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Sun Quan
Founder of the state of Wu who took over his brother's command in the lower Yangzi, allied with Liu Bei at Red Cliff, seized Jing province and later proclaimed himself emperor
Mural of the event “Battle of Red Cliffs”, which this person took part in.
At the end of the Eastern Han, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had collapsed central authority and the realm dissolved into warlord territories. After pacifying the north, Cao Cao led hundreds of thousands of land and naval forces southward to swallow the south in one unifying campaign.
Also known as Zi Zhongmou · Wuda Di
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Sun Quan, courtesy name Zhongmou, second son of Sun Jian, came from Fuchun in Wu commandery. When his brother Sun Ce was assassinated in 200, he inherited his command in the lower Yangzi, relying on Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu. When Cao Cao came south in 208, he followed Zhou Yu and Lu Su in allying with Liu Bei to defeat him at Red Cliff, and in 219 he sent Lu Meng to seize Jing province, capturing and killing Guan Yu. After Lu Xun crushed Liu Bei at Yiling in 222, Sun Quan declared himself emperor at Wuchang in 229 and soon moved to Jianye. He sent Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi by sea to find Yizhou, but later mishandled the feud between his heir Sun He and Sun Ba, Prince of Lu, and Lu Xun, rebuked by him, died in distress. He died in 252 and was styled Emperor Da. Pei Songzhi's commentary quotes Cao Cao, viewing his army, as saying a son should be like Sun Zhongmou.
Life and times
- 182 CEBorn
Han
Three Kingdoms - 208Battle of Red Cliffs
Took partage 26The Sun-Liu alliance used a fire attack to defeat Cao Cao's river fleet, checking his southern advance and reshaping the Yangtze power balance.- Zhuge Liang Forges the Sun-Liu AllianceZhuge Liang traveled to Chaisang to negotiate an alliance with Sun Quan, while Zhou Yu and Lu Su convinced the court to resist Cao Cao's armada.
- Red Cliffs Fire Defeats Cao CaoIn 208 the alliance of Sun Quan and Liu Bei used a fire attack at Red Cliffs to defeat Cao Cao's fleet, checking his advance and helping establish the later Three Kingdoms rivalry.
- Zhuge Liang Forges the Sun-Liu Alliance
- 220Three Kingdoms Divide
Took partage 38Cao Pi founded Wei, Liu Bei founded Shu Han, and Sun Quan ruled Wu as three courts contested Jingzhou, Hanzhong, and the frontier.- Sun Quan's Envoys to Yizhou230age 48In 230 CE, Sun Quan sent Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi by sea toward Yizhou; the expedition returned with several thousand local inhabitants.
- Sun Quan's Envoys to Yizhou
- 221Battle of Yiling
Took partage 39Burning connected encampments along the Yangtze, finalizing the tripartite borders of the Three Kingdoms. - 252 CEDied
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