After Liu Xiu defeated Wei Xiao, he sent troops to attack Gongsun Shu.
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history
白帝城 on the Yangtze takes its name from his title. In 36 the Han general 吴汉 took 成都 and Gongsun Shu died of his wounds. Emperor Guangwu's remark about first taking 陇 and then hoping for 蜀 gave the idiom 得陇望蜀 for never being satisfied.
culture
The general 马援, sent to size him up, came back calling him a 井底蛙, a frog at the bottom of a well, full of his own importance.
