Sun Quan (孫權) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sun Quan was a ruler of Wu.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Sun Zhongmou	孫仲謀	Sun Zhongmou
Temple name	Grand Emperor	大皇帝	Da Huangdi

Life and dates

Death

AD 252 太元二年四月
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 280
AD 252 延熙十五年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 119
AD 252 權尋薨
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 135
AD 252 權薨
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 223
AD 252 晏驾早崩
Early death after peace
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 233

Attested activity

AD 238 赤烏元年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 83
AD 229 黃龍元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 9
AD 252 太元二年四月
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 280
AD 221 魏黃初二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 2
AD 234 嘉禾三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 44
AD 226 黃武五年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passages 72, 74

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AD 229 建興七年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 153, 164
AD 208 to AD 214 Wu ruler in Jingzhou politics
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 43
AD 200 to AD 252 三國吳
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 109
AD 200 to AD 252 三國孫權之世
Strongly inferred · Book of Jin 128, passage 90
AD 200 to AD 252 三國孫權時代
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 98
AD 209 to AD 211 主公之在公安也
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passages 199, 201
AD 219 二十四年冬十一月
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 11, passage 247
AD 220 傳至孫權，以歸於魏
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 57, passage 6
AD 221 先主既即尊號
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 229
AD 222 to AD 252 先帝 / 大皇帝
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 192, 194, 196, 204, 206
AD 238 to AD 252 先帝末年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 202
AD 208 十三年冬十月
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 214
AD 245 to AD 250 吳錄：太子與魯王分爭（孫權時）
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 255, 259-260, 265
AD 232 to AD 238 嘉禾中
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 110-111
AD 232 嘉禾元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 101, 109
AD 229 to AD 234 孫權嘗大醉問禕
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 199, 205
AD 229 to AD 252 孫權時
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 157, 197
AD 200 to AD 252 孫權時期
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 2, 67, 81
AD 219 孫權殺關羽，并荊土
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 10
AD 219 孫權殺關羽
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 109
AD 200 to AD 222 孫權起於東南
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 4
AD 222 to AD 252 孫氏割據
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 39, passage 114
AD 212 to AD 214 孫車騎遣弟及李異、甘寧等
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passages 145, 158
AD 237 年十四
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 116
AD 252 延熙十五年薨
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 119
AD 196 to AD 220 建安中
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 85
AD 200 建安五年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 11, passage 183
AD 229 建興七年稱帝
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 58
AD 223 to AD 227 建興元年通好至五年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passages 13, 41
AD 200 to AD 241 張昭嘗對孫權
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 93-94
AD 215 to AD 221 後遣使吳
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 107, 111
AD 221 明年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Later Han 11, passage 251
AD 251 明年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 126
AD 252 晏驾早崩
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 233
AD 200 to AD 208 曹操之招孫權
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 71
AD 239 to AD 252 权以姊陈氏女妻之
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 71
AD 229 权即尊号
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 118
AD 222 to AD 239 权在位、赤烏二年濬卒以前
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 52-53, 67
AD 252 權不豫
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 132
AD 252 權寢疾
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 175
AD 220 權復以璋子闡為益州刺史
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 111
AD 200 to AD 252 權據揚越
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 108, passage 126
AD 250 權欲廢和立亮
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 161-162, 167, 172-173
AD 229 權稱尊號
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 32
AD 252 權薨
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 223
AD 222 立為吳王
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 40
AD 242 to AD 250 聞於權耳
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 203
AD 242 赤烏五年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 114, 145
AD 242 to AD 251 赤烏五年以後
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 120, 138, 144, 149, 160
AD 238 赤烏元年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 85, 88, 93
AD 250 赤烏十三年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 125
AD 241 赤烏四年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 79-80
AD 250 to AD 251 赤烏末
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 172
AD 222 to AD 225 遠通孫權…權追之
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 41, passages 114, 128
AD 228 黃武七年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 94
AD 230 黃武七年後二年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 95
AD 222 to AD 229 黃武中
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 100, 102; Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 17
AD 229 黃武八年夏
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 56
AD 226 黄武五年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 31

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Lady Bu (步夫人)
consort 夫人 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 46
Spouse of Lady Bu (步夫人)
consort 夫人
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 74, 76
Spouse of Lady Xu (徐夫人)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 40, 65
Spouse of Lady Xie (謝夫人)
consort 妃
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 39
Parent of Sun Luban (孫魯班)
daughter 女
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 77
Parent of Sun Luyu (孫魯育)
daughter 女
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 78
Sibling of Elder sister of Sun Quan (孫權姊)
elder sister 姊
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 71
Spouse of Lady Pan (潘夫人)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 119, 126
Parent of Sun Liang (孫亮)
establish Liang 立亮
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 116, 121
Parent of Princess Zhu (朱主)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 169
Parent of Princess Quan (全主)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 142
Child of Sun Jian (孫堅)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 2, 47
Parent of Sun Xiu (孫休)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 110, 113, 172
Parent of Sun Liang (孫亮)
father 父
the young lord inherited the line 幼主嗣統 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 119, 124, 142; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 233-234
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 100, 104
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
father 父
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 177
Parent of Sun Deng (孫登)
firstborn son 長子 · paternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 1
Parent of Sun Deng (孫登)
heir of the state 國嗣
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 57, 82
Parent of Sun Deng (孫登)
heir 太子
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 19; Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 65, 67; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 30
Parent of Crown Prince He (太子和)
heir 嫡嗣
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 255
Spouse of Lady Pan (潘夫人)
husband 夫
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 132, 135
Parent of Sun Liang (亮)
I (the orphaned sovereign) 孤
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 256-257
Parent of Sun Lu (孫慮)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 107
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
imperial son 皇子
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 60
Spouse of Lady Wang of Langye (琅邪王夫人)
Lady Wang 王夫人 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 100, 102
Spouse of Lady Wang of Nanyang (南陽王夫人)
Lady Wang 王夫人 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 110-111
Spouse of Lady Yuan (袁夫人)
Lady Yuan 袁夫人 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 127-128
Spouse of Lady Wang (王夫人)
lady 夫人 · Secondary marriage
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 112, 141
Spouse of Lady Xu (徐夫人)
Lady 夫人 · Primary marriage · Ended
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 46
Parent of Sun Fen (孫奮)
late emperor 先帝
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 221, 223, 257
Kin of Lady Xu (徐夫人)
maternal cousin 姑孫 · maternal line
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 40
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
meant to depose He and establish Liang 欲廢和立亮
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161
Parent of Middle daughter of Sun Quan (孫權中女)
middle daughter 中女
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 79
Child of Lady Wu (吳夫人)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 2, 11
Parent of Prince Ba of Lu (魯王霸)
Prince of Lu 魯王
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 253, 255
Parent of Prince of Lu (魯王)
Prince of Lu 魯王
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 33
Parent of Sun Luban (孫魯班)
princess 公主
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 105
Spouse of Lady Bu (步夫人)
queen 后 · Secondary marriage · Ended
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 88, 91, 104
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 197
Parent of Sun Ba (孫霸)
sons 子弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 142, 145, 149
Parent of Sun Lü (孫慮)
sons 諸子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 111, 116
Spouse of Birth mother of Sun Deng (孫登生母)
the one who bore his son 所生 · Secondary marriage
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 46
Parent of Sun He (孫和)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 53
Parent of Sun Lü (孫慮)
younger brother 弟 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 39
Sibling of Sun Ce (孫策)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 183
Sibling of Younger Brother of Sun Quan
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 158
Sibling of Lady Sun (孫夫人)
younger sister 妹 · Full siblings
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 201

Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 116

Key source chapters

Career and standing

General of Chariots and Cavalry 車騎將軍
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 158
General Who Punishes Captives 討虜將軍
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 65
king in Wu 吳王
AD 221 明年 · Assumed
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 251
King of Wu 吳王
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 67
King of Wu 吳王
AD 221 魏黃初二年 · Invested · Polity Wei 魏
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 2
King of Wu 吳王
Received
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 154

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Took blame
Self reproach
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 67
execution by beheading 斬
Ordered · With Yang Zhu (楊竺) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu lu 吳錄
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 265
exterminated the clans of Zheng and Xiang 族誅正、象
Ordered
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 162
exalted title / imperial style 尊號
AD 229 黃龍元年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 9
emperor 尊號
AD 229 建興七年
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 153
AD 229 建興七年
Polity Eastern Wu 吳
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 58
Emperor 天子
AD 229 权即尊号
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 118
assumed the imperial title
AD 229 權稱尊號
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 32
King of Wu 吳王
AD 222 立為吳王
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 40
emperor 尊號
AD 229 黃武八年夏
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 56

Places and affiliations

AD 221 魏黃初二年
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Recognized by
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 2
AD 221 魏黃初二年
Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 2
Eastern Wu 吳
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 100, 132, 135
Wu 吳
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 98
Polity Eastern Han 東漢 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 214
Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 71; Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 13; Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 199; Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 153, 164, 199; Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 79, 82, 116, 149, 161, 223, 280; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 52, 67, 255; Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 56; Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passages 4, 40

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Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 203
Polity Eastern Wu 東吳 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 251; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 232-233
Polity Eastern Wu · Relation Served
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 43
Polity Later Han 後漢 · Relation Active in
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 183
Polity Wei 魏 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Jin 128, passage 90
Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 57, passage 6
Polity Wu 吳 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 93, 111
AD 229 to AD 234 權遷都建業…嘉禾三年
At Jianye 建業 · Relation Moved capital to
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 34
At Jiang Mausoleum 蔣陵 · Relation Buried at
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 135
At South Palace 南宮 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 245
At White Heron Watch 白爵觀 · Relation Visited
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 160

Learning and skills

Belief Huang-Lao arts 黃老之術 · Relation Urged to cultivate · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Deng (孫登)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 59

Works and attributed material

Biography of Quan 權傳
Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 67
Reduced guards and cut off guests
Edict · Author
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 209
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Pan Jun (潘濬) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Quan (孫權) Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表传
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 13-16, 21, 34
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Wei Jing (卫旌)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 52
Edict · Author · Addressed to Lady Bu (步夫人) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 85-97
Edict · Author · With Sun Lu (孫慮) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Quan (孫權)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 102-106

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Edict · Author · With Lady Bu (步夫人)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 83-84
Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Zhao (張昭) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 94
Speech · Speaker · With Sun Jun (孫峻)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 149-150
Speech · Speaker · With Xie Jing (謝景) · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Quan (孫權)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 82
Speech · Speaker · With Fei Yi (費禕) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 199-201
Speech · Speaker · With Sun Deng (孫登) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 50
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quotation Speaker Sun Quan (孫權) Source Person Id Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 192, 246

Events and relationships

Accepted advice and dispatched Pan Jun
AD 219 孫權殺關羽，并荊土 · Political · Ruler · With Pan Jun (潘濬)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 24
Ambushed
Military · Commander · With Guan Yu (關羽)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passages 18, 23
Annexed Jing
AD 219 孫權殺關羽，并荊土 · Military · Conqueror · At Jing 荊土
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 10
Assigned provinces
AD 229 建興七年 · Diplomatic · Partition partner · Xu Yu You Qing to Wu; Bing Liang Ji Yan to Shu; Sili bounded at Hangu
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 164
Attacked
Military · Commander · With Huang Zu (黃祖)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passages 6, 9
Barred brothers from visiting
AD 242 to AD 250 頃之 · Court · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 203, 209

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Betrothed Rui Xuan daughter to heir Deng
AD 222 to AD 226 权为子登拣择淑媛 · Family · Arranger · With Daughter of Rui Xuan (芮玄女)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 30
Campaigned against Xincheng
AD 234 嘉禾三年 · Campaign · Commander · At Xincheng 新城
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 44
Compared faction to Yuan clan disaster
Political · Sovereign · With Yuan Shao (袁紹)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 149
Consented to establish Ba as heir
Political · Ruler · With Prince Ba of Lu (魯王霸) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu lu 吳錄
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 255
Consoled and restored to office
AD 241 赤烏四年 · Administrative · Sovereign · With Xie Jing (謝景)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 83
Declared king in wu
AD 221 明年 · Political · Ruler · At Wu 吳
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 251
Deeply pitied
AD 226 黄武五年 · Mourning · Mourner · With Rui Xuan (芮玄)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 31
Delayed palace works three years
Construction · Reluctant builder
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 246-248
Drunkenly questioned Fei Yi about Yang Yi and Wei Yan
AD 229 to AD 234 孫權嘗大醉問禕 · Diplomatic · Host · With Fei Yi (費禕)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passages 199, 205
Dwelt in south palace
Construction · Resident · At South Palace 南宮
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 245
Fell gravely ill
Medical · Patient
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 106
Fell ill
AD 252 權寢疾 · Medical · Patient · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu shu 吳書
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 175
Fell ill
Illness · Patient
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 132
Fell seriously ill
Medical · Patient
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 138
Followed Pan Jun refused Bu Zhi levy
Political · Ruler · With Bu Zhi (步騭)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 43
Gave up pheasant hunting
Personal · Ruler · Mode named-source-report Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表传
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 37
Gave younger sister in marriage
Marriage arrangement · Actor · With Liu Bei (劉備)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 201
Granted baton and headquarters
Administrative · Sovereign · With Sun Lu (孫慮)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 101
Had him carried in on a couch
AD 219 孫權殺關羽，并荊土 · Political · Ruler · With Pan Jun (潘濬) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表传
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 12
Had investigators executed
AD 238 to AD 252 先帝末年 · Legal · Authority · With Lü Yi (呂壹)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 202
Hid army in ambush
AD 242 to AD 251 諸葛壹誘諸葛誕 · Military · Commander
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 120
Historical exemplum of serving Wei as feudatory
Diplomatic · Vassal
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 116, passage 109
Inherited Sun Ce domain
AD 200 建安五年 · Political · Successor · With Sun Ce (孫策)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 183
Intended to depose and replace
AD 250 權欲廢和立亮 · Political · Ruler · With Sun He (孫和), Sun Liang (孫亮)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 161
Killed
AD 219 孫權殺關羽，并荊土 · Military · Commander · With Guan Yu (關羽)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 10
Killed
Military · Commander · With Guan Yu (關羽)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 31, passage 109
Planned to change the heir
Political · Sovereign
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 151
Raged at reports
Political · Sovereign
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 141
Received Ma Liang with respect
Diplomatic · Host · With Ma Liang (馬良)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 111
Received Yang Zhu in private and discussed Ba's talents
Political · Ruler · With Yang Zhu (楊竺) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu lu 吳錄
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 255
Reduced court rites
Mourning · Father · With Sun Lü (孫慮)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 39
Refused kingship for Lu
AD 230 黃武七年後二年 · Administrative · Sovereign · With Sun Lu (孫慮)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 95
Refused remonstrance
Political · Ruler · With Qu Huang (屈晃) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu li 吳歷
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 167
Rejected the slander, showed Wei Jing's sealed memorial to Pan Jun, recalled and dismissed Wei Jing
Political · Ruler · With Pan Jun (潘濬)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 52-53
Repeatedly shot pheasants
Personal · Hunter · Mode named-source-report Source Work Jiangbiao zhuan 江表传
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 34
Resisted cao cao fleet
AD 208 十三年冬十月 · Military · Defender · With Cao Cao (魏武)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 214
Restored fuller meals
Ritual · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 42
Saw plea from White Heron Watch and ordered them to stop
Political · Sovereign · With Zhu Ju (朱據), Qu Huang (屈晃)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 160
Secretly coordinated to pin Wei from behind
Military · Ally
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 33, passage 41
Sent princes to fiefs while ill
AD 252 寢疾之日 · Political · Sovereign · Mode quotation Speaker Zhuge Ke (諸葛恪)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 233
Sent reinforcements
Military · Patron · With Liu Bei (劉備)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 158
Surrendered seal to Wei
Diplomatic · Transferor
Directly stated · History of Liao 57, passage 6
Suspected Yang Zhu of leaking and ordered him to trace the source
Legal · Investigator · With Yang Zhu (楊竺) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu lu 吳錄
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 259-260
Swore alliance
AD 229 建興七年 · Diplomatic · Covenant partner · With Chen Zhen (陳震) · At Wuchang 武昌
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 164
Targeted in campaign
Military · Target · With Liu Bei (劉備)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 229
Took blame on himself and rebuked the great ministers
Political · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 67
Took jing province
AD 219 二十四年冬十一月 · Military · Conqueror · At Jing province 荊州
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 247
Toured the camps
Inspection · Ruler
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 197
Was recruited
AD 200 to AD 208 曹操之招孫權 · Diplomatic · Addressee · With Cao Cao (魏武)
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 71
Wavered for years
Political · Sovereign
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 144
Wept when speaking of Deng
AD 241 赤烏四年 · Personal · Mourner · With Sun Deng (孫登)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 79
Wished to establish as empress
AD 238 步夫人薨後 · Court · Authority · With Lady Yuan (袁夫人)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 130
Wished to recall as heir
Political · Ruler · With Sun He (孫和) · Outcome Blocked and stopped · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu shu 吳書
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 175
Relation Sibling of · Person Sun Ce (孫策) · Kinship Term brother · Shared Parentage Uncertain
Strongly inferred · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 66
Relation Commander of · Person Zhou Yu (周瑜)
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 11, passage 214
Relation Sovereign of · Person Sun Ba (孫霸)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 202-203
Relation Sovereign of · Person Sun He (孫和)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 203
Relation Patron of · Person Wu Fan (吳范)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passages 4, 34

Assessments and attributes

Assessment chose men without regard to lowliness and tested them in affairs · Mode quotation Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 194
Assessment founded the enterprise in armor until his hair whitened · Mode quotation Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 232
Assessment had ruler's insight and heroic ambition but failed to order heir and inner court, bringing disaster on posterity · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 157
Assessment if Zichu had drifted with the age and flattered Xuande he would not deserve to be called a lofty gentleman · With Liu Ba (劉巴) · Mode speech Speaker Sun Quan (孫權)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 94
Assessment kept prisons without wronged prisoners by personally reviewing case memorials · Mode quotation Speaker Lu Kai (陸凱)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 206
Assessment more benighted than Yuan Shao and Liu Biao in creating a household calamity by doting on Ba after already establishing He · Mode commentator-judgment Speaker Pei Songzhi (裴松之)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 152

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Assessment valued and loved Sun Lu from youth · With Sun Lu (孫慮) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 93
Item clothing, ritual rank, carved playthings, and rare treasures 衣服禮秩雕玩珍異 · Relation Bestowed · With Sun He (孫和) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu shu 吳書
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 116
Item imperial transmission seal 傳國寶 · Relation Transferred
Directly stated · History of Liao 57, passage 6

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 37, passage 199; Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 199; Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 79, 116; Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passages 192, 232
Value historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 135, passage 71; New History of the Five Dynasties 67, passage 98

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 11Volume 9: Annals of Emperor Xiaoxian · 4 passages

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是歲，孫策死，弟權襲其餘業。 That year Sun Ce died and his brother Sun Quan took over his domain.

曹操以舟師伐孫權，權將周瑜敗之於烏林、赤壁。 Cao Cao attacked Sun Quan by water; Zhou Yu broke the northern fleet at Wulin and Chibi.

冬十一月，孫權取荊州。 In the eleventh month Sun Quan conquered Jing province.

明年，劉備稱帝於蜀，孫權亦自王於吳，於是天下遂三分矣。 The following year Liu Bei took the imperial title in Shu and Sun Quan declared himself king in Wu, and the realm split three ways.

Book of Jin, Chapter 108Volume 108 Records 8: Murong Hui · 1 passage

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及權據揚、越，外杖周、張，內馮顧、陸，距魏亦壁，克取襄陽。 Sun Quan's teamwork humbled northern power.

Book of Jin, Chapter 128Volume 128 Records 28: Murong Chao · 1 passage

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昔孫權重黎庶之命，屈己以臣魏； Anciently Sun Quan weighted the lives of the black-haired masses and bent himself to serve Wei;

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 116Volume 116 Book of Later Zhou 18: Shizong Annals 3 · 1 passage

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孫權事魏，自同藩國之儀。 Sun Quan served Wei with the rites proper to a feudatory prince.

History of Liao, Chapter 57Volume 57 Treatises 27: Ceremonial Guards 3 · 1 passage

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獻帝失之，孫堅得於井中，傳至孫權，以歸於魏。 Emperor Xian lost possession of it; Sun Jian recovered it from a well. It passed down to Sun Quan, who in turn surrendered it to Wei.

History of Ming, Chapter 135Volume 135 Biographies 23: Chen Yu, Ye Dui, Fan Chang, Song Siyan, Guo Jingxiang, Yang Yuangao, Ruan Hongdao, Kong Keren · 1 passage

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今聞察罕妄自尊大，致書明公，如曹操之招孫權。 I hear that Chaghan has grown arrogant and sent Your Excellency a letter like Cao Cao's invitation to Sun Quan.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 31Volume 31: Book of Shu 1: Biographies of the Two Governor Lius · 2 passages

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孫權殺關羽，取荊州，以璋為益州牧，駐秭歸。 After Sun Quan killed Guan Yu and seized Jingzhou, he named Liu Zhang governor of Yizhou and stationed him at Zigui.

權復以璋子闡為益州刺史，處交、益界首。 Sun Quan then appointed Liu Zhang’s son Liu Chan inspector of Yizhou and posted him on the Jiao–Yi frontier.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 33Volume 33: Book of Shu 3: Biography of the Later Lord · 4 passages

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鄧芝固好於吳，吳王孫權與蜀和親使聘，是歲通好。 Deng Zhi was dispatched to shore up ties with Wu; Sun Quan of Wu and Shu exchanged marriage overtures and embassies, and that year the two courts formally made peace.

吳王孫權同卹災患，潛軍合謀，掎角其後。 King Sun Quan of Wu shares our grief at this evil; his troops stand ready in secret, and we will pinch the enemy from two sides.

是歲，孫權稱帝，與蜀約盟，共交分天下。 The same year Sun Quan took the imperial title; he and Shu renewed their treaty and formally split their spheres in the Chinese world.

十五年，吳王孫權薨。 Sun Quan of Wu died in 252.