Region: China · Coordinates: 34.780, 113.350 · 22 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 249 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Qin's Meng Ao attacked Han and took Chenggao and Xingyang, and for the first time established Sanchuan Commandery. |
| 205 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The King of Han camped at Xingyang; Han Xin gathered his forces and joined him. Between Jing and Suo he defeated the Chu army and built a covered road to carry grain from the Ao granary. |
| 204 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | Xiang Yu besieged Xingyang; the King of Han asked for peace and ceded the west of Xingyang to Han. Chen Ping's double-agent ploy made Fan Zeng suspect, and he left, departing without his troops. |
| 204 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | General Ji Xin, riding in the King of Han's carriage, feigned surrender; in the gap, the King escaped with a few dozen riders through the west gate. |
| 204 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | Xiang Yu took the walled city of Xingyang, captured Zhou Ke and boiled him alive, and then besieged Chenggao. |
| 204 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The King of Han escaped from Chenggao through the Yu Gate, crossed the Yellow River northward, lodged at Xiaoshuwu, and at dawn entered the camps of Zhang Er and Han Xin and took their troops. |
| 204 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | When the Han challenged again at Chenggao, Chu's Grand Marshal Cao Jiu, crossing the Si River only halfway, was struck by the Han army and routed; Cao Jiu killed himself, the King of Han retook Chenggao and stationed troops at Guangwu. |
| 204 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | When Xingyang was besieged, Ji Xin impersonated the King of Han to deceive the Chu army; the King of Han escaped by the west gate to Chenggao, while Ji Xin was burned to death. |
| 204 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Through Chen Ping's divisive scheme, Xiang Yu came to suspect Fan Zeng; Fan Zeng resigned and died of a back boil before reaching Pengcheng. |
| 203 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | At Guangwu the two sides faced each other; Xiang Yu threatened to boil the Taigong on a high chopping block, and the King of Han replied, 'Please share me a bowl of soup'; a crossbow shot by Xiang Yu wounded the King of Han in the chest. |
| 180 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The upheaval of the Lü clan: Guan Ying went to attack the King of Qi, but at Xingyang he allied with Qi and waited for the Lü clan to be put to death. |
| 180 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Guan Ying, sent by Chancellor Lü Chan, reached Xingyang, learned of the plan to attack the Lü clan, halted his advance and allied with Qi. |
| 177 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Xingju, King of Jibei, rebelled upon hearing that Emperor Wen had gone to Dai and tried to attack Xingyang, but in the eighth month he was defeated and captured. |
| AD 69 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Wang Wu was sent to repair the Bianqu canal from Xingyang to Qiancheng and Haikou. |
| AD 190 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Cao Cao marched west and fought Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong on the Bian River at Xingyang, was defeated, and was struck by an arrow. |
| AD 317 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the second month, Han ruler Cong sent his cousin Chang with thirty thousand men to attack Xingyang; the Governor Li Ju encamped at the old Han King's rampart and, seven li apart, sent envoys to win them over. |
| AD 363 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the summer fourth month, Yan Ningdong General Murong Zhong attacked Xingyang governor Liu Yuan, and Liu Yuan fled to Luyang. |
| AD 383 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | General Who Pacifies the South Murong [missing character] was stationed at Yuncheng; hearing that Fu Jian had been defeated, he abandoned his troops and fled to Xingyang; though Murong De urged him to restore Yan, he did not follow. |
| AD 389 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the summer fourth month, Di Liao invaded Xingyang and captured the governor Zhang Zhuo. |
| AD 558 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Sima Xiaonan, Northern Qi governor of Beiyuzhou, brings his prefecture to submit; Daxi Wu and Yang Zhong go to receive him |
| AD 580 | Book of Zhou (Zhoushu), Imperial Annals | Yuwen Zhou, governor of Xingzhou, raises troops; Yang Su suppresses him and kills him at Shiji in the eighth month |
| AD 937 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Du Chongwei and Hou Yi defeat Zhang Congbin at Sishui; Zhang Congbin drowns while crossing the Yellow River. |