A comparison of ancient and modern place names during the Three Kingdoms period

1. Yuzhou: It governs the southern and eastern parts of Henan, northern Anhui, the northwest corner of Jiangsu and the southwest corner of Shandong;

2. Yanzhou: It governs the northwest of present-day Lujinxiang County. Today's southeastern part of Shandong, eastern Henan, and the northwest corner of Jiangsu;

3. Xuzhou: It governs the southeastern part of Shandong, northern Jiangsu, and the northeastern corner of Anhui;

4. Liangzhou: It governs the eastern part of present-day Gandong;

5. Jizhou: the north of Baixiang County, Hebei Province, and later moved to Yecheng. It governs present-day southwestern Hebei Province. It was later consolidated by Cao Cao into the four prefectures of Ji, Qing, Bing, and You. Jizhou;

6. Yangzhou: It governs the present-day southern Jiangsu, central and southern Anhui, and the three provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi;

7. Jingzhou: It governs present-day southwestern Henan, Hubei, and Hunan Province and the edges of the three provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong;

8. Yizhou: It governs most of the three provinces of Sichuan, Qian and Yunnan, and a corner of Shaanxi, Hubei and Gansu;

9. Jiaozhou: Including today's northern and central Vietnam and part of Guangxi, China.

Jiaozhou in the Eastern Han Dynasty governed Panyu, now Guangzhou, and governed present-day Guangdong and Guangxi and northern Vietnam. Wu divided Jiaozhou into Jiaozhou and Guangzhou, Guangzhou governed Panyu, Jiaozhou governed Longbian (east of present-day Hanoi, Vietnam), and Jiaozhou governed the Leizhou Peninsula and Qinzhou areas of present-day northern Vietnam and Guangdong and Guangxi.

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The formation of the Three Kingdoms situation:

In 208, after Cao Cao unified the north, he took advantage of Liu Biao's death from illness and led his army southward. His son Liu Cong surrendered to Cao Cao, and Liu Bei left Xinye and went south to Jiangling. On the way, he was overtaken and defeated by Cao's army and fled to Xiakou. At this time, Lu Su went to Bei to inquire about the situation, and Liu Bei also sent Zhuge Liang as envoy to Jiangdong. The two sides formed an alliance to resist Cao's army.

The coalition forces of Sun and Liu defeated Cao's army in Chibi with a small number. After Cao's army returned to the north, they defeated the northwest coalition forces of Ma Chao and Han Sui and unified the north. Prompt the formation of the situation of three kingdoms. Sun Quan and Liu Bei also began to compete for Jingzhou. Liu Bei successfully forced the surrender of the four southern counties of Jingzhou; while Sun Quan's general Zhou Yu also sent troops to the southern counties of Jingzhou and successfully took over the northwest area as his territory.

In 220, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, making Luoyang the capital. The country was named "Wei" and the history was called Cao Wei. The history of the Three Kingdoms officially began. The following year Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor and established his capital in Chengdu, which was known as Shuhan in history. In 222, Liu Bei failed in the Battle of Yiling, and Sun Quan gained most of Jingzhou.

When Liu Bei died in 223, Zhuge Liang assisted Liu Bei's son Liu Chan in re-alliance with Sun Quan. In 229, Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor and established the capital at Jianye. The country was named "Wu" and historically known as Soochow. The Three Kingdoms were thus officially established.

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