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Portrait of Liu Bei

China

Liu Bei

Reign
221223
Life
161–223

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Cover of To Establish Peace: Being the Chronicle of the Later Han Dynasty

To Establish Peace: Being the Chronicle of the Later Han Dynasty

Rafe de Crespigny

Liu Bei as warlord-turned-emperor of Shu, de Crespigny separates Romance from record.

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