King of Wu, emperor from 229. Bought the north's neutrality on paper to take Jing province in fact, then held the river for half a century.
Your talent and measure now — you are no longer the A-Meng of Wu.Sun Quan to Lü Meng; Jiangbiao zhuan, in Pei Songzhi's commentary
Appears in
Three Kingdoms 3 · panel 7Three Kingdoms 4 · panel 10Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 1Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 3Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 8Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 9Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 10Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 12Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 13Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 14Three Kingdoms 6 · panel 15Three Kingdoms 8 · panel 10Three Kingdoms 8 · panel 16Three Kingdoms 8 · panel 17Three Kingdoms 9 · panel 5Three Kingdoms 9 · panel 13
Relations
- Zhou Yu lord & commander — Zhou Yu gave him the river in 208; he gave Zhou Yu's family his care.
- Lu Xun king & commander — Chose a scholar of 39 over his oldest generals — then broke him over the succession in 245.
- Cao Cao vassal in name — Took a king's seal from Wei in 221 to keep the north quiet while he fought west.
Myth vs record
The story you may know
The purple-bearded hero of the novel, a foil for Liu Bei's virtue and Cao Cao's genius.
What the sources say
The histories give the steadiest politician of the age: he submitted to Wei on paper to take Jing province in fact, trusted a scholar over his veterans at Yiling, and held three provinces for fifty years.