Sun Kuang, courtesy name Jizuo, was a younger brother of Sun Quan, a Chinese warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and became the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.
14 Facts About Sun Kuang
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Sun Kuang was the fourth and youngest son of the warlord Sun Jian and his wife Lady Wu.
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Between 194 and 199, Sun Kuang Ce embarked on a series of conquests in the Jiangdong region and established his power base there.
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Around the time, the warlord Cao Cao, who controlled the Han central government and the figurehead Han ruler, Emperor Xian, became wary of Sun Kuang Ce's growing influence in the south, so he sought to establish marital ties with Sun Kuang.
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The Jiang Biao Zhuan recorded that Sun Kuang served under his second brother, Sun Quan, as General of the Household Who Solidifies Martial Might.
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Sun Kuang Quan was furious with his younger brother and he punished his brother by forcing him to change his family name to "Ding" and placing him under permanent house arrest.
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Pei believed that the "Sun Kuang" mentioned in the Jiang Biao Zhuan was actually Sun Lang, a younger half-brother of Sun Kuang, after he compared the Jiang Biao Zhuan account with records from the San Chao Lu and the Zhilin.
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Sun Kuang's son, Sun Tai, was born to Cao Cao's niece, and served as a Colonel of Changshui under his uncle, Sun Quan.
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In 270, Sun Kuang Hao sent an officer, He Ding, to lead 5,000 troops to Xiakou for a hunting expedition.
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Sun Kuang Xiu suspected that Sun Kuang Hao had sent He Ding to Xiakou to kill him, so he brought along his family and bodyguards, numbering a few hundred people in total, and defected to Wu's rival state, the Jin dynasty.
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In 280, Sun Kuang Hao surrendered to invading forces from Jin, bringing an end to the Wu regime.
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Many Jin officials went to congratulate Sima Yan, but Sun Kuang Xiu claimed that he was ill and remained at home.
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Sun Kuang faced his native land in the south and lamented the fall of Wu.
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Sun Kuang died sometime in the Yongning era of the reign of Emperor Hui.