Sun Xiu | |
|---|---|
| 孫秀 | |
| Prefect of the Palace Secretariat (中書令) | |
| In office 300–301 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Hui of Jin |
| Palace Attendant (侍中) | |
| In office 300–301 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Hui of Jin/Sima Lun |
| General Who Upholds The State (輔國將軍) | |
| In office 300–301 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Hui of Jin |
| Marshal to the Chancellor of State (相國司馬) | |
| In office 300–301 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Hui of Jin |
| Chief of the Palace Secretariat (中書監) | |
| In office 301–301 | |
| Monarch | Sima Lun |
| General of Agile Cavalry (票騎將軍) | |
| In office 301–301 | |
| Monarch | Sima Lun |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Linyi, Shandong |
| Died | 30 May, 301 |
| Relations | Sun En (descendant) |
| Children | Sun Hui |
| Courtesy name | Junzhong (俊忠) |
Sun Xiu (died 30 May 301[1]), courtesy name Junzhong, was an official of the Jin dynasty (266–420). He was the favoured advisor to the Prince of Zhao, Sima Lun, who guided and supported him with advice in their rise to power. After Sima Lun took over the government in 300, Sun Xiu was essentially in charge of running the state, as Lun delegated all affairs over to him. Sun helped Lun assume the throne in 301, but a coalition against him led by Sima Jiong was formed shortly later. As the coalition approached Luoyang in the middle of 301, Sun was killed in the capital during a coup led by disgruntled officials.
The prominent Jin dynasty rebel, Sun En, whose rebellion in 399 caused great trouble for the Eastern Jin, was from Sun Xiu's clan.[2]