three kingdoms

In most Three Kingdoms discussions I've seen, it seems like Cao Wei and Shu Han always get much more attention than the Eastern Wu. Not only being the longest lasting of the Three Kingdoms, the Wu also has the advantage of controlling the populous area of southern China (in comparison to the Wei...

Cao Cao was a major figure in the Three Kingdoms era in China, and was the villain of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. His plans to unify China failed. What if Cao Cao had succeeded in this time period?

a question that is some times asked is why the Han dynasty collapsed while the roman empire surived the third century crisis ( so since i could find any thing) i ask can we reverse it have the roman empire collapse or split in the third century ( or should i say mantain the split of the ot with...

What if, in the 1640s, instead the Qing steamrolling over all of China, what if instead, the Qing were unable to conquer the rest of China, with a more stable and competent Southern Ming, and more powerful Shun Dynasty, which defeats Zhang Xianzhong, and conquers Sichuan and Tibet. By the End...

For reference, the following is a shortened version of the Liu family. 0.Liu Bei, emperor number1 1.1Liu Shan, emperor number2 1.1.5.Liu Chen, the Prince of Beidi 1.2.Liu Yong Liu Yong was noted for his "contempt" of leadership by Huang Hao the eunuch in the central governance in Chengdu. In an...

With a PoD in the Third Century CE, how can the rise of Chinese Buddhism that OTL saw in the Fourth through Sixth Centuries be as reduced as possible?

I know this is simplistic but... Guo Jia doesn't get sick and die in 207 CE. Guo Jia advises Tsao Tsao against fighting the historical Battle of Chi Bi (208/9 CE) Tsao Tsao conquers northwest, west and south west China Sun Quan surrenders/is defeated. The capital is moved back to Luoyang. Tsao...

Ancient Chinese history is mostly made up of dynasties taking up their mandate of heavens to rule the land, but with several hiccups like during the Three Kingdoms period. However, with enough divergences, is a region divided into several states taking its place plausible, or will it be too...

Yes I know he kept the Han emperor as a puppet to coerce the warlords but by the Time of the Battle of Red Cliff there was only him, Sun Quan, Liu Bei, and the Riverlands (that never really got into much conflict) so the Han emperor didn't give him as much authority as it once did. So I'm...