Women Shall Not Rule: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Han to Liao. Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century. Thus, even though her brother forced her to marry an older man for the good of Wu kingdom, Lady Sun did her best to keep an unsteady peace.Īiweng, L. She is even referenced in both the anime and video game Koihime Muso. She has also been featured in a few video games like Dynasty Warriors, Warriors Orochi, Samurai Warriors, Kessen 2, and Total War: Three Kingdoms. In this version, she disguised herself as a man to infiltrate the enemy army on behalf of her brother and husband.
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In the 2008 movie Red Cliff, she is portrayed by the famous Zhou Wei. At the end of the novel, Lady Sun mistakenly believed her husband to be dead and became so grief-stricken that she drowned herself. When her husband, Liu Bei, had fallen under a dangerous trap set by his enemies, Lady Sun helped him escape. In the classic Ming dynasty historical fiction novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, she is portrayed as a romantic and tragic heroine. Yet, Lady Sun is best remembered for being a popular icon in both the East and the West. A plaque bears an inscription praising Lady Sun for her “intelligence and beneficence.” Thus, Lady Sun was known for sacrificing her happiness for the good of the Wu kingdom. During the Qing dynasty, she was given the posthumous title of “Madame of Moral Integrity”.
A mortuary temple named Favored Madame Temple was built in her memory. It was said that she was buried in a river in Daoji. In 222 C.E., Sun Quan proclaimed himself Emperor of Wu. In 220 C.E., Liu Bei proclaimed himself Emperor of Shu. However, the attempt was unsuccessful, and she was forced to return on her own. Before she left, she attempted to kidnap her step-son, the heir apparent, and make him a hostage under Wu. In 211 C.E., Liu Bei and Sun Quan were not on good terms. His own strategist, Zhu Geliang, also regarded her with suspicion. This was because she had over a hundred female servants, all of whom carried knives! “Whenever Liu Bei entered her chambers, he was struck by her piercing coldness.” Liu Bei was not the only one who distrusted her. He did not feel safe in his own household. Liu Bei would always tremble at the sight of his wife. They were initially happy with each other, but it quickly fell into a relationship filled with suspicion. Her bridegroom was forty-nine and already had a chief wife. She left Wu for Shu and arrived in Gong’an (Shu’s capital city). Fearing that he would die at Liu Bei’s hands, he offered his younger sister, Lady Sun, as part of a marital alliance. However, Sun Quan was losing against Liu Bei. His younger brother, Sun Quan, took up his father’s and brother’s fight. In 202 C.E., Lady Sun’s mother died.ĭuring this time, Lady Sun’s eldest brother, Sun Ce, led a fight against Liu Bei but was killed in 200 CE. From 192-200 C.E., Lady Sun’s family became homeless and destitute, moving from place to place.
However, Sun Jian was killed in the battle. He led a battle against Liu Bei, the warlord of Shu, who also had the same ambitions as Sun Jian in reuniting China. In 191 CE, Sun Jian dreamed of unifying China. Sun Quan would become Emperor of the Wu dynasty. She had four brothers named Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, and Sun Kuang. Both her parents would be made the posthumous Emperor and Empress of the Wu dynasty. He also claimed to be a descendant of Sun Tzu, the legendary author of The Art of War. Her father, Sun Jian, was a great powerful general and warlord of Wu. However, in the classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, she is given the name Sun Ren. in Fucheng, Wu County (present-day Fuyang County in Zhejiang province). They were her father, two of her brothers, and her husband. Four of those men who attempted to reunify China were immediate family to Lady Sun. Even though China was broken, it still did not mean that men hadn’t tried to unify the nation during their era. During this period, the Han dynasty had fallen due to internal politics, and China was broken into three kingdoms which were Wei, Shu, and Wu. Lady Sun lived during the Three Kingdoms era. She was not only popular in China but also throughout the world with video games and anime. She has also been the subject of popular literature, where she is portrayed as a romantic heroine.
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She was known to be a heroine who had put the interests of the Kingdom of Wu before herself. Lady Sun was the daughter, sister, and wife of Emperors. Not to be confused with Empress Dowager Sun. Zhou Wei as Lady Sun in Red Cliff (Screenshot/Fair Use)
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