Wang Chang ( Three Kingdoms ) Wang Chang ( died 259 ) , Wenshu ( 文舒 ) , was a military general and politician of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period . Early life . Wang Chang was from the same commandery as Wang Ling , and both of them were already quite well known when they were still young . Wang Chang became a tutor to Cao Pi when the latter was still a prince . After Cao Pi became the first emperor of Cao Wei , Wang was appointed Gentleman of Scattered Cavalry ( 散騎侍郎 ) , Agriculture Officer ( 洛陽典農 ) of Luoyang , and Inspector of Yan Province ( 兗州刺史 ) . After Cao Pi died , his successor Cao Rui promoted Wang to General Who Spreads Vehemence ( 揚烈將軍 ) , and granted him a marquis title . When Wang was serving in Yan Province , he was still concerned about affairs in the imperial court . He felt that the system of governance of Cao Wei , inherited from the Qin and Han dynasties , was too strict and flawed . He decided to draft a new constitution for the state , and submitted two memorials , " Discussion on Governance " ( 治論 ) and " Military Book " ( 兵書 ) , to the imperial court . Battles against Eastern Wu . In 236 , Grand Commandant Sima Yi recommended Wang Chang to Cao Rui as a talent . Wang was appointed Inspector of Xu Province , and received the title of Marquis of Wuguanting ( 武觀亭侯 ) . He was later appointed General Who Conquers the South ( 征南將軍 ) , and acting supervisor of military affairs in Jing and Yu provinces . Wang noticed that his base at Wancheng was too far away from Xiangyang , an important city on Cao Wei ' s southern border . Besides , the military camps in that region were quite scattered and their naval force was far away at Xuanchi . If Eastern Wu attacked , their armies would not be able to provide support in time . Hence , Wang changed his base to Xinye , ordered drills to be conducted for their naval forces , and promoted agriculture to build up food supplies . In 250 , the political turmoil in Eastern Wu had just ended , and general Zhu Ju was recently dismissed by Sun Quan and forced to commit suicide . Wang Chang felt that the time was ripe to attack Eastern Wu , so he ordered Zhou Tai ( 州泰 ) to attack Wu ( 巫 ) , Shigui ( 柹歸 ) and ( 房陵 ) ; Wang Ji to attack Yiling ( 夷陵 ) ; while he personally led an attack on Jiangling ( 江陵 ) . Wang ' s troops used bamboo splints to build bridges to cross the Yangtze River and defeated the Eastern Wu general Shi Ji ( 施績 ) , killing Zhongli Mao ( 鍾離茂 ) and Xu Min ( 許旻 ) , returning victorious to Cao Wei with many spoils of war . For his contributions , Wang was promoted to Great General Who Conquers the South ( 征南將軍 ) and granted the title of Marquis of Jingling ( 京陵侯 ) . In 252 , Wang proposed his plan to attack Eastern Wu . At the same time , Zhuge Dan , Hu Zun and Guanqiu Jian also proposed their respective plans . Cao Wei ' s regent Sima Shi accepted their proposals and ordered them to attack Eastern Wu from three directions . Wang was assigned to attack Nan Commandery , but due to Hu Zun and Zhuge Dan ' s defeat by Eastern Wu ' s Zhuge Ke , Wang was forced to retreat . Suppressing rebellions . In 255 , Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin started a rebellion in Shouchun . Wang was promoted to General of Agile Cavalry ( 驃騎將軍 ) for sending troops to help suppress the rebellion . In 257 , Zhuge Dan started another rebellion in Shouchun , this time with support from Eastern Wu . Wang Chang led his army to put pressure on Eastern Wu forces at Jiangling , led by Shi Ji ( 施績 ) and Quan Xi ( 全熙 ) , preventing them from reinforcing Zhuge Dan . In 258 , after Zhuge Dan ' s rebellion was crushed , Wang Chang was promoted to Excellency of Works ( 司空 ) and rewarded with a thousand households under his control . He died in the following year and was posthumously granted the title of Marquis of Mu ( 穆侯 ) .