Sun Quan (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sun Quan (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: S n Quan; Wade-Giles: Sun Ch'uan) (182 - 252), son of Sun Jian, courtesy name Zhongmou ( ), formally Emperor Da of (Eastern) Wu was the founder of Eastern Wu, during the Three Kingdoms period, in China. He ruled from 222 to 229 as Wu Wang (King/Prince of Wu) and from 229 to 252 as Emperor of the Wu Dynasty. In his youth Sun Quan spent time in his home county of Fuchun, and after his father's death in the early 190s, at various cities on the Lower Yangtze River. His elder brother Sun Ce carved out a warlord state in the region, based on his own followers and a number of local clan allegiances. When Sun Ce was assassinated by the retainers of Xu Gong, whom Sun Ce had killed in battle several years prior, in 200, the eighteen-year-old Sun Quan inherited the lands southeast of the Yangtze River from his brother. His administration proved to be relatively stable in those early years.