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Wang Jun

Western Jin general who built a war fleet in Yi province and in 280 sailed down the Yangzi to Jianye, where Sun Hao surrendered

Also known as Zi Shizhi · Wang Shizhi · Pingwu Jiangjun

Wang Jun, courtesy name Shizhi, from Hu in Hongnong, was born in 206. As inspector of Yi province he built a fleet of large towered warships, the biggest holding over two thousand men. In 279 he petitioned for war on Wu, and as General Who Leaps Like a Dragon he led the fleet down the Yangzi, burned through the iron chains across the river and took Xiling, Xiakou and Wuchang. In 280 he reached Jianye, where Sun Hao surrendered. Wang Hun accused him of ignoring orders, but Emperor Wu did not punish him. He died in 286 with the posthumous title Marquis Wu. The Tang poet Liu Yuxi wrote of his towered ships sailing down from Yizhou.

Life and times

  1. 206 CEBornHanThree KingdomsJin
  2. 280Western Jin Unification of ChinaTook partage 74Multi-pronged naval advance down the Yangtze, terminating a century of Three Kingdoms division.
    1. Wang Jun's Fleet Takes WuEmperor Wu of Jin deployed six armies and Wang Jun's immense naval flotilla down the Yangtze, securing the surrender of Eastern Wu in 280 CE.
  3. 286 CEDied

Connections

  1. Shared events3
    1. Du Yu222 CE–285 CE
    2. Sima Yan236 CE–290 CE
    3. Yang Hu221 CE–278 CE
  2. Interactions1
    1. Sun HaoPolitical: Surrender received at Jianye · 242 CE–284 CEWang Jun's Fleet Takes Wu