Early reign Sun Quan

sun quan

early in sun quan s reign, wu administration known efficiency, sun showed knack listening correct advice , delegating authorities proper individuals. example, correctly trusted faithful lu xun , zhuge jin, so made duplicate imperial seal , left lu xun; whenever correspond shu s emperor liu shan or regent zhuge liang, deliver letter lu xun first (as lu s post near shu border), , if, in lu s opinion, changes needed, revise letter , restamp sun s imperial seal. further, lu xun , zhuge jin authorised coordinate actions shu without prior imperial approval. sun quan treated high-level officials friends , addressed them accordingly (with courtesy names), , in accordance dedicated effort wu s preservation. knew proper roles officials trusted; example, in 225, when selecting chancellor, while key officials respected zhang zhao , wanted him chancellor, sun quan declined, reasoning while respected zhang greatly, chancellor needed handle affairs of state, , zhang, while capable, had such strong opinions surely in conflict sun quan , other officials @ times. repeatedly promoted official lü fan though, while young, lü fan had informed sun ce improper spending habits, understanding lü did out of loyalty sun ce.

in 224 , 225, cao pi again made attacks on wu, each time wu forces able repel wei s fair ease — cao pi made comment, heaven created yangtze divide north , south. however, sun quan himself equally unsuccessful in efforts make major attacks on wei. after cao pi s death in 226, example, sun quan launched attack on wei s jiangxia commandery (around present-day xinzhou district, wuhan, hubei) forced withdraw wei reinforcements arrived. however, later year, able increase effective control on jiao province (交州, present-day northern vietnam) when general lü dai able defeat warlord shi hui (士徽) , end effective independence shi clan had. in addition, several independent kingdoms in modern cambodia, laos, , southern vietnam became wu vassals well.

mirror immortals , mythical beast. cast in 229, year sun quan declared himself emperor.

the book of liang records arrival in 226 of merchant roman empire (daqin) @ jiaozhi (chinese-controlled northern vietnam). prefect of jiaozhou sent him court of sun quan in nanjing. sun quan requested provide him report on native country , people. expedition mounted return merchant along 10 female , 10 male blackish coloured dwarfs had requested curiosity , chinese officer who, unfortunately, died en route.

the 1 major victory wu have on wei during period came in 228, when, sun quan s approval, general zhou fang pretended surrendering wei after pretending have been punished repeatedly sun quan. tricked wei general cao xiu, led large army south support zhou fang. walked trap set zhou fang , lu xun , suffered major losses, saved total annihilation jia kui.

in 229, sun quan declared himself emperor, damaged alliance shu, many shu officials saw sign of betrayal of han dynasty — shu claimed legitimate successor. however, zhuge liang opposed ending alliance , in fact confirmed formal treaty later year, in 2 states pledged support each other , divide wei equally if conquer it. later year, moved capital wuchang (武昌; in present-day ezhou, hubei) jianye, leaving crown prince sun deng, assisted lu xun, in charge of western parts of eastern wu.