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

When Chu rebels under the lieutenant Liu Bang attacked, a state in such turmoil could not hold for long.

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.

When Mao's Great Leap Forward became politically and popularly disastrous, Liu gained influence within the CCP.

When Emperor Xiaowu of Liu Song heard of him, he was sent to an Academy, the Hualin Xuesheng ( 華林學省 ), and later at the Imperial Nanjing University ( Zongmingguan ) to perform research.

When Emperor Wu of Liu Song subdued Guanzhong he obtained the south-pointing carriage of Yao Xing, but it was only the shell with no machinery inside.

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.

When Guan Yu surrendered to Cao Cao after Liu Bei was defeated at Xu Province, Xiahou Dun was one of those sceptical of Guan.

When Ma Chao heard that Liu Bei had besieged Liu Zhang in Chengdu, he killed Yang Bai to prove his loyalty and sent a secret letter to Liu Bei, requesting to join him.

When Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, he left his concubine ( surnamed Dong ) and his son ( named Ma Qiu ) in Zhang Lu's domain.

When Cao Cao returned to Guandu after his victory over Liu Bei, who sought refuge under Yuan Shao afterwards, Yuan Shao wished to renew the campaign against Cao Cao.

When Liu Bei was still at Changban, Sun Quan's envoy Lu Su hinted to him that he should ally with Sun against Cao Cao.

When Liu Qi died shortly after Liu Bei secured his position in the area, the latter succeeded the former as the new governor of Jing Province, and went to Jianye to marry Sun Quan's younger sister Lady Sun in order to legitimatize his succession.

When she, also in Emperor Xiaowen's absence, tried to force Emperor Xiaowen's sister Princess Pengcheng, whose husband Liu Chengxu ( 劉承緒, Liu Chang's son ) had died earlier, to marry her brother Feng Su ( 馮夙 ) the Duke of Beiping, Princess Pengcheng fled out of Luoyang and arrived at Emperor Xiaowen's camp, accusing Empress Feng of adultery.

When Wang Ling rebuked Chen Ping and Zhou Bo in private for going against Emperor Gaozu's law, they rationalised that their compliance with the grand empress dowager's wishes was necessary to protect the empire and the Liu clan.

When someone reported that to Liu Bei, Liu angrily threw a handaxe and said, " Zilong ( Zhao Yun's style name ; Tzu-lung in Wade-Giles spelling ) would never desert me ".

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 Shan's order for Zhao Yun to be honoured read, " When Zhao Yun was serving the late emperor ( Liu Bei ), his contributions were already remarkable.

When Liu Bei heard of Liu Cong's surrender, he led his followers ( both troops and civilians ) on an exodus southward to Xiakou, engaging Cao Cao's forces in a brief skirmish at the Battle of Changban along the way.

When Lü Meng laughingly revealed the truth to Hao Pu, that Liu Bei and Guan Yu were both free to reinforce Lingling, Hao Pu became wrecked with guilt.

When Liu Bei reminded Cao Cao about the fate of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao condemned Lü Bu to death by hanging.

When Zhang Fei met Guan Yu, he refused to believe that Guan did not renounce his loyalty to Liu Bei, and fought with Guan without giving the latter any chance to explain himself.

When Liu Bei attacked Changsha during his campaign to claim southern Jing Province, Huang Zhong had a chance to kill Guan Yu with an arrow, but instead he hit his helmet claiming that such a warrior did not deserve to die.

When Liu Bei found out that Jing Province had been taken and that Guan Yu had been executed, he was enraged.

When Liu Bei became suspicious, he sent an attendant to Xiangyang to question Liu Cong, and only then would Liu Cong pass the news to Liu Bei through his subordinate official Song Zhong ( 宋忠 ).

When someone reported that to Liu Bei, Liu angrily threw a handaxe and said " Zilong ( Zhao Yun ) would never desert me.

When Zhao Yun presented A ' dou to Liu Bei, Liu threw his son to the ground, saying that his son had almost cost him one of his best generals.

When Liu Bei submitted to Cao Cao after he lost to another warlord, Lu Bu, his subordinate, Zhang Fei, took the opportunity to abduct Xiahou's daughter in her last trip to gather firewood for her family.

When they were finally satisfied, Jones said, `` I think he's going to give us work ''.

When he finally left the sinister mansion on Perdido Street, he was carried out in a coroner's basket.

When he was 15, his parents finally allowed him to attend classes at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

When finally the two bedraggled men reach their friend's home, Voltaire's fears are once again aroused.

When the Yalta Papers were finally published with great fanfare they had revealed no betrayal by anyone.

When the snobbery that alienates Pip from Joe finally gives way before the deeper and stronger force of love, the reunion is marked by an embarrassed handshake at which Pip exclaims: `` No, don't wipe it off -- for God's sake, give me your blackened hand ''!!

When a sailing date of March, 1845 was finally established, Palfrey made sure that the Negroes would have comfortable quarters in New Orleans and aboard ship.

When it was finally pointed east, he said, `` You should never have come out here alone.

When he finally got the coughing under control, he realized that Pete ( all he gave was his first name ) was still waiting for an answer -- he didn't even seem to wink as he continued to stare.

When the shaken Palmer finally did hit his fourth shot, he overshot the hole by 15 feet.

When Owen was finally rid of him, there was a timid rap at the door.

When he finally did he had to duck his head quickly away as the pitch came in.

When the solution finally came to him, one night while he was in bed, he was so shaken by its simplicity that he could only wonder why it had not occurred to him before.

When it finally sank in, the crowd swarmed onto the field, cheering loudly and chairing Boyle and Spofforth to the pavilion.

When Ajax finally left Troy, Athena hit his ship with a thunderbolt, but Ajax still survived, managing to cling onto a rock.

When Amphitryon finally returned to Thebes, Alcmene told him that he had come the night before and slept with her ; he learned from Tiresias what Zeus had done.

When King Amadeus finally had the bill in his desk, which would extend the 1837 Abolition Act to the Antilles, he was put on notice of a coup financed by Cuban plantationers and industrialists if he signed.

When he finally dies at the end of the novel, the situation report from the frontline states, " All is Quiet on the Western Front ," symbolizing the cheapness of human life in war.

When Beavis finally comes down from his sugar high, he is hanging on a meathook in the farmer's barn, where the old man and a similarly pale Butt-Head seemingly attack him with chainsaws as the episode fades to blood red.

When Deckard, Batty, and Holden finally clash, Batty's inhuman fighting prowess leads Holden to believe he has been duped all along and that Batty is the sixth replicant ; he shoots him.

When the Romans finally conquered Pannonia in 8 AD, the Boii seem not to have opposed them.

When they were finally allowed to return to Battery Park City, some found that their homes had been looted.

When his quest to keep the team in Milwaukee finally failed after the 1965 season, he changed the group's name to Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc., after the minor league baseball team he grew up watching, and devoted himself to returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee.

When the English finally regained control of New Netherland they forced, as a punishment unique in the history of the British Empire, the English common law upon all the colonists, including the Dutch.

When Mehmed finally entered Constantinople through what is now known as the Topkapi Gate, he immediately rode his horse to the Hagia Sophia which he ordered to be sacked.