Who is Liu Bei?

Liu Bei is born in the declining Han Dynasty imperial family

Liu and his mother sold shoes to support life

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How Liu Bei Set Up Shu Han Kingdom During the Three

kingdoms Period

Brian

Five Main Periods

• 1. The First Appearance• 2. The Lost Period• 3. The War of Red Cliff• 4. Expansion of His Territory• 5. The Termination of Eastern Han Dynasty

And the Establishment of Shu Han Dynasty

1. The First Appearance

Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei met each other when they joined the army.

They treated each other as brothers.

They decided to be sworn brothers

In 184

The outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion

• Liu called for the assembly of a volunteer army to help government forces suppress the rebellion.

• He then traveled south with his followers to join another volunteer army to suppress the Yellow Turbans remnants in Xu Zhou.

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• Cao Cao launched a campaign against Tao Qian in Xu Zhou.

• Liu Bei lead his army to help Tao Qian.• In 195, after Tao Qian dead, Liu took

over Xu Zhou

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2. The Lost Period

• He was defeated many times, and he didn’t have a certain territory.

• Liu’s group had once become a part of Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao.

Zhuge Liang’s join

• A very important turning point.• He showed Liu Bei how to divide

China into 3 parts.• Liu regarded Zhuge as his teacher.

3. The War of Red Cliff

• In 208, Lu Su, the envoy of Sun Quan, met Liu Bei was at Changban

• Zhuge Liang went with Lu Su to meet Sun Quan

• Liu & Sun formed an alliance to against Cao Cao

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Cao’s core troops were not good at fighting on water

Cao tried to use chain-linked vessels to against Zhou Yu

After The War

• Liu Bei’s group survived• Liu also got Jing Zhou easily

4. Expansion of His Territory

• In 211, Cao Cao planed to attack Zhang Lu

• Liu Zhang wanted Liu Bei join to form an alliance

• Liu Bei went Yi Zhou with Pang Tong

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• Liu Zhang’s men, Fa Zheng and Zhang Song, thought Liu Bei was hero.

• They advised Liu Bei to attack Liu Zhang to take over Yi Zhou

• Zhang Song was dead because of it.

• Liu Bei was angry, so he let Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun help him.

• Liu Bei got Ma Chao’s help.

• In 218, Liu Bei attacked Han Zhong and succeed.

• After that, Cao Cao wanted to retake Han Zhong but failed.

• Liu Bei became the King of Hang Zhong

5.The Termination of Eastern Han Dynasty And the Establishment of Shu

Han Dynasty

• In 220, Cao Cao dead….• And his son Cao pi succeeded

Emperor Xian and became the emperor of Wei Dynasty

• Liu Bei declared himself Emperor of Shu Han and claimed his intent was to carry on the lineage of the Han Dynasty.

Conclusion: Lessons Learnt from Liu Bei

• Good start is important.• Lost period is unavoidable• Young people can also make huge

contribution• Alliance can help you a lot.

Thank You For Watching

Brian