Where is Soochow in the Three Kingdoms?

There are four states in the Wu Kingdom, namely Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Guangzhou and Jiaozhou. Its territory extends from Lujiang County (now central Jiangsu) to the north, Rinan County to the south, Jiaozhi County to the west, and the East China Sea to the east. It covers the complete areas of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan provinces in my country today, as well as Jiangsu, Guangxi, and Anhui, Hubei Province, Chongqing, parts of Shanghai, and the northern part of present-day Vietnam.

The main cities of Soochow in the Three Kingdoms:

1. Wu County

The counties under the jurisdiction of Wu County: Wu County (now Gusu District, Suzhou City), Lou County (now northeast of Kunshan), Youquan (south of today's Jiaxing), Haiyan (southeast of today's Pinghu in the Eastern Han Dynasty), Yuhang, Qiantang (now Hangzhou), Fuchun (now Fuyang), Wucheng (now Huzhou), Yangxian ( Today's Yixing), Wuxi, Piling (now Changzhou), Qu'a (now Danyang), Dantu (now Zhenjiang).

According to the annals of counties and states in the Later Han Dynasty, Wu County has An County but no Qian Tang, but the location of An County is unknown. According to the geography of Han Dynasty, it may be Qiantang. This place is from Tan Qixiang's Chinese Historical Atlas.

2. Jiangling

Jiangling, now known as Jingzhou City, is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province. It is a prefecture-level city, a national historical and cultural city, and the central city of Jianghan Plain. Since the Five Dynasties, the ruling center of the Central Plains Dynasty has been between Henan and Shaanxi. Jiangling controls Bashu in the west and Xianghan in the north. It is connected with Jianghu and Wu and Guangdong. It is the key link between the Central Plains and Lingnan. It is known as "the important town in the southeast" and "the metropolis". ".

Most of the political regimes that established their capitals in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the past dynasties established their capitals here. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Five Dynasties, there were ten dynasties that established their capitals. Among them, Chu was a big and powerful country. The Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties both owned half of southern China. Jianghe, so the ancient capital of Jiangling has a higher status, second only to the "Seven Ancient Capitals", and is the famous capital of Jingchu.

3. Fuzhou

Fuzhou, also known as Rongcheng, or "Rong" for short, belongs to Fujian Province. It is located in the eastern part of Fujian Province, the lower reaches of the Min River and the coastal areas. It is the capital of Fujian Province. It is the political, cultural and transportation center of Fujian Province and one of the central cities in the West Coast Economic Zone.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Fuzhou was one of the shipbuilding centers of Soochow. During the Taikang period of the Jin Dynasty, Yan Gao, the first prefect of Jin'an County, built Fuzhou City and dug the East Lake, West Lake and canal (today's Jin'an River), laying the foundation for the future Fuzhou City. In 308 (the second year of Yongjia), at the time of the "Five Husties", Jin'an County became an important settlement place for Han immigrants from the Central Plains to Fujian.

Extended information

The management of Sun Wu's territory began in 195 (the second year of Xingping of the Han Dynasty) when Sun Ce crossed the river and defeated local forces such as Liu Yao and Yan Baihu in the east of the Yangtze River. Most of the areas in the Yangzhou Prefecture of the Eastern Han Dynasty were Danyang, Wujun, Kuaiji, Yuzhang, Luling, and Lujiang counties. The administrative divisions during this period were mainly county-level administrative divisions. In 200 (the fifth year of Jian'an in the Han Dynasty), Sun Ce died and Sun Quan succeeded to the throne.

During the reign of Sun Quan, a tripartite situation gradually formed. On the basis of the original six counties in Jiangdong, Sun Wu sent troops deep into the dangerous areas of each county to conquer Shanyue, and also expanded westward and southward. After the Battle of Chibi, they successively acquired Changsha, Jiangxia, Guiyang and other places as well as Jiaozhou, which was occupied by Shixie. After defeating Guan Yu, they gained Nanjun, Wuling, Lingling and other places in Jingzhou. They basically occupied Jingzhou and established the outline of Sun Wu's territory.

In 221 AD, the State of Wu merged the counties south of Nanling with Hepu in today's Beihai City, Guangxi as the boundary, Guangzhou in the north and Jiaozhou in the south. After Sun Quan became emperor, the territory of Sun Wu stabilized. After Sun Quan's painstaking management, Sun Wu's territory "slaughtered the suburbs of Shu in the west, split the Huaihan River in the north, sprouted the land of Baiyue in the east, and included the barbarians in the south." The establishment of administrative districts during this period mainly started from the management of dangerous areas in counties and counties and the management of hostile forces in the north and west.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Sun Wu