Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang

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military campaign series

The Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang were a series of military campaigns launched by the Shu Han strategist Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period in an effort to conquer the northern state of Cao Wei and restore the Han dynasty.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Hard Roads in Shu	1
Northern Expeditions against Cao Wei	1
Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang canonical	1
Zhuge Liang in leading northern expeditions	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign series ⓘ
aim	conquer Cao Wei ⓘ restore the Han dynasty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Zhuge Liang’s Northern Campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaign	Fifth Northern Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ First Northern Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Fourth Northern Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Northern Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Northern Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Shu Han strategic need to break Wei dominance ⓘ Zhuge Liang’s commitment to the Longzhong Plan ⓘ
commander	Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictIn	Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalDepiction	Romance of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	234 ⓘ
endedBy	death of Zhuge Liang ⓘ
historicalSource	Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Zizhi Tongjian NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	northern China ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Jieting NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Qishan NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Wuzhang Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommanderForBelligerent	Sima Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Zhuge Liang at Wuzhang Plains ⓘ
numberOfMajorCampaigns	five ⓘ
opponent	Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	failure of Shu Han to conquer northern China ⓘ
partOf	Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Cao Wei NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Three Kingdoms of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Cao Wei strategic victory ⓘ status quo between Shu Han and Cao Wei largely maintained ⓘ
significance	central episode in Zhuge Liang’s historical reputation ⓘ key attempt by Shu Han to change balance of power ⓘ
startDate	228 ⓘ
strategy	offensive from Hanzhong into Wei territory ⓘ use of protracted campaigns and logistics buildup ⓘ
successorCommander	Fei Yi NERFINISHED ⓘ Jiang Wan NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Guanzhong region NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanzhong region NERFINISHED ⓘ Qishan area NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ma Su → associatedWith → Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang ⓘ

Zhuge Liang → knownFor → Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Expeditions against Cao Wei

Jiang Wei → succeeded → Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Zhuge Liang in leading northern expeditions

Li Bai → notableWork → Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hard Roads in Shu