When he was sixteen, Sun Jian travelled with his father to Qiantang ( 錢唐, present day Hangzhou, Zhejiang ), where they came upon a band of pirates dividing up their spoils on land.

When Sun Jian moved out to Liangdong ( 梁東, east of present day Linru County, Henan ), he was outnumbered by Dong Zhuo's forces.

When Emperor Ling died later that year, a powerful eunuch that he trusted, Jian Shuo, wanted to first kill Empress He's brother He Jin and then make Prince Xie emperor, and therefore set up a trap at a meeting he was to have with He.

When Emperor Ling died in 189, a powerful eunuch that he trusted, Jian Shuo, wanted to first kill Empress He's brother He Jin and then make Prince Xie emperor, and so he set up a trap at a meeting he was to have with He.

When Emperor Ling died in 189, an influential eunuch official whom he trusted, Jian Shuo, wanted to first kill Empress He's brother, General-in-Chief He Jin, and then install Liu Xie on the throne, and therefore set up a trap at a meeting he was to have with He Jin.

When Sun Jian was recruiting volunteers to fight the Yellow Turban rebels, Cheng Pu joined him, and participated in the subjugation of the cities of Wan and Deng.

When Lü Bu gained control of Xu Province, Zang and his gangs became known as the Taishan Bandits and attacked Lu's ally, Chancellor of Langye, Xiao Jian ( 萧建 ), and seized the treasury of Langye.

When Cao Cao was seriously ill at the twenty fourth year of Jian ' an reign, Zang sent a detachment to the capital to observe the situation.

When Emperor Ling of Han died in 189, Jian Shuo wanted to enthrone Emperor Ling's younger son, Liu Xie, and kill Empress Dowager He's brother, He Jin ( uncle of Emperor Ling's older son Liu Bian ).

When Liu Bian ascended to the throne as Emperor Shao, He Jin had Jian Shuo arrested and executed.

When Zhang Wen summoned Dong Zhuo to the encampment at Chang ' an, Dong Zhuo procrastinated and took a long time to arrive.

When he did, he showed little respect for Zhang Wen.

When Zhang Wen and the rest returned to the capital Luoyang, however, the court held that the army did not engage the enemy and thus no honor was accorded.

When the conspiracy was discovered, Emperor Wen stripped Prince Chang of his title and exiled him to Yandao — with the intent to teach him a lesson and then summoning him back.

When rain came and ended the drought, the grateful villagers gave Wen Shi the name " Mother of Dragons " ( 龍母 ) or " Divine Human " ( 神人 ).

When Hu Jintao succeeded Jiang Zemin as General Secretary in late 2002, Bo's career as a local official ended with his appointment to Minister of Commerce in Wen Jiabao's cabinet to replace Lü Fuyuan, who retired for health reasons.

When the Jin general Huan Wen made a major attack on Former Qin in 354 and reached all the way to Ba River ( 灞水 ), in the vicinity of Former Qin's capital Chang ' an.

When King Wen of Zhou opened up the roads, " The hordes of the Keun disappeared, Startled and panting.

When they are captured by the Fair Folk, she convinces the king to give them Hen Wen, provisions, and a guide to Caer Dathyl.

When, subsequently, Li Jiancheng nevertheless requested the commandant at Qing Prefecture ( 慶州, in modern Qingyang, Gansu ), Yang Wen ' gan ( 楊文幹 ), to conscript troops, presumably to guard against Li Shimin, the officers Erzhu Huan ( 爾朱煥 ) and Qiao Gongshan ( 橋公山 ) informed Emperor Gaozu that Li Jiancheng was encouraging Yang to start a rebellion so that they could seize power together.

When he heard of the assassination of patriotic authors Li Gongpu and Wen Yiduo, Zhu disregarded his own safety to attend the funeral of both men.

When in 635 BC King Xiang was deposed and driven out by his brother, Duke Wen led a coalition of states which re-installed him as King.

When the Jin and Chu armies eventually did meet, Duke Wen realised his promise, and ordered his troops to withdraw three she ; but this was as much an honouring of his promise as it was a ploy to draw the Chu commander Ziyu into pursuing him, luring the Chu army into a more favourable position for the battle.

When Heruo Bi, who believed that he should have been prime minister, complained, Emperor Wen removed him from his post as well and stripped him of his ducal title, but restored the ducal title a year later.

( When it was completed in spring 595 and Emperor Wen visited the palace, he was initially very displeased with Yang Su, but Empress Dugu persuaded him that Yang Su knew that he had little other entertainment, and she awarded Yang Su much treasure to show appreciation.

When King Wen met Jiang Ziya, at first sight he felt that this was an unusual old man, and began to converse with him.

When the Wei general, Wen Qin, failed to put Sima Shi out of power, Ding Feng was sent to receive the former into Wu's domain.

When Emperor Wen heard of Prince Xingju's rebellion, he ordered Chai Wu ( 柴武 ), the Marquess of Jipu, to lead an army against Jibei forces.

When the conquests were complete in 221 BC, King Zhengwho had first assumed the throne of the Qin state at age 9became the effective ruler of China.

When the Qin Dynasty fell and was replaced by the Han Dynasty, many Chinese were relieved to return to the more humane virtues of Confucius.

When referred to as the Son of Heaven (, ), a title that predates the Qin unification, the Emperor was recognized as the ruler of " All under heaven " ( i. e., the world ).

When the Qin Dynasty was replaced by the Western Han in 206 BCE, the system of enfeoffment was to a degree reinstated with all existing commanderies effectively becoming vassal states although the two tier commandery and county system remained in effect.

When the Zhao attack reached the Qin fortress, the Qin cavalry ambushed the Zhao Kuo's rear while the Qin light cavalry surrounded the Zhao fortress.

When Buddhism was originally introduced to Korea from Former Qin in 372, or about 800 years after the death of the historical Buddha, Shamanism was the indigenous religion.

When Duke Xiao came to the throne of Qin, he issued an announcement, calling forth men of talent ( including scholars, administrators, theorists and militarists ) from other states to enter Qin and help him with his reforms, promising rewards of high offices and lands in return.

When Emperor Hui's grandsons Sima Zang and Sima Shang ( 司馬尚 ), successive crown princes, died in childhood, leaving Emperor Hui without male descendants by 302, Sima Ying was considered the appropriate successor, but Sima Jiong chose to bypass him by recommending the seven-year-old Sima Qin ( 司馬覃 ) the Prince of Qinghe ( Emperor Hui's nephew and the son of his brother Sima Xia ( 司馬遐 )) as the crown prince, with intent to easily control the young Crown Prince Qin.

When the Qin general Bai Qi took Yingdu, the Chu capital, in 278 BC, Qu Yuan's grief was so intense that he drowned himself in the Miluo river after penning the Lament for Ying.

When Qin Shi Huang died whilst away from the capital, Li Si and the chief eunuch Zhao Gao suppressed the late emperor's choice of successor, which was Fusu.

When Chu fell to Qin, the great migration began.

When Zhu Biao died in 1392 before ascending to the throne, the Hongwu Emperor made Zhu Biao's son, Zhu Yunwen, his successor, rather than Zhu Biao's younger brothers Zhu Shuang ( the Prince of Qin ), Zhu Gang ( the Prince of Jin ) or Zhu Di ( the Prince of Yan ).

When uprisings erupted throughout China during the reign of Qin Er Shi, Zhang led the Qin armies and successfully quelled several of these rebel forces.

When this writing developed into an instrument of administration for the state, the need for a uniform script was felt and Li Si, prime minister in the Chinese dynasty of Qin, standardized a script and its way of being written.

When Qin and Yuchi were called, they guarded the emperor's door.

" When Yiping comes in search for work, Qin Wuye offers her a job to sing at his nightclub after being stunned by Yiping's attitude.

When the Qin Dynasty collapsed, many former nobles of the old Warring States joined the rebellion and occupied territories.

When Sun Ce sailed east, Jiang Qin was appointed Senior Major ( 別部司馬 ) and given a military command.