The Scholars of Shen Zhou

SUN QUAN 孫權，字仲謀。兄策既定諸郡，時權年十五，以為陽羨長。郡察孝廉，州舉茂才，行奉義校尉。漢以策遠修職貢，遣使者劉琬加錫命。琬語人曰：「吾觀孫氏兄弟雖各才秀明達，然皆祿祚不終。惟中弟孝廉，形貌奇偉，骨體不恆，有大貴之表，年又最壽。爾試識之。」 Sun Quan's style name was Zhongmou. By the time that his elder brother Sun Ce had pacified the commandaries of the Southland, Sun Quan was fourteen years old (in 196). Sun...

第九回 劉璩改名投元度 Chapter 9 - Liu Qu Changes His Name And Seeks Refuge With Hao Yuandu 此是平吳前之話，不先敘晉，難舉大綱，故錯綜成帙，布其由耳。 Having begun our recital of the series of events which the various groups of noble Han youths undertook following their flights, we hasten to clarify for the reader that all of these event...

第八回 關防孔萇相結納 Chapter 8 - Guan Fang and Kong Chang Forge A Bond of Friendship 話分兩處，事起各番。顧前後之難繹，致次第之彌茫。 Thus far have we dwelled upon the rise of the Jin dynasty, which in the midst of its triumphs sowed the seeds of its own travails. Was it any wonder that Heaven decreed that they should have been br...

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第七回 陶璜郭欽諫撤兵 Chapter 7 - Tao Huang And Guo Qin Protest Emperor Wu's Decision To Disband The Armies 晉武帝自散大兵於各鎮，京中寧逸，內無吳蜀東西之憂，外無南北邊防之患，天下承平，甲兵不用。 In the last chapter, we mentioned how Emperor Wu had dispersed his soldiers to the various regional commands across the realm. This left the capital region ...

According to the Book of Jin's Geographical Records, Liu Zhang split off part of Ba commandary in 201 to form Baxi.

Is the second volume of To Establish Peace not what you're looking for? It's all in pinyin.

I am not certain of the source of this plot between Zhong Yao and Yang Feng. Zhong Yao's SGZ just says that "when Emperor Xian made his escape from Chang'an, Zhong Yao was involved". Since his next appearance is Cao Cao sending him back west to Chang'an, I assume he fled along with Emperor...

第六回 晉武帝大封宗室 Chapter 6 – Emperor Wu Grants Great Fiefs To His Kinsmen 晉武得禪大位，吳、蜀皆平，天下一統，心意頗足，欲封藩諸王，使其各擇文武官吏以隨。 In the last chapter, we discussed the last gasp of the state of Wu. Yet by now, that state too had fully submitted to the Jin dynasty. Emperor Wu of Jin had thus reached the zenith of his r...

第五回 郴嶺吳將敗晉兵 Chapter 5 - The Wu Generals Defeat The Jin Army at the Chen Ranges 晉太康元年，武帝以正月出師，四月平吳，五月引見歸命侯於正殿，賜坐於偏殿。帝顧謂吳主曰："朕設此位以待卿至久矣。"皓對曰："臣於南方，亦設此座以待陛下矣。"賈充見皓答語之意，乃亦問曰："聞君在江南，鑿人目，剝人面皮，此何刑也？"皓曰："人臣有弒其君及奸回不忠者，則加此刑耳！"充默然無答，深以為愧。武帝見皓言辭敏捷，似非愚庸失國之君，何一旦遽至於此？乃問其從臣薛...