Sun Xiu
Eastern Wu · Three Kingdoms · 3rd ruler
吳景帝 Wú Jǐngdì孫休 Sūn Xiū
Wade–Giles: Wu Ching-ti · Sun Hsiu
Reigned 258–264 (5 years)
Reigned 5 years (258–264). Died at 30 (East Asian reckoning); cause of death unknown. 3rd ruler of Eastern Wu.
Facts
- Reign
- 30 November 258 – 3 September 264 (3rd ruler of Eastern Wu)
- Length of reign
- 5 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 3 September 264
- Age at accession
- 24
- Age at death
- 30
- Cause of death
- UnknownThe primary sources record no cause of death or clue to it
- Path to the throne
- Installed by othersSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the choice was made by officials, the army, eunuchs, consort kin, an empress dowager or the imperial clan
- Predecessor
- Sun Liang
- Successor
- Sun Hao
- Era names
- 永安 Yǒng'ān (proclaimed 258)
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
- 1
- General amnesties
- 4
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 0
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 2
- Capital relocations
- 0
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