Qin and Han · General

Sun Su 孫速

Attested BC 205 - BC 205

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 2

Overview

Sun Su was a general.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 205 Wei campaign
Strongly inferred · Book of Han 48, passage 199
BC 205 攻孫遬軍
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 54, passage 55

Key source chapters

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 48Volume 39: Xiao He and Cao Shen · 1 passage

月餘，魏王豹反，以假丞相別與韓信東攻魏將孫速東張，大破之。 A month later King Bao of Wei rebelled; Cao Shen, still acting chancellor, joined Han Xin in a separate column, struck Wei general Sun Su at Dongzhang, and shattered him.

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 54House of Chancellor Cao · 1 passage

月餘，魏王豹反，以假左丞相別與韓信東攻魏將軍孫遬軍東張，大破之。 A little over a month later, King Bao of Wei rebelled. As Acting Left Chancellor, Cao Shen joined Han Xin on a separate campaign eastward, attacking the Wei general Sun Su's army at Dongzhang and routing it.