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![]() The territories of Wu (in light greenish grey), as of 262 A.D.
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Capital |
Wuchang (222–229, 265–266) Jianye |
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Languages | Chinese | |||||||||
Religion | Taoism, Confucianism, Chinese folk religion | |||||||||
Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
King (222–229) Emperor (229–280) |
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• | 222–252 | Sun Quan | ||||||||
• | 252–258 | Sun Liang | ||||||||
• | 258–264 | Sun Xiu | ||||||||
• | 264–280 | Sun Hao | ||||||||
Historical era | Three Kingdoms | |||||||||
• | Independence from Cao Wei | 222 | ||||||||
• | Sun Quan declaring himself Emperor | 229 | ||||||||
• | Conquest of Wu by Jin | 31 May 280 | ||||||||
Population | ||||||||||
• | 238 est. | 2,567,000 (disputed) | ||||||||
• | 280 est. | 2,535,000 (disputed) | ||||||||
Currency | Chinese coin, Chinese cash | |||||||||
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Tanner (2009) estimates the Wu population to be about one-sixth of the Han population. This would be much more than the numbers given in 238 and 280, and could be because of census methods used in ancient China. |