Sun Ce

Posthumous name
	Prince Huan of Changsha (長沙桓王)

Sun Ce
Sun Ce
孫策
	A Qing dynasty illustration of Sun Ce as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang
General Who Attacks Rebels; (討逆將軍)
	In office; 198–200
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Administrator of Kuaiji (會稽太守)
	In office; 197–198
Monarch	Emperor Xian of Han
Preceded by	Wang Lang
Personal details
Born	175
Died	5 May 200 (aged 24-25); Dangtu County, Wu Commandery (modern day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu)
Spouse	Da Qiao
Children	Sun Shao; Lu Xun's wife; Gu Shao's wife; Zhu Ji's wife;
Parents	Sun Jian (father); Empress Wulie (mother);
Relatives	See Eastern Wu family trees
Occupation	General, politician, warlord
Courtesy name	Bofu (伯符)
Peerage	Marquis of Wu (吳侯)
Military service
Allegiance	Yuan Shu's forces; Han Empire; Wu
Battles/wars	Conquests in Jiangdong; Campaign against Yuan Shu
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Prince Huan of Changsha (長沙桓王)

Sun Ce (Chinese: 孫策; pinyin: Sūn Cè; Wade–Giles: Sun¹ Ts‘ê⁴) (pronunciation^ⓘ) (175 – 5 May 200),^[a] courtesy name Bofu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.^[2] He was the eldest child of Sun Jian, who was killed during the Battle of Xiangyang when Sun Ce was only 16. Sun Ce then broke away from his father's overlord, Yuan Shu, and headed to the Jiangdong region in southern China to establish his own power base there. With the help of several people, such as Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, Sun Ce managed to lay down the foundation of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

In 200, when the warlord Cao Cao was at war with his rival Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, Sun Ce was rumoured to be planning an attack on Xuchang, Cao Cao's base. However, he was assassinated before he could carry out the plan. Sun Ce was posthumously honoured as "Prince Huan of Changsha" (長沙桓王) by his younger brother Sun Quan when the latter became the founding emperor of Eastern Wu.

Chen Shou's Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) describes Sun Ce as a handsome man who was full of laughter. He was also a generous and receptive man who employed people according to their abilities. As such, his subjects were willing to risk their lives for him. One detractor named Xu Gong, in a letter to Emperor Xian, compared Sun Ce to Xiang Yu, the warrior-king who overthrew the Qin dynasty. As a result, Sun Ce was also referred to as the "Little Conqueror" in popular culture. Sun Ce is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.

^ (建安五年， ... 至夜卒，時年二十六。) Sanguozhi vol. 46.
^ de Crespigny (2007), p. 764.

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[1] (建安五年， ... 至夜卒，時年二十六。) Sanguozhi vol. 46.

[FOOTNOTEde_Crespigny2007764-3] Crespigny (2007), p. 764.

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