Region: China · Coordinates: 30.660, 104.070 · 93 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 316 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | In the ninth year of Genyuan, Sima Cuo attacked and destroyed Shu. |
| 316 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Ba and Shu attacked each other and asked Qin for help; King Hui of Qin hesitated over attacking Shu. Sima Cuo urged attacking Shu, and Zhang Yi urged attacking Han. |
| AD 25 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | On the advice of Li Xiong, the Gongcao of Shu, Gongsun Shu in the fourth month declared himself emperor, founded the Cheng house, renamed the era Yonghsing, and made Li Xiong Grand Minister of Works. Yue Xiu Ren Gui led his commandery to surrender. |
| AD 36 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Wu Han and Zang Gong crushed Gongsun Shu at Chengdu; Gongsun Shu, wounded, died that night, and Wu Han massacred the people of Chengdu. |
| AD 36 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the eleventh month, when Zhang Gong reached the city gate, on the day wuxu Gongsun Shu personally attacked the Han army with tens of thousands. Yan Cen won three times, but while the troops were weary, Han's Gao Wu pierced Shu's horse and unhorsed him. |
| AD 42 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Shi Xin, a commander of the Shu army, defected; Wu Han besieged Chengdu, took the city in the seventh month, and beheaded Shi Xin and others. |
| AD 201 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhao Wei besieged Liu Zhang in Chengdu, but the people of Dongzhou fought to the death, and Zhao Wei was defeated and retreated. He pursued to Jiangzhou and killed him. |
| AD 212 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | When Liu Bei was at Jiameng, Pang Tong said that with an elite force racing day and night to strike Chengdu directly, Liu Zhang, being unprepared, would be pacified in a single stroke. |
| AD 214 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Liu Bei crushed Liu Zhang and took Yizhou. |
| AD 214 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Luocheng fell and Chengdu was besieged for several dozen days; Liu Zhang surrendered, and Liu Bei also held the post of Governor of Yizhou. |
| AD 214 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Bei entered Chengdu, held a feast for his soldiers, distributed the gold and silver of the Shu storehouses to the officers and troops, and returned the grain and silk. He concurrently held the post of Governor of Yizhou, and appointed Zhuge Liang as Military General and Fa Zheng as Shu Commandery Governor, among others. |
| AD 221 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Liu Bei ascended the throne as emperor south of Wudan in Chengdu (the first year of the Zhangwu era; Zhuge Liang as Chancellor). |
| AD 263 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Deng Ai and Zhong Hui attacked Shu, winning at every place they reached; the Shu ruler Liu Shan surrendered to Deng Ai, and Bashu was fully pacified. |
| AD 263 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | The Later Ruler, on Qiao Zhou's plan, loaded a coffin, bound himself, and surrendered to Deng Ai at the north gate of the Chengdu garrison. |
| AD 264 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Zhong Hui rebelled in Shu, was suppressed by his own men, and Deng Ai was also killed. |
| AD 301 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Yizhou Governor Zhao Xin and Li Xiang, a refugee of Lueyang, seized Chengdu and rebelled. |
| AD 301 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Li Te, a refugee of Lueyang, rebelled in Shu. |
| AD 301 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Te secretly gathered more than seven thousand soldiers, attacked and burned the camps of Yuan and others by night, so that eight or nine parts in ten died, and then he advanced to attack Chengdu. |
| AD 302 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | When Li Xiang was stationed at Piqiao, Luo Shang sent troops to strike him, but they were always defeated by Li Xiang; Li Xiang finally attacked Chengdu and burned its gates. |
| AD 302 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | When Li Liu was stationed north of Chengdu, Luo Shang attacked Li Xiang with ten thousand elite troops, but Li Xiang joined with Li Liu and struck them, greatly defeating them, so that one or two in ten returned. |
| AD 303 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Li Te took Yizhou, but Jingzhou Governor Song Dai beheaded him; his son Li Xiong then seized Yizhou again. |
| AD 305 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Li Xiong ascended the throne and named the state Shu (later called Cheng Han). |
| AD 338 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Li Shou assassinated Li Qi and named the state Han. |
| AD 347 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Huan Wen attacked Chengdu and took it; Li Shi surrendered, pacifying Yizhou (the fall of Cheng Han). |
| AD 347 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Huan Wen advanced, met Li Quan, and after three battles and three victories the Cheng Han troops scattered and fled to Chengdu; Zhendong General Li Weidu came and surrendered to Huan Wen. |
| AD 347 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Shi sent out his whole army and fought at the Zuo Bridge of Chengdu; Huan Wen's vanguard was at a disadvantage, the adviser Gong Hu was killed in battle, and an arrow reached the head of Huan Wen's horse. |
| AD 365 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Sima Xun, Governor of Liangzhou, rebelled, besieged Zhou Chu, Governor of Yizhou, at Chengdu, and Huan Wen sent Zhu Xu to relieve him. |
| AD 366 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | At Chengdu Zhu Xu defeated and beheaded Sima Xun. |
| AD 373 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Fu Jian's general Yang An attacked Chengdu. |
| AD 374 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Zhang Yu, a man of Shu, proclaimed himself King of Shu and besieged Chengdu; Fu Jian's general Deng Qiang destroyed him. |
| AD 374 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the ninth month Yang An greatly defeated Zhang Zhong and Yin Wan south of Chengdu; Zhang Zhong died in battle, and twenty-three thousand heads were taken. |
| AD 405 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Qiao Zong killed Governor of Yizhou Mao Qu and rebelled in Shu (Western Shu's independence). |
| AD 413 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Zhu Lingshi took Chengdu, beheaded Qiao Zong, and pacified Yizhou. |
| AD 413 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Zhu Lingshi pacified Shu and beheaded Qiao Zong, sending his head to Jianye. |
| AD 432 | Book of Song (Songshu), Annals | The bandit Zhao Guang invaded Yizhou and took commanderies and counties, but the commandery secretary suppressed him. |
| AD 432 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhao Guang and others, 100,000 strong, besiege Chengdu; Liu Daoji holds the city. |
| AD 502 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Liu Jilian, former prefect of Yizhou, rebelled and made Chengdu his base. |
| AD 503 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Deng Yuanqi, prefect of Yizhou, took Chengdu and granted a general amnesty in Yizhou. |
| AD 503 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Deng Yuanqi, Governor of Yizhou, took Chengdu. |
| AD 503 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Deng Yuanqi subdues Xiao Jilian, kills Yi Fengbai and others, pacifies Shu, and sends Jilian under escort to Jiankang. |
| AD 514 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | He appointed Gao Zhao Grand General and Commander-in-Chief for Pacifying Shu, ordering him to attack Yizhou from the west with 150,000 infantry and cavalry. |
| AD 552 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Xiao Ji, Prince of Wuling, claimed the imperial title in Shu and changed the era name to Tianzheng. |
| AD 552 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Xiao Ji led the great army of Ba and Shu down eastward by boat; Lu Fahe blocked him at Baxia (origin recorded as Chengdu). |
| AD 552 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Yizhou Governor Prince Wuling Ji proclaimed himself emperor in Shu, using the era name Tianzheng. |
| AD 553 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Grand General Yuchi Jiong took Chengdu, and Jiannan was pacified. |
| AD 553 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Western Wei sent Yuchi Jiong to raid Yizhou. |
| AD 553 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | Yuchi Jiong took Yizhou. |
| AD 553 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Western Wei's Yuchi Jiong pacified Shu. |
| AD 553 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Yuchi Jiong takes Chengdu and pacifies Jiannan |
| AD 553 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Western Wei's Yuchi Jiong besieges Chengdu for fifty days, and Xiao Zong surrenders. |
| AD 559 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Yuwen Xian, Duke of Ancheng, is made Governor-General of Yizhou and given charge of Shu |
| AD 580 | History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Annals | Liang Rui defeated Wang Qian, beheaded him, and Yizhou was pacified. |
| AD 580 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Wang Qian, governor-general of Yizhou, refuses to be replaced and rises in revolt; Liang Rui is sent as Field Marshal to suppress him |
| AD 580 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Liang Rui defeats Wang Qian in Jiannan, pursues him and kills him; Yizhou is pacified |
| AD 603 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | Yang Xiu, Prince of Shu and Governor of Yizhou, was deposed and made a commoner. |
| AD 756 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Emperor Xuanzong arrived at Shu Commandery (Chengdu). |
| AD 756 | Samguk Sagi (History of the Three Kingdoms) | During An Lushan's rebellion, on hearing that Emperor Xuanzong was in Shu, the king sent envoys who went up the river to Chengdu and paid tribute. |
| AD 765 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Guo Yingyi, Jiedushi of Jiannan, was killed by his subordinate Cui Gan; neighboring prefects rose to suppress it, and Shu fell into chaos. |
| AD 805 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | After Wei Gao, military governor of Western Sichuan, died, the army secretary Liu Pi declared himself acting governor on his own authority. |
| AD 806 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Gao Chongwen restored Chengdu and captured Liu Pi, delivering him. |
| AD 806 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Gao Chongwen captured Chengdu, ending Liu Pi's rebellion; Liu was executed the following month. |
| AD 829 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | The Yunnan Man invaded Chengdu. |
| AD 870 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | The Yunnan Man invaded the two prefectures of Lizhou and Yazhou and Chengdu. |
| AD 881 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Emperor Xizong held a general amnesty at the Chengdu prefectural office and changed the era to Zhonghe. |
| AD 888 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Wang Jian, defense commissioner of Langzhou, captured Hanzhou and threatened Chengdu (the beginning of the Former Shu). |
| AD 893 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Wang Jian killed Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi and took control of Xichuan. |
| AD 907 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Wang Jian declares himself emperor and founds the state of Great Shu. |
| AD 925 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Prince of Wei Jiji was made Commander-in-Chief of the Four Field Headquarters of Xichuan, and Guo Chongtao was made pacification commissioner, to conquer Shu. |
| AD 925 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Wang Yan of Former Shu surrendered. |
| AD 925 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Wang Yan, the former Shu ruler, leaves Chengdu with tens of thousands of men. |
| AD 925 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Prince Wei Li Jiji is received by Wang Zongbi at Hanzhou and enters Chengdu the next day. |
| AD 926 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Prince of Wei Jiji killed Guo Chongtao and his two sons in Shu. |
| AD 930 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Yihai, an edict was issued stripping Meng Zhixiang, military governor of Xichuan, of his titles on the charge of rebelling together with Dong Zhang. |
| AD 930 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Meng Zhixiang rebelled. |
| AD 933 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Meng Zhixiang becomes Military Commissioner of Dongxi Chuan and King of Shu. |
| AD 934 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Meng Zhixiang ascends the throne as emperor at Chengdu (Later Shu). |
| AD 934 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhang Qianzhao and Sun Hanshao move their clans to Chengdu. |
| AD 934 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Gaozu of Later Shu, Meng Zhixiang, dies, and Meng Chang succeeds him. |
| AD 934 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | The ruler of Shu summons Li Renhan and has him executed. |
| AD 965 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Meng Chang, ruler of Shu, surrendered at Chengdu. |
| AD 965 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the day bingshen, Tian Qinzuo returns from Xichuan and presents Meng Chang's letter of surrender, which asks that the tombs of his ancestors and his aged mother be cared for; the emperor replies with an edict of generous treatment, reassuring the officials and people of Xichuan. |
| AD 994 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On word that Li Shun is attacking the several prefectures of Jiannan, Wang Ji'en is appointed Xichuan chao'an shi (pacification commissioner) and ordered to lead troops to subdue him. |
| AD 994 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | Wang Ji'en arrives at Chengdu and attacks the city, which soon falls; he defeats more than a hundred thousand enemy troops, beheads thirty thousand, and captures the ringleader Li Shun. |
| AD 1127 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Du Lin, a soldier of the Dongdu Xuanwu Army, occupied Chengdu and plotted rebellion, but was executed. |
| AD 1153 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Wang Xiaolian, of the rank of Zuoxuan Jiaolang, occupied Chengdu and plotted rebellion, but was executed. |
| AD 1153 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the eighth month, bingyin, the Left Xuanjiao Lang Wang Xiaolian occupied Chengdu and plotted rebellion, and was executed. |
| AD 1236 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The army of the Yuan crown prince Godan left Chengdu and broke Wenzhou; the garrison official Liu Rui and others died in battle. |
| AD 1236 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Kudan entered Chengdu. |
| AD 1272 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the twelfth month, day xinhai, Zan Wanshou, Sichuan pacification envoy, sent troops to attack Chengdu; the Yuan official Yan Zhongfan was defeated, and eight men including Wang Shiying, Dongzhi, abandoned the city and fled, and the great city collapsed. |
| AD 1275 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | After twenty days through mountain roads, one arrives at the plain of Sindafu (Chengdu) on the border of Manzi. |
| AD 1371 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Fu Youde took Chengdu and pacified Sichuan. |
| AD 1621 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | She Chongming besieged Chengdu, and the Provincial Administration Commissioner Zhu Xieyuan held the city firmly. |
| AD 1652 | Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) | Meilechangjing Dai Du besieged Chengdu, and the Ming general Liu Wenxiu surrendered the city. |