Overview
Sun Ying was an aristocrat of Wu.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inRecords of the Three Kingdoms
Life and dates
Death
- AD 254 五鳳元年SuicideDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 87
Attested activity
- AD 254 五鳳元年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 87
- AD 241 赤烏四年Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 80, 86
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Sun Deng (孫登)second son 次子Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 86
Career and standing
- Marquis of Wu 吳侯EnfeoffedDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 86
- Marquis of Wu 吳侯HeldDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 86
- SufferedAD 254 五鳳元年 · Fief abolishedDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 87
- fief extinguished 國除AD 254 五鳳元年 · AbolishedDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 87
Places and affiliations
- Polity Eastern Wu 吳 · Relation Enfeoffed inDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 86
Events and relationships
- Others sought to enthroneAD 254 五鳳元年 · Political · Unwitting figurehead · With Huan Lu (桓慮) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Wu li 吳歷Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 88
- Plotted to killDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 87
Source notes
- main narrative: Ying plotted to kill Jun; Wu li: Ying did not know of Huan Lu's plotField role-in-plot-against-Sun-Jun · Witness Work Wu li 吳歷Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passages 87-88
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 59, passage 86
References in the histories
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