Editing Sichuan (section)

===Three Kingdoms===
In 221, during the partition following the fall of the [[Eastern Han]] – the era of the [[Three Kingdoms]] – [[Liu Bei]] founded the southwest kingdom of [[Shu Han]] ({{zh|labels=no|t={{linktext|蜀|漢}}}}; 221–263) in parts of Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, with [[Chengdu]] as its capital. Shu-Han claimed to be the successor to the Han dynasty.<ref name="Haw">{{cite book |title=A Traveller's History of China |first=Stephen G |last=Haw |publisher=Interlink Books |year=2008 |page=83}}</ref>

In 263, the [[Cao Wei]] of North China [[Conquest of Shu by Wei|conquered]] the Kingdom of Shu-Han as a step on the path to reuniting China. [[Salt in Chinese history|Salt production]] becomes a major business in [[Ziliujing District]]. During the [[Six Dynasties]] period of Chinese disunity, Sichuan began to be populated by non-[[Han Chinese|Han]] ethnic minority peoples, owing to the migration of [[Gelao people]] from the [[Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau]] to the Sichuan basin.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}