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益州 / Yizhou (Late Han)

Hanji 906 adds a short 176 CE marker in the broader Yizhou field. The annal says Yizhou Commandery Yi cavalry rebelled and were suppressed by administrator Li Yong, so this page keeps the notice source-scoped rather than creating a standalone Li Yong page. It is an early southwest disorder marker before the later Bandun Man, Liu Yan, and Liu Zhang branches.

Hanji 918 adds an earlier Yizhou disorder marker before the Liu Yan provincial-shepherd branch. The episode reports the inspector’s inability to suppress the 板楯蛮 rebellion, making Yizhou part of the late-Han regional-pressure field before Hanji 939-940 develop destination choice, inspector corruption, and local revolt.

Hanji 939 adds Yizhou’s selection prehistory before the revolt and pacification branch. 刘焉 seeks a safer provincial post after proposing stronger provincial shepherds; 董扶 then says 益州 has imperial qi, while 郗俭 / 郤俭’s corrupt reputation makes the province a plausible crisis destination.

Hanji 940 adds the immediate crisis before Liu Yan’s provincial base. 马相 and 赵祗 rise at 绵竹, kill inspector 郗俭, and spread toward 巴郡 and 犍为郡 before 贾龙 restores order and welcomes 刘焉.

Hanji 959 backfills Yizhou as Liu Yan’s autonomy laboratory. The source says the strengthened provincial shepherd office lets 刘焉 gather enough military and administrative power to kill local strongmen, use 张鲁 and 张修 in 汉中, block the 斜谷道, and retain 刘璋 after the court sends him as envoy.

Hanji 969 adds a comparative strategic-geography note before the Liu Yan/Liu Zhang succession branch. The episode places Yizhou beside 扬州 and 荆州 on the Yangtze-line map, treating it as a defensible western base whose remoteness makes it less immediately flexible than Yangzhou or the 江陵 pivot in Jingzhou.

Hanji 981 later develops 益州 / Yizhou (Late Han) as the provincial base held by 刘焉 and then inherited by 刘璋. The episode emphasizes that the Han court cannot simply decide Yi Province’s leadership from outside; local officeholders and armed groups determine whether a formal appointment can work.

The source treats Yizhou as internally divided. Liu Yan’s order depends on a Dongzhou military bloc made from Nanyang and Sanfu migrants, while local Yi Province elite families remain a separate resource and legitimacy base. This makes the province a source case for 外来武装与本土豪族裂缝.

After Liu Yan dies, senior figures such as 赵韪 support Liu Zhang. Yet the same structure produces talent leakage: 甘宁 rebels, is defeated, and eventually leaves eastward rather than becoming part of Liu Zhang’s order.

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