* 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.

Liu Bei and Sun Quan declared themselves emperor of Shu and Wu respectively.

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.

According to the Records of the Grand Historian, after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty the hegemon Xiang Yu appointed Liu Bang as prince of the small fief of Hanzhong.

When Ping died in 6 CE, the Empress Dowager appointed Wang Mang to act as emperor for the child Liu Ying ( d. 25 CE ).

Indeed, against Liu Ye's advice, he appointed Sun Quan the King of Wu and granted him the nine bestowments.

In 1927 Liu was elected to the Party's Central Committee, and was appointed to the head of its Labor Department.

Other party members with a significant chance of being appointed to the next PSC include: Shanghai party chief Yu Zhengsheng, Guangdong party chief Wang Yang, Tianjin party chief Zhang Gaoli, Inner Mongolia party chief Hu Chunhua, State Councilor Liu Yandong, Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu and General Office chief Ling Jihua.

Liu is not recognized for his efforts in quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion and is merely appointed as a junior magistrate.

Liu Bei leaves Cao Cao eventually and seizes Xu Province from Cao Cao's newly appointed governor Che Zhou.

When Liu Bei was appointed as the governor of Pingyuan County, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were made " Senior Major " ( 别部司马 ) under Liu.

Liu Bei promoted Guan Yu to the rank of " General Who Exterminates Rebels " ( 蕩寇將軍 ) and appointed him as the governor of the city of Xiangyang.

Liu Bei appointed Ma Chao as " General Who Pacifies the West " ( 平西將軍 ) and put him in charge of Linju, which befitted Ma Chao's previous title of " Marquis of Duting ".

In the first month of 200, Liu Bei rebelled against Cao Cao and seized Xu Province ( 徐州 ) after killing Che Zhou ( 車冑 ), Cao Cao's appointed Inspector ( 刺史 ) of Xu Province.

Guan Yu, the general appointed by Liu Bei to defend Jing Province, was captured after his defeat and executed on Sun Quan's order.

In recognition of his contributions, Liu Bei was appointed Prefect of Anxi ( 安喜令 ) in Zhongshan Commandery ( 中山郡 ).

Gongsun Zan appointed Liu Bei as the Prefect of Pingyuan County under Tian Kai to fight Yuan Shao in Shandong, but was held off by Yuan Shao's oldest son, Yuan Tan, and later lost Gongsun Zan's interest in the area to Yuan Tan.

Liu Bei seized the opportunity to kill Che Zhou, the Governor of Xu Province who was appointed by the imperial court after Lü Bu's defeat.

He was promoted to Major-General ( 偏將軍 ) and appointed Grand Administrator of Guiyang, replacing Zhao Fan, who surrendered the area to Liu Bei's forces.

When Liu Bei entered Yi Province ( covering the Sichuan Basin ) with his major advisor, Pang Tong, he appointed Zhao Yun as the main officer overseeing his base in Gong ' an.

Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang " Military Advisor General " ( 軍師將軍 ) and let him administer affairs of his personal office ( office of the General of the Left ( 左將軍 )).

The chancellor Zhuge Liang and general Li Yan were appointed as regents to assist the young Liu Shan.

In 1923, during a war against the warlord Wu Peifu, in response to the Northern Expedition of the Kuomintang, Liu was appointed commander of the Eastern Route, and later was promoted to commanding general in Sichuan.

In May 1926, Liu joined the CPC and was appointed military commissioner of Chongqing.

In 1927, Liu was appointed army corps commander of the 15th Temporarily Organized National Revolutionary Army.

During this uprising, Liu was appointed chief of staff of the newly born Chinese Red Army.