Three Kingdoms History: Officer Names

Officer of Gongsun Zan. Was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Yan.

Advisor of Sima Zhao’s. Warned Sima Zhao about trusting Zhong Hui.

Bandit who was defeated and killed by Li Tong.

* Shen 沈 can also be translated as Chen, but this translation is not used in surnames. That said, you will still find him under the name Chen Cheng.

Brother of Shen Yi. Governor of Shangyong. Surrendered from Wei to Shu to Wei.

Served Yuan Shao with loyalty, but after his death, sided with his youngest son, Shang.

Nephew of Shen Pei. Betrayed Jizhou after the family of his friend, Xin Pi, was executed.

Brother of Shen Dan. Friend of Meng Da. Surrendered from Wei to Shu then again to Wei.

General of the Left under Sun Hao who was slain during Jin’s conquest of Wu.

* Also called Shen Rong in the online Brewitt-Taylor edition.

Served Wu. Made war with Wei following the subjugation of Shu in 264.

* Sometimes he also appears as Cheng Man.

Army Inspector. Later promoted Commander of the Flying Cavalry.

General of Xu Huang, captured messenger which gave them vital information.

Imperial Guard under Sun Xiu who reported Sun Chen’s rebellion.

Old friend of Zhuge Liang. Joined Cao Cao with Xu Shu and worked on agriculture.

Grand Administrator of Jiao Zhi. Paid regular tribute to Sun Quan.

Joined Deng Ai’s attack on the Riverlands. Was made Imperial Protector of Yizhou.

Sima Yi’s younger brother. Served Wei loyally to the end.

Authored the Warring States to Song Dynasty historical text, Zizhi tongjian.

* Also known as Sushui Xiansheng (涑水先生). Alternative style name (or hao 號) Yusou (taken late in his life). Posthumously given the honorary title (Shi or 謚) Wenzheng (文正), thus Sima Wenzhenggong (司馬文正公).

Named ‘Water Mirror’ by Pang Degong. Former teacher of Zhuge Liang and Pang ...

Elder brother to Sima Yi. Served as an official during Emperor Xian’s reign.

Sima Yi’s son. After Yi’s death, held real authority in Wei. Instrumental ...

Sima Fu’s son, but was adopted by Sima Lang. Fought Shu with Deng Ai.

Son of Sima Zhao. Installed as the first Emperor of the Jin Dynasty.

* Known formally as Emperor Wu of Jin.

A skilled advisor of the Wei kingdom. His efforts laid the foundation of Jin.

* Si Ma, in this case is the double barreled surname, Yi is the given name.

Second son of Sima Zhao. Known as a kind and warm-natured man.

Son of Sima Yi. Father of Sima Yan. Controlled the Wei army after his brother, Shi’s, ...

Wei civil officer who served three generations of the Cao family.

Served Jin. Led the force to which Sun Hao offered his seal and surrendered.

Served Li Jue. He later betrayed Li Jue, and was killed by him.

Served Wei. Friend of Cui Yan who died young.

Served Wu. In the novel, is killed by Li Dian at He Fei, but historically fights at Yi ...

Song Ren and his brother, Song Yong, join Liu Bei in Capcom’s Destiny of an Emperor.

Served Lü Bu, but joined Cao Cao after Hou Cheng was punished. Killed by Yan Liang.

Song Yong and his brother, Song Ren, join Liu Bei in Capcom’s Destiny of an Emperor.

Scholar under Liu Biao with Qimu Kai. Sent by Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao.

* Song Zhong’s name may have been written Song Zong 宋宗.

Convinced Gan Ning to leave Huang Zu and join Sun Quan.

Horse trader from Zhongshan with Zhang Shiping. Supplied Liu Bei’s first armed force.

Vanguard commander of Guo Huai (who served Cao Zhen). Killed by Zhao Zilong.

Defended Ji when Yuan Shang went to help his brother against Cao Cao.

General who saw service mostly in western China.

Served Zhang Yang. Killed Yang Chou who killed Zhang Yang. Turned to Yuan Shao.

* You will also find him referenced as Gui Gu and Kui Gu. In Moss Roberts’ translation he isn’t mentioned by name. Brewitt-Taylor references him as Kui Gu. Koei, until recently, referenced him as Gui Gu. Bo 白 in his style is frequently translated as Bai, thus Baitu. Sidenote: his style, Botu (白兔) literally translates to ‘White Rabbit’.

A son of Sun Quan. He fought bitterly with his brother, Sun He, for succession.

Son of Sun Qiang. Inherited Sun Jian’s troops and served Yuan Shu, then Sun Ce. ...

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

Sun Jun’s cousin. Executed a number of Wu officials and abused his authority.

* Sometimes ‘綝’ is incorrectly translated as lin2, thus ‘Sun Lin’.

Eldest son of Sun Quan. Set to be Quan’s successor, but died young.

The son of Sun Shao and grandson of Sun Ce. Sun Hao saw him as a threat and made up crimes ...

Second son of Sun Qiang. Imprisoned after trying to surrender to Cao Cao.

Old general of Sun Yi, avenged the death of his master.

Eldest son of Sun Jing, contemplated a coup against Sun Quan but decided against.

* Called Sun Hao in SGZ. Not to be confused with Sun Hao, Emperor of Wu.

Last Emperor of Wu. Destroyed the country through tyranical rule and wasteful projects.

* Called “Peng Zu” by Sun Quan after his birth.

Sun Jian’s foster child. Died trying to avenge Sun Yi’s death.

Sun Quan’s second son and the father of Sun Hao.

Sun Jing’s fourth son. Succeeded Sun Jiao. Captured three Wei generals at Shiyang.

Third son of Sun He, Sun Jian’s foster son.

Officer of Wu. Took over Lu Kang’s position when Kang was removed from office.

Father of Sun Ce, Sun Quan, and the kingdom of Wu.

Served Wu. Third son of Sun Jing. Held off Cao Cao’s forces at Ru Xu Kou.

Sun Jian’s younger brother. Served Sun Ce after Jian’s death.

Sun Jing’s great-grandson. Joined Teng Yin to try and assassinate Zhuge Luo.

The fourth son of Sun Jian. Married the daughter of Cao Ren.

The fifth son of Sun Jian. Led a command at Dongkou but accidentally burned his own camp.

* Also known as Sun Ren (孫仁). Had his surname changed to Ding (丁) by Sun Quan while imprisoned after he ignored Lü Fan’s orders defending against Cao Xiu.

A general of Wei. Fought against Shu under Sima Yi and Cao Zhen.

Sun Quan’s third son. Becomes Emperor, but is dethroned by Sun Chen.

Daughter of Sun Quan and Lady Bu. Sister to Sun Luyu. Quan Cong’s wife.

* Also known as Princess Quan. Dahu means ‘Big Tiger’.

Served Liu Bei. From Beihai. At death ranked General Who Upholds Loyalty.

The twin brother of Sun Jian. Father of Sun Ben and Sun Fu.

Sun Jian’s second son. Sun Ce’s brother. Long-lived first Emperor of Wu.

Sun Ce’s posthumous son. Enefoffed as Marquis of Wu. Died young.

Became Prime Minister of Wu in AD 222. Formerly served Kong Rong, then Liu Yao.

Sun Ce’s adopted son. Disobeyed Xu Sheng to fool opposing Wei forces.

* Sun Shao, before being adopted by Sun Ce, was known as Yu Shao (俞韶).

A general during the late Wu period.

Son of Sun Xiu, and intended heir. Puyang Xiang and Zhang Bu enthroned Sun Hao.

* The character ‘Wan1’ in Sun Wan’s did not exist in Unicode for quite some time, but it is now listed. ’&#168128’ is the character, but odds are you can’t see it. 上雨下單, the name we are currently using, is simply an explanation of the character, which has has 雨 on the top and 單 on the bottom. 上 and 下 mean up and down respectively.

Served Wu during Jin’s invasion. Met the attack of Zhou Zhi but was killed.

A Wu general. Surrendered to Jin and served as Cavalry General. Wept at the fall of Wu.

Emperor of Wu after Sun Liang. Became ill worrying about Jin, and soon after died.

Sun Shao’s third son. Was sent to aid Jiang Wei during the fall of Shu but was too ...

* Sun Yi’s name is mistranslated in Brewitt-Taylor translations as Sun Yin.

Sun Jian’s third son. Assassinated by Bian Hong and others at a banquet.

Served Wu. Sun Jing’s second son and cousin to Sun Quan.

Served Wu during Jin’s invasion. Was captured by Jin forces and executed.

Fought with Zhu Jun and Liu Bei at Wan, but was killed by Liu Bei.

Served the Wuhuan with Tadun. Aided Yuan Shang. Executed by Gongsun Kang.