Sun Fen, courtesy name Ziyang, was an imperial prince of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.
11 Facts About Sun Fen
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Sun Fen was the fifth son of Sun Quan, the founding emperor of Eastern Wu.
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Sun Fen was the fifth son of Sun Quan, a warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty and became the founding emperor of the Eastern Wu state in the Three Kingdoms period.
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Sun Fen's mother was Consort Zhong, a concubine of Sun Quan.
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Sun Fen thus relocated Sun Fen from Wuchang to Yuzhang Commandery.
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However, Sun Fen turned furious when he heard about it and refused to move out of Wuchang.
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Zhuge Ke wrote a long letter to Sun Fen to warn him about the perils of not knowing his place and to remind him of the downfall of his fourth brother, Sun Ba, the Prince of Lu.
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Sun Fen became fearful after reading Zhuge Ke's letter so he meekly obliged and moved to Nanchang, the capital of Yuzhang Commandery.
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Sun Fen was stripped of his noble title and reduced to commoner status as punishment for executing a senior official without permission from the imperial court.
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In 270, the emperor Sun Fen Hao was deeply grieved when his favourite concubine, Lady Wang, died of illness, so he remained indoors for many months and refused to meet his subjects.
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Zhang Jun, the Administrator of Yuzhang Commandery, believed the rumours and hoped that Sun Fen would become the new emperor, so he sent his men to clean up the tomb of Lady Zhong in Yuzhang Commandery in an attempt to please Sun Fen.