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Gongli Quan
Sun Shao (188–241), born Yu Shao, courtesy name Gongli, was a military general of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China. Sun Ce, a warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty, granted the family name "Sun" to Sun Shao but never adopted him as a son. Sun Shao's uncle was Sun He (Bohai), Sun He () né Yu He (), who had been brought into the Sun clan by Sun Jian. Sun Shao was described as a handsome man and was eight chi tall (approximately 184 cm). Life In 204, the Grand Administrator of Danyang, Sun Jian's son Sun Yi (Sun Jian's son), Sun Yi was assassinated in Xuancheng, Wanling by rebels still loyal to their former master Sheng Xian. Sun He discovered the culprits, but as one of the assassins, Gai Lan (), held a high military post in the city, Sun He was unable to control the military and was killed as well. After the deaths of the assassins at the hands of Sun Yi's former subordinates Sun Gao () and Fu Ying (), Sun Shao assumed control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Province
You Prefecture or You Province, also known by its Chinese name Youzhou, was a prefecture ('' zhou'') in northern China during its imperial era. "You Province" was cited in some ancient sources as one of the nine or twelve original provinces of China around the 22nd century BC, but You Prefecture was used in actual administration from 106 BC to the tenth century. As is standard in Chinese, the same name "Youzhou" was also often used to describe the prefectural seat or provincial capital from which the area was administered. You was first created in 106 BC as a province-sized prefecture during the Western Han Dynasty to administer a large swath of the dynasty's northern frontier that stretched from modern-day Shanxi Province in the west and Shandong Province in the south, through northeastern Hebei Province, southern Liaoning Province and southern Inner Mongolia to Korea. The prefectural capital was the City of Ji in modern Beijing. This prefecture continued to be cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
