Furthermore, during the time of Ruan Ji, there was ongoing peril from the ongoing military struggles with the kingdom of Shu Han, together with various other impending military and political changes in store.
Liu Bei was succeeded by his son, Liu Shan, making him the youngest of three rulers at only 16.
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Between 247 and 262, the Shu general Jiang Wei resumed Zhuge Liang's legacy by leading a series of nine military campaigns against Wei, but also failed to make any significant territorial gains.
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Its name, "Shu Han", therefore was derived from "Shu", the place it was based, and "Han" from the Han Dynasty, because its founder, Liu Bei, was directly related to the imperial clan of the Han Dynasty and shared the same surname — Liu — as the Han emperors.
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However, aside from gaining Jiang Wei as an officer in 228, Shu failed to achieve any significant victories or lasting gains in the five expeditions.
The temple of the Marquis of Wu didn't become quiet because of Shu Han's perdition,
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In 220, the emperor of Shu Han, Liu Bei, declared war against Sun Quan in an attempt to retake Jing province, and bribed the Wuling barbarians to rebel as a way to dilute the Sun army.
Local legends accounted that the name came from the famous general, Guan Yu (关羽), who stopped by in the area on his way to look for his sworn brother, Liu Bei, the founder of the Shu Han Kingdom (221-263) in the southwest, after having left Cao Cao of the Cao Wei Kingdom (220-265) in China proper.
According to the Record of Shu (蜀記) by Wang Yin (王隱), after Shu Han was conquered by Cao Wei in 263, Pang massacred the descendants of Guan Yu to avenge his father.
Wang Yuanji's prediction came true later as Zhong Hui started a rebellion in 263 after helping Wei conquer its rival state Shu Han.
On one occasion, when the Shu Han envoy Zhang Feng (張奉) made fun of the name of his colleague Kan Ze during a feast, he gained somewhat of a measure of revenge by making fun of Shu Han's name.
Yang Hong (Shu Han) (楊洪), style name Jixiu (季休), Shu official of the Three Kingdoms period, see Records of the Three Kingdoms
In 229 AD, Chen Shi, a veteran general of Shu Han, was chosen by Zhuge Liang to lead an army to take Wudu and Yinping commanderies, while the regent himself stayed in the staging area of Yangpingguan as a backup.
Battle of Didao, between the states of Shu Han and Cao Wei in 255
Dong Jue, court official and general of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period
In the historical novel Romance of Three Kingdoms, at one time Ma was about to fall for a trap set by Zhuge Liang, but he was saved through a brilliant strategy set by Jiang Wei, who set a trap for the Shu Han general Zhao Yun.
Sun Xiu sent two separate forces, one attacking Shouchun and one heading toward Hanzhong to try to alleviate pressures on Shu Han, but neither was at all successful, and Shu Han's capital Chengdu and its emperor Liu Shan surrendered later that year without having received major help from Eastern Wu.
Zhang Ni (died 254), often misspelled as Zhang Yi, general of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period