Liu Bei

A distant member of the Han royal house who recruited Zhuge Liang, took Shu and proclaimed himself emperor at Chengdu in 221.

Lived	AD 161 – AD 223
Known as	Founder of Shu Han
Birthplace or main place	Zhuozhou
Places on the map	Chengdu

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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Place	At birth (map of AD 100)	At death (map of AD 200)
Zhuozhou	Han	same
Chengdu	Han	same

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Events in his lifetime

Year	Event	Where
AD 221	Liu Bei proclaims himself emperor at Chengdu, founding Shu Han	Chengdu

Battles and sites of the time

Battle of Red Cliffs · AD 208

Contemporaries

Lived	Person
AD 155 – AD 220	Cao Cao	Warlord and poet
AD 181 – AD 234	Zhuge Liang	Chancellor of Shu Han
AD 121 – AD 180	Marcus Aurelius	Roman emperor and philosopher

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.

Liu Bei

Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Events in his lifetime

Battles and sites of the time

Further reading

Contemporaries