Character Profile: Sun Quan 孫権
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| Name Hanzi: 孫権 |
| Pronunciation: Swen Chywan |
| Wade-Giles Spelling: Sun Ch'üan |
| Japanese Name: Sonken |
| Style Name: Zhongmou |
| Allegiance: Wu |
| Lifespan: 182-252 A.D. |
| Relations: mother (Lady Wu) father (Sun Jian) brothers (Sun Ce, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang) half-brother (Sun Lang) half-sister (Sun Shang Xiang) sons (Sun Deng, Sun He, Sun Liang) |
This profile is a few years old. It will be re-written when I reach this character's death in my novel notes.
Sun Quan was the younger brother of Sun Ce and son of Sun Jian, taking over Wu after his brother's death. Before he died, Sun Ce said of his brother "in encouraging the wise and confiding in the able and getting the best out of everyone for the preservation of this land, I should not succeed as you will". Sun Quan became the first emperor of Wu, and he was a popular ruler who "won the love of all the people".
Minister Liu Wan said of the Sun brothers "I have looked well at them all, and they are all clever and perspicacious, but none of them have the very ultimate degree of good fortune. Only the second, Sun Quan, has the look of a deep thinker. His face is remarkable, and his build unusual, and he has the look of one who will come to great honor."
Last updated: 17 April 2008.