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Liu Bei was a ruler.
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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 41Volume 41: Book of Shu 11: Biographies of Huo, Wang, Xiang, Zhang, Yang, and Fei · 5 passages
先主定蜀，太守李嚴命為功曹。
After Liu Bei took Shu, Governor Li Yan made him merit clerk.
先主爭漢中，急書發兵，軍師將軍諸葛亮以問洪，洪曰：「漢中則益州咽喉，存亡之機會，若無漢中則無蜀矣，此家門之禍也。
When the First Sovereign was fighting for Hanzhong and urgent letters called for troops, Military Adviser General Zhuge Liang asked Yang Hong about it. Hong said, "Hanzhong is Yizhou's throat and the hinge of survival or ruin. Without Hanzhong, there is no Shu; this would be disaster at our very gate.
時蜀郡太守法正從先主北行，亮於是表洪領蜀郡太守，眾事皆辦，遂使即真。
Fa Zheng had gone north with Liu Bei, so Zhuge Liang had Yang Hong appointed acting governor of Shu; he handled every task and was soon confirmed in the post.
先主既稱尊號，征吳不克，還住永安。
After Liu Bei took the imperial title, his campaign against Wu failed and he withdrew to Yong'an.
漢嘉太守黃元素為諸葛亮所不善，聞先主疾病，懼有後患，舉郡反，燒臨邛城。
Huang Yuan, governor of Hanjia, had fallen foul of Zhuge Liang; hearing Liu Bei was gravely ill, he feared what might follow, rebelled across the district, and burned Linqiong.