Three kingdoms (220 AD- 265 AD)

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Three kingdoms(220 AD- 265 AD)

• The only dynasty that was written into a book

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Introduction

• This period is formed by three kingdoms Cao Wei,
  Eastern Wu and Shu Han. They divided China into
  three parts.
• The first emperor of Wei was Cao Pi, who was the
  son of Cao Cao.
• The emperor in Shu was Liu Bei.
• The emperor in Wu is Sun Quan.

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Timeline

• Chaos 184 AD- 192AD
• Warlords divide Chinese lands
• 193 AD- 207 AD
• Three leaders began to invade and take lands from
  governors
• 208 AD- 215 AD
• Establishments of three kingdoms
• 1.Wei 220 AD
• 2.Wu 222 AD
• 3.Shu 229 AD
• The family of Sima established dynasty of Ji 265
  AD
• The ending of three kingdoms
• 1. Shu 263 AD
• 2. Wei 265 AD
• 3. Wu 280 AD

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Chaos of eastern Han

• Reasons
• Royalty family members plunder the powers. Ten
  eunuchs almost took the powers from the
  emperor.
• The powered people began to take lands and
  populations crazily. Plus with natural disasters,
  leading a miserable life. people gradually lose
  confidence in the government.

• Huangjin Uprising
• Leaders zhang Jiao, zhang Liang, zhang Jiao.
• Time March 5th, 184 AD- ending of the year
• After War
• Emperors power separated in the governors
  hands.
• Powerful governors and warlords attacked each
  other to get lands.
• During that period, the emperors of Eastern Han
  were useless and unable to own powers. This
  continued until 220 AD
• Therefore, the Huangjin Uprising is the fuse for
  the ending of Han dynasty.

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The areas where Huangjin Uprising affected
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189AD- 192AD

• A royal family member started a political and
  military uprising for getting rid of the ten
  eunuchs. As a result, another powerful warlord
  Dong Zhuo took the power from the young emperor,
  and ruled the country cruelly for another 3 years.

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Cao Cao completed the northern lands

• By 193 AD, Cao Cao and Yuan shao were the only
  two powerful warlords in Northern China.
• By 200 AD, Cao Cao started a battle with Yuan
  Shao. Two year later, Cao Cao owned all northern
  lands.

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Independence of three kingdoms

• Cao Cao was lost during a battle with Liu Bei and
  Sun Quan in 208 AD. This battle reduced Cao Caos
  army and power for invading.
• After this battle, Liu Bei began to move
  southwestern China, and took more lands.
• Cao Pi forced the Han emperor to abdicate in 220
  AD, the Han dynasty was completely over.
• The establishments for three kingdoms were held
  from 210 AD- 229 AD

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The Sima family

• Sima yi was a general that served in Caos army.
• His family took power from the Wei kingdom during
  249 AD
• Wei destroyed Shu in the 263 AD
• Sima family forced Wei emperor to abdicate and
  established the Ji dynasty.
• In 280 AD, the period of three kingdoms was
  finally over.

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Afterward

• People believed that Huangjin Uprising was
  influenced the Taoism.
• Hua Tuo was a popular physician during three
  kingdoms. He specializes in surgery. He also
  Invented a narcotic known as "Ma boiling
  scattered which lately known as the original
  Surgical anesthetics.

• In Ming dynasty, Luo GuanZhong(1330-1400) wrote
  A Historical Novel that named the romance of
  three kingdoms.
• This book was known as One of the four famous and
  classical Chinese historical novels.
• The other three are "Journey to the West,
  Outlaws of the Marsh "," A Dream of Red
  Mansions.
• In the modern China, most computer games
  companies put more interests onto the period of
  three kingdoms.