HIS280Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Xiongnu, Tuoba, Empress Feng (Wencheng)
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Ad 250 the three states--->wei, shu han and wu. After the han, even though there is a divided imperium, each state ruler claims to be emperors themselves. 205 cao cao made himself regent while keeping a han emperor as a puppet. Eventually disposes of the puppet emperor and makes himself emperor and founds the state of wei. Liu is the popular guy and in popular culture called the good guy. Staged coup over cao family and conquered the other lands- all under heaven. Find people of merit through their popularity among the people. Regional princes fight over power after the first jin emperor died: 16 kingdoms and eastern jin. 311 xiongnu takes luoyang and contributes to the jin break up. The elites running away from the xiongnu settled in the south. Diminished court- always questing to remain its losses. Military wishes to get the lands back however the people see it as the trouble against them.
