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unusual facts about Sun Quan


Sun Quan

After Liu Biao's death, a succession struggle for his domain came into being, between his sons Liu Qi and younger son Liu Cong, whom Liu Biao's second wife Lady Cai favored (because he had married her niece).


Gyeon

Gyeon (甄) is Chinese Korean surname, it text has two Chinese dialect a Zhen and Jian because by change of dialect a 甄 by Sun Quan (孫權).

Lady Xie

Lady Xie (birth and death dates unknown) was a concubine of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.

Ling Tong

In 208, Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu at Jiangxia (江夏; commandery capital in present-day Yunmeng County, Xiaogan, Hubei) again.

Liu Shan

In the following year, Liu Bei left the capital Chengdu on a campaign against Sun Quan, who had sent his general Lü Meng to invade and seize Jing Province from Liu Bei in 219.

Oath of the Peach Garden

However, the three brothers do not die on the same day: Guan Yu was killed by Sun Quan's forces in 220; Zhang Fei was assassinated by his subordinates in 221; Liu Bei died of illness in 223, a year after his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Xiaoting.

Yue Jin

He was particularly praised as a capable vanguard, but his most famed accomplishment came with his supporting role in the defence of Hefei against the advances of Sun Quan's forces at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford in 214.


see also

Battle of Hefei

Battle of Xiaoyao Ford, also known as the Battle of Hefei, fought between Sun Quan and Cao Cao between 215 and 217

Bu Zhi

In 220, the emperor of Shu Han, Liu Bei, declared war against Sun Quan in an attempt to retake Jing province, and bribed the Wuling barbarians to rebel as a way to dilute the Sun army.

Eastern Wu

A succession struggle broke out between Sun Quan's sons in the later part of his reign — Sun Quan instated Sun He as the crown prince in 242 after his former heir apparent, Sun Deng, died in 241, but Sun He soon became involved in a rivalry with his younger brother, Sun Ba.

Gan Ning

In the spring of 208, Sun Quan led his forces west to attack Huang Zu at Jiangxia commandery (江夏郡; commandery capital in present-day Yunmeng County, Xiaogan, Hubei) and succeeded in defeating and capturing the latter alive, as well as taking control over the latter's troops.

Huang Zu

Sun Quan took Gan Ning's advice, and he ordered Ling Cao's son, Ling Tong, as the vanguard, and Lu Meng as the naval commandant.

Ling Tong

In 204, Sun Quan attacked Huang Zu, the Administrator (太守) of Jiangxia (江夏; commandery capital in present-day Yunmeng County, Xiaogan, Hubei), a commandery on the eastern border of Jing Province.

Longzhong Plan

The idea of seizing Jing Province in the Longzhong Plan was a flawed concept because Sun Quan would never accept Liu Bei in control of this critical area, crucial for the security of his base in Jiangdong.

Wuchang District

Sun Quan proclaimed himself the emperor of Eastern Wu in 229, and moved the capital to Jianye.