May 15, 221: Liu Bei Proclaims Himself Successor of the Han Dynasty

> Great post, you're definitely the resident expert! Haha. There are many people who know much more about the period than me. But on this site, I might be the most well-versed in this particular period. It comes from many hours of playing Koei's strategy and fighting game franchises about the period (_Romance of the Three Kingdoms_ and _Dynasty Warriors_, namely), and then doing my own research on some other sites, most prominently [The Scholars of Shen Zhou](http://the-scholars.com/), part of the [Kongming Archives](http://kongming.net/) series of sites. Many amateur translations of critical historical books like the Zi Zhi Tong Jian (ZZTJ), the San Guo Zhi (SGZ), and the San Guo Yan Yi (SGYY) continue, giving the world new information and insights into the period. > Red Cliff 1&2 are amazing, I highly recommend them. The battles are some of the best movie battles I've ever seen. Aye. I should do a movie review on here sometime. @PMYA, who is a fan of east Asia film, would likely enjoy it.