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A famous saying describing the general trend of the times
This sentence is the preface of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four classical novels in ancient China.

In the Han Dynasty, the story of the White Snake rebelled by Emperor Gaozu and unified the whole country. Later, Wushu flourished and spread to Xian Di, where it was divided into three countries.

This sentence describes the contradictions and struggles among the three political and military groups headed by Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period in Wei Shuwu in the late Eastern Han Dynasty in the third century ... They died because of the incompetence of the late masters of various countries.

The queen of Shu was captured alive by Zhong and Deng He in Chengdu, and the queen of Wu surrendered for fear of war. Cao Huan, the ruler of the late Wei Dynasty, was forced to move and changed his country name to Jin. Since then, the world has been controlled by Sima Shi.

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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, consorts were authoritarian, eunuchs were in power, political corruption and natural disasters continued. In the first year of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty (184), the Yellow turban insurrectionary broke out, and nearly a hundred years of war began.

After the yellow turban insurrectionary uprising was suppressed, consorts and eunuchs lost their power in the infighting. In the first year of Yong Han Dynasty (189), Dong Zhuo took control of the imperial court, and in the third year of Chu Ping (192), Dong Zhuo was killed by Lu Bu, while Li Jue and Guo Si took control of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the anti-Dong Zhuo war and the subsequent mutual attacks, local governors gradually strengthened their strength and formed a situation of local warlords' separatist regime. With the political advantage of "relying on the emperor to make the princes", Cao Cao has eliminated the separatist forces such as Lu Bu and Yuan Shu after years of north-south campaigns.

Zhang Xiu and Liu Bei were expelled and Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou and Sizhou were controlled. Later, in the battle of Guandu, Xu You, an adviser, was appointed to burn the rations of Yuan Shao's troops, so that less won more, defeated Yuan Shao, a powerful separatist force in Hebei, and finally unified the north. ?

In the 13th year of Jian 'an (208), Liu Biao died of illness, Jingzhou was unstable, Cao Cao levied Jingzhou, and Liu Cong was helpless. Liu Bei, who was sent to Jingzhou, was forced to retreat to Xiakou. Cao Cao is eyeing Jiangdong.

Under the joint promotion of Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei's counselor, and Lu Su, Sun Quan's counselor, Sun Liu forged an alliance. Later, Sun and Liu defeated Cao Jun in Chibi, and Cao Cao was forced to return to the north. This is Battle of Red Cliffs, which laid the foundation for the formation of the three countries. Liu Bei took advantage of the situation to occupy five counties in Jingzhou, and then won Yizhou and Hanzhong in the 19th year of Jian 'an (2 14) and the 24th year of Jian 'an (2 19) respectively, reaching the peak of his power.

In the fifteenth year of Jian 'an (2 1 1), Cao Cao defeated Ma Chao, Han Sui and other ministries in Guanzhong, ordered the Western Expedition in Xia Dynasty, eliminated the separatist forces such as Han Sui and Song Jian, and brought Liangzhou into the sphere of Wei's influence. After that, Cao Cao went south several times and Sun Quan went north several times, but neither side made great progress.

In August of the 24th year of Jian 'an (2 19), Guan Yu, the general of Liu Bei, attacked Xiangfan, escaped from the Forbidden City, attacked Pound, surrounded Coss in Fancheng, and responded to Guan Yu one after another to the south of Xuchang. Guan Yu used to be a megalomaniac, but soon Huang Xu lifted the siege of Fancheng, and Cao Cao took Sima Yi's advice and sent someone to persuade Sun Quan and solve the problem. Sun Quan's general Monroe designed a sneak attack on Jingzhou and killed Guan Yu. At this point, most of Jingzhou fell into the hands of Sun Quan.

In the winter of the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, establishing Luoyang as its capital, with the title of "Wei", which was called "Cao Wei" in history. The Three Kingdoms officially began. In the second year of Huang Chu (22 1), in order to continue and revive the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor in Chengdu, with the title of "Han" and was called "Shu Han or" in history.

In order to avenge Sun Quan's capture of Jingzhou and kill Guan Yu, Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops to seek revenge from Sun Quan. In 222, Lu Xun was defeated by Yiling, and the strength of Shu Han was greatly damaged, becoming the weakest among the three countries.

In 222, Wei Wendi Cao Pi made Sun Quan the king of Wu. In 229, he proclaimed himself emperor in Wuchang (now Hubei), with the title of "Wu". Changed to the first year of Huanglong, which was called "Wu Dong" in history. Later, the capital was moved to Jianye, and the three countries officially stood on their own feet.

After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang helped Liu Chan, the son of Liu Bei, reunite with Sun Quan of Soochow, and devoted himself to restoring domestic production. In the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei led troops to the northern expedition of Cao Wei many times, but they never changed the pattern of tripartite confrontation.

In the first ten years (249), Sima Yi, an important official of Cao Wei, launched the change of Gao Pingling and took power. In the first year of Yan Xing (263), Si Mazhao sent Zhong Hui, Wargo and Zhuge Xu south to Shu Han, and launched a tug-of-war with general Jiang Wei. Zhong Hui was blocked in Jiange, and Deng Ai avoided Jiang Wei's sharp edge, took a level path and went straight to Fucheng, advanced on Chengdu, and Liu Chan surrendered and perished.

In the first year of Taishi (265), Sima Yan, the son of Si Mazhao, forced Cao Huan, the emperor of Cao Wei, to abdicate and become emperor, and established the Jin Dynasty, known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history, and still made Luoyang its capital. In the first year of Taikang (280), Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, attacked Wu on a large scale, Sun Hao surrendered, Soochow perished, and the Three Kingdoms era ended.