Wu Commandery

In the year of 129, Wu commandery was established during the reign of emperor Shun of Han.

In 195, local strongman and warlord of Fuchun county Sun Ce acquired the entire Wu commandery without the authorization of Han dynasty.

[6] In 548, Military leader Hou Jing started an open rebellion against Emperor Wu of Liang.

[7][8] In 589, Emperor Wen of Sui abolished the commandery system and substituted it with "Zhou" or "Prefecture"(administrative division).

In 762, a low rank officer of Taizhou, Yuan Chao, with angry peasants, stormed and attacked cities of Wu commandery including Suzhou.

Numerous resources proved Wu, Wucheng, Yuhang, Qu'e, Haiyan, Fuchun, Jiaxing, Yangxian to be some of the large counties with a Ling.

The 3rd century intellectual Zuo Si had written a rhymed prose concerning Wu commandery.

On the other hand, Chen Shou's records indicated a flourishing commercial society in 3rd century Wu commandery.

The aim was to provide a logistic base for the armies on the mission of border defense (against Cao Wei).

[30] The Disaster of Yongjia forced numerous northern nobles to flee from their homeland in central plain.

However, the native four clans' economic, political and social hegemony in Wu was not threatened by Northern immigrants during Jin dynasty.