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From AD 222 - 280, the Wu Kingdom was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. During the decline of the Han dynasty, the State of WuWu may refer to: Kingdom of Wu a state in southeastern China during the Three Kingdoms Period State of Wu a state in the Wu region during the Spring and Autumn Period Wu (linguistics a subdivision of spoken Chinese spoken in the Wu region wu (negative Zha - a region in the south of Chang JiangThe Chang Jiang ( Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: chang jing, Wade-Giles: Ch'ang Chiang, lit. Long River") is the longest river in Asia and the third longest in the world after the Amazon in South America and the Nile in Africa. The r, surrounding Suzhou - was under the control of the warlord Sun QuanSun Quan ( pinyin: Sun Quan) (182-252), son of Sun Jian, was the third ruler of "the State of Wu" and the founder of Kingdom of Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period, in China. He ruled from 200 to 222 as Wu Wang (King of Wu) and from 222 to 252 as Emperor. Sun Quan succeeded his brother as the King of Wu and considered the area under his rule subject to the Han emperor. Unlike his competitors, he did not really have the ambition to be Emperor of China. However, after Cao PiCao Pi , the second son of the Chinese politician and poet Cao Cao, was the first emperor and the real founder of the Kingdom of Wei (see Three Kingdoms). After assuming control of the Wei throne he attacked the Shu and Wu kingdoms with little results the of the Kingdom of WeiThe Kingdom of Wei ( ch. wei) ( 220- 265) was one of the Three Kingdoms competing for control of China after the fall of the Han Dynasty. During the decline of the Han Dynasty, the northern part of China was under the control of Cao Cao, the Imperial Secr and Liu BeiLiu Bei was the founder of the Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was portrayed as a virtuous man in the Romance of Three Kingdoms''. Various names in different forms Family name and given name Traditional Chinese characters: Simpli of the Kingdom of Shu each declared himself to be the Emperor, Sun Quan decided to follow suit in 222, claiming to have founded the Wu dynasty.
Under the rule of Wu, Southern China, regarded in early history as a barbaric "jungle" developed into one of the commercial, cultural and political centers of China. Within five centuries, during the Five Dynasties and Ten States, the development of Southern China had surpassed that of the north. The achievements of Wu marked the beginning of the cultural and political division between Northern and Southern China that would repeatedly appear in Chinese history well into modernity. The term Southern China as used here does not include Guangdong and other far south provinces, which were not incorporated into China Proper until the Tang Dynasty and remained for the most part economically and culturally backward until the late 19th century.
The island of Taiwan was also first recorded during the Three Kingdoms. The contact with native population and the sending of officials to Taiwan by the Wu Kingdom paved for the road in leading the official establishment of Taiwan Province in the later dynasties.
The Kingdom of Wu was finally conquered by the first Jin emperor, Sima Yan, in 280. With a lifespan of 58 years, it was the longest-lived of the three kingdoms.
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