Sun Ce

Also known as Zi Bofu · Xiaoba Wang

Sun Ce, courtesy name Bofu, came from Fuchun in Wu commandery and was the eldest son of Sun Jian. After his father's death he served Yuan Shu, who returned only about a thousand of Sun Jian's troops; by the time he reached Liyang on his way to the south bank he had five or six thousand men. From 195 he crossed the Yangzi, defeated the inspector Liu Yao, drove Wang Lang out of Kuaiji, and held Wu, Kuaiji and Danyang. When Yuan Shu declared himself emperor in 197, Sun Ce broke with him, and Cao Cao had him named Marquis of Wu. In 199 he seized Lujiang and attacked Huang Zu, and Hua Xin surrendered Yuzhang. In 200, while secretly preparing to strike at Xu, he was badly wounded by retainers of Xu Gong, a former governor of Wu, and died at twenty-five by Western count. He handed his seal to his brother Sun Quan, who later, as emperor, named him King Huan of Changsha.