Youtube hearted comments of Kasumi Rina (@KasumiRINA).
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40:47 Despite never claiming to hold entire China, the Eastern Wu kingdom was arguably the most successful of the 3 Kingdoms, and though the Sun (Wu) family fell and lost power to Sima (Jin), it was their lands that remained the only ones not conquered by "5 barbarians" invasions, as China lost their imperial capitals, Luoyang and Chang'an, as well as largest cities in the North, as well as former capitals of Shu (Chengdu) and Cao Wei (Xuchang) all very soon after Jin replaced Wei (Gaoping tombs, long story) and itself went into civil "8 Princes" war...
That's how you get so much Wu and Eastern Jin documents around Changsha, Nanjing and so on. They were the final frontier of what was left of centralized rule of Han China in fourth century after years of "unification" wars, and resulting famines and emigration (people fleeing from the warlords) destroyed most of the country up north.
The population of China diminished so much in that century of civil conflict, strife and everything that comes with it, that it was not matched until World War 2 or possibly Taiping Rebellion in 19th century... Though some scholars believe that the devastation was exaggerated in records thanks to chaos letting people avoid census – and taxes.
Highly recommend reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms or watching its adaptations, especially if you like KOEI games or 3K Total War. It's basically Chinese Shakespeare but if all stories flew one into another instead of being separate.
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