Sun Quan

Wu (May 23, 229 - May 1, 280), one of the Three Kingdoms, was a separatist regime established by Sun Quan in southeastern China. The name of the country was "Wu", and the historians called it Sun Wu. Due to its dominance with Cao Wei and Shu Han, the area ruled was also called Soochow.

Sun Wu was the oldest country among the Three Kingdoms, with four emperors for a total of 52 years (59 years from 222 AD). In the third year of the third year of Wei and Huang Dynasty (222), Sun Quan was King of Wu. He was nominally attached to Cao Wei, but actually broke away from Cao Wei's control. On May 23, the first year of Huanglong (229 years), Sun Quan proclaimed himself emperor, and Sun Wu officially established the country.

Sun Wu owned most of Yangzhou and Jingzhou and the entire territory of Jiaozhou at the end of the Han Dynasty. Later, Guangzhou was divided into the northeast of Jiaozhou. At first, the capital was founded in Wujun (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), and later the Shitou City was built and moved to Jianye (now Nanjing). Sun Wu vigorously developed the economy and made significant contributions to the development of the Jiangnan area.

On May 1, 280 AD (the fourth year of Tianji), Sun Wu died in the Western Jin Dynasty, marking the complete end of the separatist situation in China since the end of the Han Dynasty.