Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · General and Official

Sun Chu 孫處

c. AD 359 - AD 411

Passages: 14
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sun Chu was a general and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Jigao	季高	Jigao
Alternate name	Sun Jigao	孫季高	Sun Jigao

Life and dates

Death

AD 411 義熙七年
At Jinkang 晉康 · Age Value: 53 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 19

Age

53
AD 411 義熙七年 · Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 19

Attested activity

AD 411 義熙七年
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 19
AD 399 高祖東征孫恩
Dated from the passage context · Book of Song 49, passage 5

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Sun Zongshi (孫宗世)
son 子
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 31

Career and standing

General Who Quells Martiality 振武將軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 6
Administrator of Nanhai 南海太守
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 20
General Who Leaps like a Dragon 龍驤將軍
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 20
Inspector of Jiaozhou 交州刺史
Posthumously granted
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 30
fifth-rank marquis of Xin'yi county 新夷縣五等侯
Enfeoffed
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 6
Marquis of Houguan county 侯官縣侯
Posthumously enfeoffed · Households 1000
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 20

Places and affiliations

Polity Id eastern-jin · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 5
At Yongxing in Kuaiji 會稽永興
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 2

Works and attributed material

Speech · Addressee · With Founding Emperor (高祖) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 9

Events and relationships

Captured Panyu
Military · Commander · At Panyu 番禺
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passages 10, 13
Defeated
Military · Commander · With Lu Xun (盧循) · At Guangzhou 廣州
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 17

Assessments and attributes

Assessment loyal and meritorious in Lingnan · Mode named-person-speech Speaker Founding Emperor (高祖)
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passages 21, 27
quick to take offense and act on impulse in youth
Character
Directly stated · Book of Song 49, passage 4

References in the histories

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History

14 passages

Book of Song, Chapter 49Volume 49 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, Yu Qiujin · 14 passages

列傳第九孫處蒯恩劉鐘[1] 虞丘進 Biographies 9: Sun Chu, Kuai En, Liu Zhong, and Yu Qiujin

孫處，字季高，會稽永興人也。 Sun Chu, whose courtesy name was Jigao, was a native of Yongxing in Kuaiji commandery.

籍注季高，故字行於世。 His name was entered in the register as Jigao, and that courtesy name is the one by which he was known.

高祖東征孫恩，季高義樂隨。 When the Founding Emperor marched east against Sun En, Jigao gladly followed him out of loyalty.

高祖平定京邑，以為振武將軍，封新夷縣五等侯。 After the Founding Emperor secured the capital, he appointed Sun Chu General Who Quells Martiality and enfeoffed him as a fifth-rank marquis of Xin'yi county.

高祖謂季高曰：「此賊行破，應先傾其巢窟，令奔走之日，無所歸投，非卿莫能濟事。」 The Founding Emperor told Jigao, "These rebels are on the verge of collapse. We must first destroy their base, so that when they flee they have nowhere to go. No one but you can see this through."

遣季高率眾三千，汎海襲番禺。 He sent Jigao with three thousand men across the sea to strike Panyu.

初，賊不以海道為防，季高至東衝，去城十餘里，城內猶未知。 At first the rebels had not guarded the sea route. Jigao reached Dongchong, little more than ten li from the city, and those within still knew nothing of his approach.

季高先焚舟艦，悉力登岸，會天大霧，四面陵城，即日克拔。 Jigao burned his ships, landed with all his strength, and— as a heavy fog rolled in— assaulted the city from every side and took it that same day.

季高距戰二十餘日，循乃破走，所殺萬餘人。 Jigao fought him off for more than twenty days until Xun was routed and fled; more than ten thousand were killed.

義熙七年四月，季高卒於晉康，時年五十三。 In the fourth month of the seventh year of Yixi, Jigao died at Jinkang at the age of fifty-three.

九年，高祖念季高之功，乃表曰：「孫季高嶺南之勳，已蒙褒贈。 In the ninth year, remembering Jigao's service, the Founding Emperor submitted a memorial: "Sun Jigao's exploits in the Lingnan region have already been honored with posthumous rewards.

而季高汎海萬里，投命洪流，波激電邁，指日遄至，遂奄定南海，覆其巢窟，使循進退靡依，輕舟遠迸。 Instead Jigao crossed ten thousand li of open sea, staking his life on the raging waters; riding wind and wave he arrived within days, swiftly secured Nanhai, and destroyed their stronghold, leaving Xun with nowhere to turn and driving him to flee in light boats.

重贈交州刺史，將軍如故。 Jigao was posthumously made Inspector of Jiaozhou, while his rank as general remained unchanged.