Encyclopedia: Sun Ce

Sun Jian’s oldest son. Built the foundation of the Wu kingdom.

Officer Details

Wade-Giles: Sun Ts‘ê (Po-fu)
Simplified Chinese: 孙策 (伯符)
Pronunciation: Sun¹ Ce⁴ (Bo²fu²) 
Min-Nan: Sun Cek (Pek-hu)

Birthplace: Fu Chun County, Wu Prefecture
(Presently Fu Yang in Zhe Jiang Province)

Rank and Titles

Colonel Who Cherishes Righteousness (AD 194); Colonel Who Breaks the Enemy Lines, General Who Destroys the Criminals; Grand Administrator of Huiqi (self-proclaimed); General Who Exterminates the Rebels, Marquis of Wu; ‘Accomplished Talent’; King Huan of Changsha (posthumous)

Family and Relationships

Sun Jian (Father); Lady Wu (Mother); Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang, Sun Lang (Brothers); Lady Sun [Sun Shangxiang] (Sister); Lady Sun (Daughter)

Fact vs. Fiction

Differences Between Fact and Common Fiction

• Sun Ce did not give the Imperial Seal to Yuan Shu, nor did he ever have the Seal in his possession.
• Sun Ce never allied with Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao.
• It’s highly debatable whether or not Sun Ce killed the mystic Gan Ji.
• Sun Ce was not harassed to death by the mystic Gan Ji.

Literary Appearances

Sanguozhi: Wu 1

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