The Earlier Wuchang at Ezhou
Ezhou’s connection with Sun Quan explains an older use of the name Wuchang, alongside a lake country remembered through its fish.
In 221 Sun Quan moved his seat to E County and renamed it Wuchang. The place is in today’s Ezhou, east of Wuhan. The name Wuchang later became familiar through the town that now forms one of Wuhan’s Three Towns. Following the older use leads back to a different river city, where the court and its fortifications formed part of Sun Quan’s growing power in the south.
Ezhou’s connection with Sun Quan explains an older use of the name Wuchang, alongside a lake country remembered through its fish.