Yu died in 210, the plans were abandoned.

After Liu Bei's conquest of Yi Province, he was able to supply his troops on his own, so Sun Quan sent Lu Su as an emissary to demand for the return of Jing Province, but Liu Bei refused.

When an all-out war was about to break out, the news that Cao Cao planned to attack Hanzhong was received by Liu Bei, and he requested for a border treaty with Sun Quan as he became worried about Cao Cao seizing Hanzhong.

Liu Bei asked Sun Quan to give him back Lingling commandery and create a diversion for Cao Cao by attacking Hefei ; in return, Liu Bei ceded Changsha and Guiyang commanderies to Sun Quan, setting the new border along the Xiang River.

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Sun Quan did not immediately submit to Wei or declare independence after Cao Pi's enthronement, but took a wait-and-see attitude ; by contrast, in early 221, Liu Bei declared himself emperor, establishing the state of Shu Han.

In 479, Xiao took the throne himself and declared himself Emperor of Qi, ending Liu Song.

He defeated Liu Shouguang ( who had proclaimed a Yan Empire in 911 ) in 915, and declared himself emperor in 923 ; within a few months, he brought down the Later Liang regime.

In 318, after suppressing a coup by a powerful minister in the Xiongnu-Han court ( in which the Xiongnu-Han emperor and a large proportion of the aristocracy were massacred ), the Xiongnu prince Liu Yao moved the Xiongnu-Han capital from Pingyang to Chang ' an and renamed the dynasty as Zhao ( Liu Yuan had declared the empire's name Han to create a linkage with Han Dynasty — to which he claimed he was a descendant, through a princess, but Liu Yao felt that it was time to end the linkage with Han and explicitly restore the linkage to the great Xiongnu chanyu Maodun, and therefore decided to change the name of the state.

Lü Zhi, now declared the empress dowager when her son Liu Ying succeeded to the throne as Emperor Hui after Gaozu's death, commenced an inhumane plot against Qi and Liu Ruyi.

After news of Cao Pi's ascension ( and an accompanying false rumor that Cao had executed Emperor Xian ) arrived in Liu Bei's domain of Yi Province ( 益州, modern Sichuan and Chongqing ), Liu Bei declared himself emperor as well, establishing Shu Han.

Ma Chao was subsequently promoted to " General of the Left " ( 左將軍 ) when Liu Bei declared himself " King of Hanzhong ".

A year later, Liu Bei declared himself Emperor of Shu Han in Yi Province ( covering the Sichuan Basin ).

In 221, Liu Bei proclaimed himself Emperor of Shu Han, and declared war on Eastern Wu to avenge the death of Guan Yu and the loss of Jing Province.

However, after Cao Pi of Cao Wei and Liu Bei of Shu Han each declared themselves emperor, Sun Quan decided to follow suit in 229, claiming to have founded the Wu Dynasty.

They declared Liu Xin emperor.

By this point, many other rebel leaders had become jealous of Liu Yan's capabilities, and while a good number of their men admired Liu Yan and wanted him to become the emperor of a newly declared Han Dynasty, they had other ideas.

In 212, Liu Bei officially declared war on Liu Zhang after he integrated Liu Zhang's forces stationed at Boshui Pass into his own.

His personal name was Liu He ( 劉賀, liú hè ) and he declared the era name Yuanping ( 元平 py.

They declared Liu Xin emperor.