Sun Ce (孫策) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sun Ce was a warlord.

PeriodQin and Han

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 147

Attested activity

AD 195 to AD 200 Sun Ce era
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 66
AD 196 to AD 200 孫策領會稽太守
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 146
AD 190 to AD 220 漢末
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 15, 160
AD 194 to AD 200 随孙策平定江东
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 61, passage 29

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Sun Jian (孫堅)
father 父
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passages 10, 12
Child of Lady Wu (吳夫人)
mother 母
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 10

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Administrator of Kuaiji 會稽太守
Held
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 146

Works and attributed material

Letter · Author · With Yuan Shu (袁術)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 22

Events and relationships

Nearly executed
Political · Authority · With Wei Teng (魏滕)
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 63, passage 66
Wounded
Military · Commander · At Niuzhu 牛渚
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 18

References in the histories

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Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 50Volume 50: Book of Wu 5: Biographies of Concubines and Ladies · 16 passages

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〈《搜神記》曰：初，夫人孕而夢月入其懷，既而生策。〈The Soushen ji says that while carrying Sun Ce she dreamed the moon slipped into her breast—then bore Ce.

及權在孕，又夢日入其懷，以告堅曰：「昔妊策，夢月入我懷，今也又夢日入我懷，何也？」 With Sun Quan in her womb she dreamed the sun had entered her breast and said to Sun Jian, "For Ce it was the moon; now it is the sun—what portent is this?"

孫策與孫河、呂範依景，合眾共討涇縣山賊祖郎。 Sun Ce, Sun He, and Lü Fan rallied to Wu Jing and joined forces against the bandit Zu Lang in Jing county.

時策被創牛渚，降賊復反，景攻討，盡禽之。 When Sun Ce was wounded at Niuzhu and his surrendered bandits mutinied, Wu Jing struck and took every one of them.

從討劉繇，繇奔豫章，策遣景、賁到壽春報術。 After the drive against Liu Yao, who fled to Yuzhang, Sun Ce sent Wu Jing and Sun Ben east to brief Yuan Shu at Shouchun.

策以書喻術，術不納，便絕江津，不與通，使人告景。 Sun Ce wrote Yuan Shu a stern letter; when it was ignored, he sealed the river and sent word to Wu Jing.

景即委郡東歸，策復以景為丹揚太守。 Wu Jing abandoned his post and came back to the east; Sun Ce restored him as Grand Administrator of Danyang.

《會稽典錄》曰：策功曹魏騰，以迕意見譴，將殺之，士大夫憂恐，計無所出。 The Kuaiji dian lu says Sun Ce's merit clerk Wei Teng gave offense and was condemned to death; the gentry were terrified and could see no way out.

夫人乃倚大井而謂策曰：「汝新造江南，其事未集，方當優賢禮士，舍過錄功。 Lady Wu leaned against the great well and told Sun Ce, "You have only just begun to build Jiangnan; the work is unfinished. Now is the time to honor the worthy, treat scholars with courtesy, pardon faults, and record merit.

策大驚，遽釋騰。 Sun Ce was shaken and released Wei Teng at once.

堅薨，隨孫策討樊能、於糜等於橫江，擊張英於當利口。 After Sun Jian's death he joined Sun Ce against Fan Neng and Yu Mi at Hengjiang and Zhang Ying at Danglikou.

琨具啟策，策即行之。 Xu Kun laid the plan before Sun Ce, who adopted it at once.

策表琨領丹楊太守，會吳景委廣陵來東，復為丹楊守。 Sun Ce cited Xu Kun as acting Grand Administrator of Danyang until Wu Jing returned from Guangling and resumed that post.

〈《江表傳》曰：初，袁術遣從弟胤為丹楊，策令琨討而代之。〈The Jiang biao zhuan says Yuan Shu first planted his cousin in Danyang until Sun Ce sent Xu Kun to oust him.

丹楊，寬仁得眾，吏民所思，而琨手下兵多，策嫌其太重，且方攻伐，宜得琨眾，乃復用景，召琨還吳。〉 Danyang with such kindness that the people missed him, while Xu Kun's following had grown unwieldy for an army on the march—so Sun Ce put Wu Jing back in charge and recalled Xu Kun to Wu.〉

漢末，其母攜將徙廬江，廬江為孫策所破，皆東渡江，以美麗得幸於權，寵冠後庭。 Late in Han her mother fled with her to Lujiang; Sun Ce's storm drove them east across the Yangzi, where her beauty won Sun Quan's heart above every other woman in the harem.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 61Volume 61: Book of Wu 16: Biographies of Pan Jun and Lu Kai · 1 passage

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玄兄良，字文鸾，随孙策平定江东，策以为会稽东部都尉，卒，玄领良兵，拜奋武中郎将，以功封溧阳侯。 His older brother Rui Liang, courtesy name Wenluan, helped Sun Ce conquer the lower Yangzi region and was named eastern commandery commandant of Kuaiji; when Liang died, Rui Xuan inherited the troops, became general of the household who displays martial vigor, and was enfeoffed as marquis of Liyang for his service.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 2 passages

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孫策領會稽太守，綜年十四，為門下循行，留吳與孫權共讀書。 When Sun Ce was administrator of Kuaiji, Zong at fourteen became a gate attendant and stayed in Wu to read with Sun Quan.

策薨，權為討虜將軍，以綜為金曹從事，從討黃祖，拜鄂長。 After Sun Ce's death Sun Quan became general who pacifies barbarians, made Zong a gold-bureau clerk, joined the campaign against Huang Zu, and named him prefect of E.

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 63Volume 63: Book of Wu 18: Biographies of Wu Fan, Liu Dun, and Zhao Da · 2 passages

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初亦迕策，几殆，赖太妃救得免，语见《妃嫔传》。 He once defied Sun Ce and nearly died—Lady Wu saved him; see the concubine chapter.

昔圣王观天地之文，以画八卦之象，故亹亹成於蓍策，变化形乎六爻，是以三易虽殊，卦繇理一，安有回转一筹，可以钩深测隐，意对逆占，而能遂知来物者乎？ The classics unified oracle logic—no single abacus replaces the Changes.