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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind
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  *束* | 束* | *束
surname Shu
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  *舒* | 舒* | *舒
surname Shu
Zhang Fei (168-221), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, famous as fearsome fighter and lover of wine
Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / Taiwan pr. [Liu2 Chan2]
courtesy name of Zhao Yun 趙雲|赵云, general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Guan Yu (-219), general of Shu and blood-brother of Liu Bei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, fearsome fighter famous for virtue and loyalty / posthumously worshipped and identified with the guardian Bodhisattva Sangharama
Huang Zhong (-220), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, portrayed as an old fighter
Uncle Tom's Cabin, translated and adapted by Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty
Sichuan / the state of Shu in Sichuan at different periods / the Shu Han dynasty (214-263) of Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 during the Three Kingdoms
Zi Wei Dou Shu, a form of Chinese fortune-telling
Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
the Prime Minister of Shu (i.e. Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮)
Ma Chao (176-222), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Shu Qi (1976-), Taiwanese actress
lit. Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 and Cao Wei 曹魏 cannot coexist (idiom) / fig. two enemies cannot live under the same sky / (former KMT slogan against CCP) "gentlemen and thieves cannot coexist"
Pi County, established during the Qin dynasty after the conquest of the ancient Shu Kingdom, historically known for its cultural heritage, strategic location, and culinary contributions, administratively reorganized in 2016 as Pidu District 郫都區|郫都区, a suburban district of Chengdu, Sichuan
the Qinling plank road to Shu, a historical mountain road from Shaanxi to Sichuan
Shu Qingchun (1899-1966), the real name of author Lao She 老舍
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Kusha-shū (Japanese Buddhism school)
"he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 by Du Fu 杜甫)
courtesy name of Lin Shu 林紓|林纾
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surname Shu / (name of an ancient place)
A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person
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surname Shu
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surname Shu
Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
Shu Han (c. 200-263), Liu Bei's kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms, claiming legitimacy as successor of Han


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