Note 1 — Chapter XXVIII · Tsʻai Yang put to Death, the Brothers’ Doubts Disappear: Meeting at Kuchʻeng, Lord and Liege Fortify each Other.

We may tell here how Sun Tsʻê gradually became supreme on the east of the river. In the fourth year of the period “Established Peace,”1 he took Luchiang by the defeat of the Prefect Liu Hsün. He despatched Yu Fan with a despatch to the Prefect of Yuchang,2 Hua Hsin, and he surrendered. Thence his renown increased and he boldly sent a memorial on his military successes to the Emperor by the hand of Chang Hung.