Qin and Han · General

Sun Jian 孫堅

Attested AD 189 - AD 192

Passages
3
Chapters
3
Histories
3

Overview

The translated histories identify Sun Jian as a general and warlord. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Sun Jian 孫堅 Sun Jian
Given Jian 堅 Jiān
Surname Sun 孫
Surname Sun 孫 Sūn
Personal name Sun Jian 孫氏 Sun
Personal name Sun Jian 孫堅 Sūn Jiān
Personal name Sun Jian 孫堅

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Warlord

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 孫堅得於井中 · Western Year: AD 189
    Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:057:s0006
  • Source Date: Text: 孫氏之初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 189 · End: AD 192
    Explicit event contextual date · jinshu:108:s0124
  • Source Date: Text: 靈帝崩 · Western Year: AD 189
    Explicit event contextual date · sanguozhi:031:s0135

Events and relationships

  • Kind: recovery · Role: finder · Action: recovered-seal-from-well
    Explicit · liaoshi:057:s0006

Assessments and attributes

  • Item: imperial transmission seal / 傳國寶 · Relation: obtained
    Explicit · liaoshi:057:s0006

References in the histories

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Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage
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History of Liao, Chapter 57Volume 57 Treatises 27: Ceremonial Guards 3 · 1 passage
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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 1 passage
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