Changsha 長沙

Commandery and city in southern Jing Province; held by Han Xuan and later by Liu Bei’s forces; place of death of Han Xuan and Liu Feng.

Changsha (長沙) was a commandery of Jing Province in the south, centred on the Xiang River in what is now Hunan. Its administrative seat was the city of the same name.

In the late Eastern Han and early Three Kingdoms period Changsha was part of Liu Biao’s sphere. After his death, the Administrator Han Xuan held the commandery but was killed when Liu Bei took the southern Jing counties around 208–209. Later, Liu Feng, Liu Bei’s adopted son, was blamed for not relieving Guan Yu at Fancheng and was ordered to commit suicide at Changsha in 220.