Eastern Wu family trees

This article contains the family trees of members of the Sun clan, who ruled the state of Eastern Wu (229–280) in the Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in China.

Sun Jian, Sun Qiang and Sun Jing[]

Sun Jian was an alleged descendant of Sun Tzu, the author of The Art of War.^[1]

Sun Jian and Sun Qiang were twin brothers.^[2] Sun Jing was a younger brother of Sun Jian.^[3] Sun Jian had a younger sister, who married Xu Zhen.^[4]

Xu Zhen and Sun Jian's younger sister had a son, Xu Kun. Xu Kun's daughter married Sun Jian's son Sun Quan.^[5]

¹The identity of the father of Sun Jian, Sun Qiang and Sun Jing is not historically attested. Their father's name was not recorded in the historical text Sanguozhi. However, the Yu Lin (語林), a collection of short stories by Pei Qi (裴啟), mentioned that Sun Hao was a great-great-grandson of Sun Zhong (孫鍾). Since Sun Hao was a great-grandson of Sun Jian, it is deduced that Sun Zhong was Sun Jian's father.^[6]

Sun Jian[]

Four of Sun Jian's sons – Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi and Sun Kuang – and one of his daughters (Lady Sun) were born to his wife Lady Wu, who was Wu Jing's elder sister.^[7][8] Lady Sun married Liu Bei.^[9]

One of the two other daughters was born to Sun Jian's concubine Lady Chen, and she married Pan Jun's son Pan Mi.^[10]

It is not known who the mothers of the fifth son (Sun Lang)^[11] and the last daughter were. The last daughter was married to Hong Zi.^[12]

Sun Ce[]

Sun Ce married Da Qiao, the older of Elder Qiao's two daughters. Zhou Yu married the younger daughter Xiao Qiao.^[13]

Sun Ce's son was Sun Shao. Sun Shao's son was Sun Feng.^[14] Sun Ce had several daughters: one married Gu Yong's son Gu Shao,^[15] another married Lu Xun,^[16] and another married Zhu Zhi's son Zhu Ji.^[17] It is not known whether Sun Ce's children were born to Da Qiao or not.

During the Tang dynasty, an unnamed 13th-generation patrilineal descendant of Sun Ce was recorded to have served as a Buddhist master at the Lingyin Temple.^[18]

Sun Quan[]

Sun Quan had ten wives: Lady Xie; Lady Yuan; Lady Zhao; Lady Xu; Empress Dayi, née Wang; Consort Xie; Consort Zhong; Empress Jinghuai, née Wang; Empress Pan; Bu Lianshi. Lady Yuan was Yuan Shu's daughter;^[19] Lady Zhao was Zhao Yuan's sister;^[20] Lady Xie was Xie Jiong's daughter;^[21] Lady Xu was Xu Kun's daughter;^[22] Empress Dayi was Wang Lujiu's daughter.^[23] Sun Quan had seven sons: Sun Deng, Sun He, Sun Ba, Sun Fen, Sun Xiu, Sun Liang and Sun Lü. Sun Quan had three daughters: Sun Luban, Sun Luyu, and a third one whose name is unknown.

Lady Xu was Sun Deng's adoptive mother;^[24][25] Empress Dayi bore Sun He;^[26] Consort Xie bore Sun Ba;^[27] Consort Zhong bore Sun Fen;^[28] Empress Jinghuai bore Sun Xiu;^[29] Empress Pan bore Sun Liang;^[30] Bu Lianshi bore Sun Luban and Sun Luyu.^[31] It is unknown who the mothers of Sun Lü and the third daughter were. Sun Quan's third daughter was married to Zhu Ju initially, but was later remarried to .^[32]

¹Lady Xu was not Sun Deng's mother. However, under Sun Quan's instruction, she raised Sun Deng. Sun Deng was grateful to her and saw her as his real mother.^[24][25]

Sun Deng[]

Sun Deng married Zhou Yu's daughter.^[33] He had three sons: Sun Fan, Sun Xi and Sun Ying.^[34] It is unknown whether his three sons were born to Lady Zhou or not.

Sun Ba[]

Sun Ba married the daughter of Liu Yao's son Liu Ji.^[35] Sun Ba had two sons: Sun Ji and Sun Yi.^[36] It is not stated whether his sons were born to Lady Liu or not.

Sun He (Zixiao)[]

Sun He had two wives: Consort Zhang and Lady He. Consort Zhang was the daughter of Zhang Zhao's son Zhang Cheng and Zhuge Jin's daughter.^[37] Lady He was the daughter of He Sui.^[38]

Sun He had four sons – Sun Jun, Sun Hao, Sun De and Sun Qian^[39] – and one daughter, whose name is unknown. Sun Hao was born to Lady He,^[40] Sun Jun and the daughter were born to Consort Zhang,^[41][42] while the identities of the mothers of Sun De and Sun Qian are unknown.^[43] Sun He's daughter married Lu Jing, the son of Lu Kang (Lu Xun's son) and Lady Zhang (another daughter of Zhang Cheng). Both Sun He's daughter and Lu Jing were therefore Zhang Cheng's maternal grandchildren.^[42]

Sun Hao (Yuanzong)[]

Sun Hao had three wives. Two of them were Zhang Bu's daughters.^[44] The third one was Teng Mu's daughter Teng Fanglan.^[45]

Sun Hao's biography in the Sanguozhi stated:

In 269, Sun Hao instated his son Sun Jin as crown prince, as well as instating the princes of Huaiyang and Dongping. ... In 273, he renamed "Prince of Huaiyang" and "Prince of Dongping" to "Prince of Lu" and "Prince of Qi" respectively. He also instated the princes of Chenliu and Zhangling, and seven other princes, making 11 princes (including Lu and Qi) in total. ... In 278, he instated the princes of Chengji and Xuanwei, and nine other princes. ... In 280, he instated the princes of Zhongshan and Dai, and nine other princes.^[46]

Wang Jun's biography in the Jin Shu confirmed the identity of the "Prince of Lu" as Sun Qian.^[47] The biography of Emperor Yuan in the Jin Shu mentioned Sun Hao's son Sun Fan,^[48] while the biography of Zhou Chu mentioned Sun Hao's son Sun Chong.^[49] It might be possible that Sun Fan and Sun Chong were among the 32 sons (seven of whom were known by their princely titles), apart from Sun Jin and the Prince of Lu (Sun Qian), mentioned in Sun Hao's biography. Otherwise, Sun Hao would have had 36 sons in total.

There are no records of Sun Hao's daughters nor any records of the identities of the mothers of his sons.

Sun Xiu[]