This is a timeline of the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) of Chinese history. In a strict academic sense, the Three Kingdoms period refers to the interval between the founding of the state of Cao Wei (220–266) in 220 and the conquest of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280) by the Western Jin dynasty (265–316) in 280. However, many Chinese historians and laymen extend the starting point of this period back to the Yellow Turban Rebellion that took place in 184 during the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220).
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao apCrespigny 2007, p. xxxi.
^ a b c d eXiong 2009, p. lxxxvii.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l mXiong 2009, p. lxxxviii.
^Knapp 1980, p. 5.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t uXiong 2009, p. lxxxix.
^The Three Kingdoms and Western Jin A history of China in the Third Century AD, archived from the original on 8 August 2007, retrieved 23 April 2018{{citation}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^Shin 2014, p. 30.
^ a bKiernan 2019, p. 98.
^ a b c dXiong 2009, p. xc.
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