Sun Ce | |||||
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| 孫策 | |||||
 A Qing dynasty illustration of Sun Ce as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang | |||||
| General Who Attacks Rebels (討逆將軍) | |||||
| In office 198–200 | |||||
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han | ||||
| Administrator of Kuaiji (會稽太守) | |||||
| In office 197–198 | |||||
| Monarch | Emperor Xian of Han | ||||
| Preceded by | Wang Lang | ||||
| Personal details | |||||
| Born | 175 | ||||
| Died | 5 May 200 (aged 24-25)[a] Dangtu County, Wu Commandery (modern day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) | ||||
| Spouse | Da Qiao | ||||
| Children | |||||
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| Relatives | See Eastern Wu family trees | ||||
| Occupation | General, politician, warlord | ||||
| Courtesy name | Bofu (伯符) | ||||
| Peerage | Marquis of Wu (吳侯) | ||||
| Military service | |||||
| Allegiance | Yuan Shu's forces Han Empire Wu | ||||
| Battles/wars | Conquests in Jiangdong Campaign against Yuan Shu | ||||
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Sun Ce (Chinese: 孫策; pinyin: Sūn Cè; Wade–Giles: Sun1 Ts‘ê4) () (175 – 5 May 200),[a] courtesy name Bofu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.[2] He was the eldest child of Sun Jian, who was killed during the Battle of Xiangyang when Sun Ce was only 16. Sun Ce then broke away from his father's overlord, Yuan Shu, and headed to the Jiangdong region in southern China to establish his own power base there. With the help of several people, such as Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, Sun Ce managed to lay down the foundation of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.
In 200, when the warlord Cao Cao was at war with his rival Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, Sun Ce was rumoured to be planning an attack on Xuchang, Cao Cao's base. However, he was assassinated before he could carry out the plan. Sun Ce was posthumously honoured as "Prince Huan of Changsha" (長沙桓王) by his younger brother Sun Quan when the latter became the founding emperor of Eastern Wu.
Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) describes Sun Ce as a handsome man who was full of laughter. He was also a generous and receptive man who employed people according to their abilities. As such, his subjects were willing to risk their lives for him. One detractor named Xu Gong, in a letter to Emperor Xian, compared Sun Ce to Xiang Yu, the warrior-king who overthrew the Qin dynasty. As a result, Sun Ce was also referred to as the "Little Conqueror" in popular culture. Sun Ce is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.
- ^ (建安五年， ... 至夜卒，時年二十六。) Sanguozhi vol. 46.
- ^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 764.
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