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Sun Ru was a general and Warlord.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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Death
- defeated and killed 戰敗死 · At Xuancheng 宣州
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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 66Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu · 6 passages
唐中和三年，蔡州秦宗權遣孫儒、劉建峰將兵萬人屬其弟宗衡，略地淮南，殷初為儒裨將。
In the third year of the Zhonghe reign (883), Qin Zongquan of Caizhou dispatched Sun Ru and Liu Jianfeng with ten thousand men under his younger brother Zongheng to seize territory in Huainan, and Yin began as a junior officer under Sun Ru.
宗衡等攻楊行密於揚州，未克，梁兵方急攻宗權，宗權數召儒等，儒不欲還，宗衡屢趨之，儒怒，殺宗衡，自將其兵取高郵，遂逐行密。
Zongheng and his forces besieged Yang Xingmi at Yangzhou without success. While Liang armies were tightening their assault on Zongquan, he kept calling Sun Ru back, but Ru refused to return. When Zongheng pressed him repeatedly, Ru in a rage killed Zongheng, took command of the troops himself, captured Gaoyou, and drove Yang Xingmi away.
行密據宣州，儒以兵圍之，久不克，遣殷與建峰掠食旁縣。
Yang Xingmi held Xuancheng, and Sun Ru laid siege for a long time without breaking the city. He then sent Yin and Liu Jianfeng to raid grain from the surrounding counties.
儒戰敗死，殷等無所歸，乃推建峰為帥，殷為先鋒，轉攻豫章，略虔、吉，有眾數萬。
When Sun Ru was defeated and killed, Yin and his comrades had nowhere to turn. They made Liu Jianfeng their leader, with Yin as vanguard, swung toward Yuzhang, overran Gan and Ji prefectures, and mustered tens of thousands of men.
初，孫儒敗於宣州，殷弟賨為楊行密所執，行密收儒余兵為「黑雲都」，以賨為指揮使。
After Sun Ru's defeat at Xuancheng, Yin's younger brother Ma Cong fell into Yang Xingmi's hands. Xingmi enrolled Sun Ru's survivors in the "Black Cloud Corps" and appointed Cong its commander.
他日又問之，賨謝曰：「臣，孫儒敗卒也，幸公待以不死，非殺身不足報。
On another day Xingmi asked again. Cong demurred: "I am only a beaten man from Sun Ru's army. You spared my life; nothing short of dying for you could repay that debt.