Five Dynasties · Official and Advisor

Sun He 孫鶴

Died AD 911

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sun He was an official and Advisor.

Life and dates

Death

AD 911 僭號前
Dismembered alive
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 100, 102

Attested activity

AD 911 守光僭號應天前後
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passage 104

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Liu Shouguang (劉守光)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 78-80
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 135, passages 99, 101

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 135Volume 135: Biographies of Usurpers 2: Liu Shouguang, Liu Zhi, Liu Chong · 4 passages

賓佐有孫鶴者，骨鯁方略之士也，率先對曰：「王西有並、汾之患，北有契丹之虞，乘時觀釁，專待薄人，彼若結黨連衡，侵我疆場，地形雖險，勢不可支，甲兵雖多，守恐不暇，縱能卻敵，未免生憂。 His aide Sun He, a man of backbone and strategic sense, answered first: "Your Highness faces trouble from Bing and Fen in the west and Khitan threat in the north. They watch for weakness and league against us. If they join forces and invade our borders, rugged terrain will not save us; however many troops we have, we may not even hold what we have. Even victory would leave us in peril.

守光不悅，及梁軍據深、冀，王镕乞師於守光，孫鶴勸守光出援軍以圖霸業，守光不從。 Shouguang took offense. When Liang forces held Shen and Ji, Wang Rong begged Shouguang for aid; Sun He urged him to march out and seize his chance at hegemony, but Shouguang refused.

孫鶴對曰：「滄州破敗，仆乃罪人，大王寬容，乃至今日，不敢阿旨，以誤家國，茍聽臣言，死且無侮。」 Sun He answered, "When Cangzhou fell I was the guilty one; the King in his mercy has spared me to this day. I dare not flatter you and ruin state and house. Hear me out, and I will die without regret."

鶴大呼曰：「百日之外，必有急兵矣！」 He shouted, "Within a hundred days an enemy army will surely come!"