Southern Campaign against the Nanman
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The Southern Campaign against the Nanman was a series of military expeditions led by Shu strategist Zhuge Liang to pacify and secure the southern frontiers during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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military campaign ⓘ |
| aimedAt | integrating Nanman territories into Shu Han’s administrative system ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Romance of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Nanman tribes
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Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
emphasis on winning hearts and minds
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involvement of multiple Nanman chieftains ⓘ series of expeditions rather than a single battle ⓘ |
| commandedByState | Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander | Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | popular episodes in Chinese opera and storytelling about Zhuge Liang’s wisdom ⓘ |
| follows | Zhuge Liang’s Northern Expeditions (chronologically adjacent in his career, though interleaved in narrative) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
pacification of southern frontiers
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securing Shu Han’s southern borders ⓘ |
| historicalContext | political fragmentation after the fall of the Eastern Han dynasty ⓘ |
| historicalSource | Records of the Three Kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Classical Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leader | Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy | model of combining military action with benevolent governance in Chinese historiography ⓘ |
| location |
Nanzhong region
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southern frontiers of Shu Han ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | Shu Han army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
Meng Huo
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Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent | Meng Huo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Shu Han military operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | campaign of repeated captures and releases of Meng Huo in Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ |
| regionInvolved | southwestern China ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Meng Huo
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Nanman NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu Han NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhuge Liang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
stabilization of Shu Han’s southern frontier
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submission of Nanman leaders ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Three Kingdoms period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedStrategy |
combination of military force and diplomacy
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lenient treatment of defeated enemies ⓘ psychological warfare ⓘ |
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