ItssLuBu wrote:Could anyone tell me more about some of Liu Bei's early followers, I have read the bio's before on Sun Quan, Mi Zhu and Jian Yong but would love to know more.
Chen Shou's intention when he write the SGZ was that the rulers biographies were the main ones (ie Liu Bei) that told the main history of what happened. Then the other officers only got bios when they did something remarkable or there involvement in history deviated to what the ruler did. For example we know about what Jian Yong did when he was sent as an envoy and so was working separately from Liu Bei. that way Chen Shou was saved form writing the same thing multiple times but at the same time it means officers like those are neglected.