Lu Su, whose name is Zijing, was a native of Dongcheng County, Linhuai County, and was an important strategist and general of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, known for his excellent strategic vision and diplomatic skills.
Lu Su was born in a scholar family, has a bold personality, likes to read, is good at riding and shooting, and befriended Zhou Yu when he was a teenager, and the two defected to Sun Ce together and became a member of the Sun Group.
After Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, Lu Su proposed a "couch strategy" for him, that is, the strategic plan of Eastern Wu based on Jiangdong and Lianliu Kangcao, which was deeply appreciated by Sun Quan.
Lu Su excelled in diplomacy, especially in promoting and maintaining the Sun-Liu Alliance, and made important contributions to the victory of the Battle of Chibi and the formation of the situation of the Three Kingdoms.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), Lu Su died of illness at the age of 46. His death was a great loss for Eastern Wu, Sun Quan personally mourned for him, and Zhuge Liang also crossed the river to mourn.
Dongcheng County, Linhuai County, during the Three Kingdoms period, corresponds to the current Dingyuan County of Anhui Province and is under the jurisdiction of Chuzhou City. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, this area belonged to Linhuai County, and Linhuai County belonged to the Xuzhou Thorn History Department.
Dingyuan County in Anhui Province has a long history.
1. Pre-Qin period: In the pre-Qin period, Dingyuan County belonged to the land of Huaiyi, and then belonged to the Wu State and the Yue State respectively, and then belonged to the Chu State.
2. Qin Dynasty: After Qin unified the six countries, the county system was established, and Dingyuan County was set up with Yinling County and Dongcheng County, which belonged to Jiujiang County.
3. Han Dynasty:
In the Western Han Dynasty, Yinling County, Dongcheng County and Quyang Marquis were set up in the territory, all of which belonged to Jiujiang County.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three counties of Xiquyang, Dongcheng and Yinling all belonged to Jiujiang County.
4. Three Kingdoms to Northern and Southern Dynasties:
During the Three Kingdoms period, Dingyuan County belonged to Huainan County of Wei State.
During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ownership and establishment changed frequently, such as the Liang period of the Southern Dynasty, the name of Dingyuan County was established, and it belonged to Dingyuan County.
5. Sui and Tang dynasties:
During the Sui Dynasty, Guang'an County was changed to Linhao County, which belonged to Haozhou; Houhao Prefecture was renamed Zhongli County, with jurisdiction over Linhao County.
During the Tang Dynasty, Linhao County, Zhongli County, was changed to Maozhou and Dingyuan County.
6. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the Song Dynasty:
In the Later Jin Dynasty, Dingyuan County was promoted to Dingyuan County.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, Dingyuan County first belonged to Huainan Road, and then to Huainan West Road.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, after the Jin soldiers conquered, Dingyuan County was relocated and later moved back to the original site.
7. Yuan Dynasty: Dingyuan County belonged to Bozhou, and later changed to Linhuai Mansion and Haozhou, Anfeng Road, Jiangbei Province, Henan.
8. Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Dingyuan County directly belonged to Jinfengyang City, the central capital; Later, it belonged to Fengyang Mansion.
9. Qing Dynasty: At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Dingyuan County belonged to Jiangnan Province, and later belonged to Fengyang Mansion of Anhui Province.
10. During the Republic of China: the implementation of the provincial and county three-level management system, Dingyuan County belongs to Anhui Province, and later belongs to Huaisi Road, the fourth district, the sixth district, the fifth district, etc.
11. After the founding of the People's Republic of China: After 1971, it was changed to Chuxian District, which is now Chuzhou City.