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Sun Ce (Bofu)   孫策 (伯符)

Lived: AD 175–200

Biographies:

Served: Yuan Shu, Wu

Sun Jian’s oldest son. Built the foundation of the Wu kingdom.

Officer Details

Wade-Giles: Sun Ts‘ê (Po-fu)
Simplified Chinese: 孙策 (伯符)
Pronunciation: Sun1 Ce4 (Bo2fu2)  
Min-Nan: Sun Cek (Pek-hu)

Birthplace: Fu Chun County, Wu Prefecture
(Presently Fu Yang in Zhe Jiang Province)

Rank and Titles

Colonel Who Cherishes Righteousness (AD 194); Colonel Who Breaks the Enemy Lines, General Who Destroys the Criminals; Grand Administrator of Huiqi (self-proclaimed); General Who Exterminates the Rebels, Marquis of Wu; ‘Accomplished Talent’; King Huan of Changsha (posthumous)

Fact vs. Fiction

Differences Between Fact and Common Fiction

  • Sun Ce did not give the Imperial Seal to Yuan Shu, nor did he ever have the Seal in his possession.
  • Sun Ce never allied with Yuan Shao to attack Cao Cao.
  • It’s highly debatable whether or not Sun Ce killed the mystic Gan Ji.
  • Sun Ce was not harassed to death by the mystic Gan Ji.
Literary Appearances

Romance of the Three Kingdoms: 7, 8, 15-18, 21, 28, 29, 38, 42, 44, 48, 57, 68, 82, 83, 97, 120

Sanguozhi: Wu 1

Search Results
Sun Ce: Wu, if he lived?
Date: 12/07     Replies:  10
Sun Ce: Help for an historical novel about him?
Date: 11/07     Replies:  24
Emperor Sun Quan and King Sun Ce
Date: 10/07     Replies:  11
Oddities. How come Sun Ce never attacked Liu Biao?
Date: 08/07     Replies:  25
Sun Ce and Sun Quan Who was the better ruler?
Date: 01/07     Replies:  73
Why does Everyone Hate Sun Ce?
Date: 11/06     Replies:  67
The life and times of Zhou Yu and Sun Ce
Date: 08/06     Replies:  20
Sun Ce and Cao Cao
Date: 08/05     Replies:  27
Today is the 1805th anniversary of Sun Ce's death.
Date: 05/05     Replies:  20
What if it was Sun Ce who served Zhou Yu? (Historical/novel)
Date: 02/05     Replies:  29
Sun Ce’s actions if he ruled instead of Sun Quan
Date: 02/04     Replies:  42
I Dont Think Sun Ce Gets Any Credit
Date: 02/04     Replies:  27
Sun Ce’s Daughters
Date: 12/03     Replies:  28
Sun Ce: Your thoughts about him? If he lived longer?
Date: 08/02     Replies:  21

Biographies

Sun Ce's SGYY bio
Date: 02/04     Replies:   7

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May 22, 2008