Eastern Wu was a divided regime located in the south of China during the Three Kingdoms period, after three generations of entrepreneurship by Sun's father and son, the strength was strong, and later by the Wu lord Sun Quan called the emperor, formally established the country. Compared with the Shu state and the Wei state, the State of Wu has a special feature.
That is, the tombs of Wu Guozong's relatives are not in one place, but span the three provinces of Jiangsu, Hubei and Anhui. The main reason for this phenomenon is the continuous expansion of Eastern Wu's power, and the clan burial grounds of its descendants are placed on the newly expanded territory.
(1) Eastern Wu: The third generation started a business and operated in Eastern Wu for up to 100 years
As a powerful party that dominated the southeast of China during the Three Kingdoms period, Eastern Wu established the country in 229 AD and was destroyed by the Western Jin Dynasty in 280 AD, enjoying a total of more than 50 years. In fact, counting the father of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Eastern Wu, who raised troops from Jiangdong in 184 AD to help the imperial court eliminate the Yellow Turban Army, until the fall of Eastern Wu, the Eastern Wu Sun clique operated in the Jiangdong region for nearly a hundred years.
In these years, many legends have occurred in Jiangnan. Sun Jian's eldest son, Sun Ce, borrowed troops from Yuan Shu and swept through the six counties of Jiangdong, creating a foundation. Sun Ce's younger brother Sun Quan defeated Cao Cao at the Battle of Chibi, formally establishing his position as the hegemon of Jiangdong, and then through continuous development, he finally established the powerful State of Wu, forming a three-way trend with the States of Wei and Shu.
(2) The eastern Wu clan cemetery spans three provinces and is related to the expansion of the state's power
So why did the tomb of the Eastern Wu Sect span jiangsu, Hubei and Anhui provinces? This was mainly related to the expansion of Eastern Wu's sphere of influence. Eastern Wu initially occupied only the six counties of Jiangdong, and the center of power was located in the then Jianye City, which is now Nanjing, Jiangsu. Because the strength of Eastern Wu in the early days was very limited, self-preservation was still insufficient, and it was impossible to carry out effective expansion, so the tombs of Sun Jian and Sun Ce were in Suzhou near Nanjing, the tomb of Sun Quan the Great Emperor of Wu was in Nanjing, and most of the clan burial places of Eastern Wu led by the three people were in Jiangsu Province.
With Sun Quan's claim to the throne, the state of Wu's national strength was greatly enhanced, and its sphere of influence was also expanded. Later, Lü Meng crossed the river in white clothes, and the State of Wu controlled most of Jingzhou, and then chose to garrison Wuchang and other places, that is, Ezhou at that time. Later historians examined that Ezhou had more than fifty tombs of the Eastern Wu Sect, and most of the owners of these cemeteries were imperial relatives and courtiers who were sent by the emperor to guard the city.
Later, in order to completely control the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and make the capital Jianye safer, Eastern Wu frequently invaded Hefei and incorporated the Anhui region into its sphere of influence. Due to the high terrain, Ma'anshan in Anhui has become the site of the Eastern Wu Sect Tomb. It is understood that the cemetery group in the Ma'anshan area is represented by The Wu Jing Emperor Sun Xiu, and there are more tombs of the Eastern Wu Clan and the tombs of the Eastern Wu Chongchen family, which are arranged in an orderly manner and have a very large scale.
These are the main reasons why the tombs of the Eastern Wu Sect during the Three Kingdoms period were divided into three places. Perhaps in the thinking of the Eastern Wu ruling clique, they had a particularly strong sense of ownership of the territory, so that they could prove their local sovereignty in the form of setting up a cemetery. In this way, the scattered situation of the tombs of the Eastern Wu Sect is unique in the dynasties and dynasties, and has become a major spectacle in the history of our country.