Sun Deng

Sūn Dēng ( Chinese  孫 登 , IPA ( standard Chinese) [ [su̯ən5 d̥ʌŋ5] ]) (* 209 ; † 241 ) was a crown prince of the Wu dynasty at the time of the three kingdoms in ancient China.

He was the eldest son of the king and later emperor of Wu, Sun Quan , and was declared crown prince by him in 221. This was in response to Liu Bei's proclamation as Shu Han emperor . In 222 the Wei Emperor Cao Pi demanded that Sun Quan hand over the Crown Prince to him as a hostage in the capital Luoyang . Sun Quan refused and declared his independence with the introduction of a new era ( Huangwu , 黃 武).

When Sun Quan declared himself emperor in 229 ( Huanglong era , 黃龍), his relationship with Shu was in danger because Liu Bei saw it as an affront to the heritage of the Han dynasty he was guarding. But Shu Minister Zhuge Liang was able to reach an agreement and stabilize relations with his older brother, Wu Minister Zhuge Jin . In the same year, at the request of Zhang Hong , Sun Quan moved the capital from Wuchang to Jianye (建業, now Nanjing , Jiangsu ), and gave Sun Deng military and civil authority over the western empire. Lu Xun was to serve as an advisor to him.

Sun Deng's wife was the daughter of high-ranking General Zhou Yu , Zhou Ying. She gave birth to three sons to Sun Deng: Sun Fan, Sun Ying and Sun Xi.

Sun Deng died early in 241. His son Sun Ying was made Marquis of Wu.

Web links

• Family tree of the Sun family (English)