Sun Quan
Eastern Wu · Three Kingdoms · 1st ruler
吳大帝 Wú Dàdì孫權 Sūn Quán
Wade–Giles: Wu Ta-ti · Sun Ch'üan
Reigned 229–252 (23 years)
Reigned 23 years (229–252). Died at 71 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 1st ruler of Eastern Wu.
Facts
- Reign
- 23 May 229 – 21 May 252 (1st ruler of Eastern Wu)
- Length of reign
- 23 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 21 May 252
- Age at accession
- 48
- Age at death
- 71
- Cause of death
- UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Successor
- Sun Liang
- Era names
- 黃龍 Huánglóng (proclaimed 229)
- 嘉禾 Jiāhé (proclaimed 232)
- 赤烏 Chìwū (proclaimed 238)
- 太元 Tàiyuán (proclaimed 251)
- 神鳳 Shénfèng (proclaimed 252)
Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.
During the reign
Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted
- Era name changes
- 5
- General amnesties
- 9
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 1
- Personal campaigns
- 3
- Rebellions suppressed
- 6
- Rebellions faced
- 6
- Capital relocations
- 1
Emperors of Eastern Wu
- 1stSun Quan吳大帝 Wú Dàdì孫權 Sūn Quán229–252 · 23 years · Unknown, age 71229–25223 yearsUnknown, age 71
- 2ndSun Liang孫亮 Sūn Liàng252–258 · 6 years · Disputed252–2586 yearsDisputed
- 3rdSun Xiu吳景帝 Wú Jǐngdì孫休 Sūn Xiū258–264 · 5 years · Unknown, age 30258–2645 yearsUnknown, age 30
- 4thSun Hao吳末帝 Wú Mòdì孫晧 Sūn Hào264–280 · 15 years · Unknown264–28015 yearsUnknown