Sun Jian (孙健), courtesy name Wentai, was a native of Fuchun, Wu County (present-day Fuyang, Zhejiang), born in the first year of Yongshou (155 AD), and the founder of the Eastern Wu regime during the Three Kingdoms period. It is said that he was a great military figure in the Spring and Autumn Period and a descendant of Bing Sheng Sun Wu. Since he is a heroic figure, according to ancient customs, he certainly cannot be born in a mediocre background. Therefore, Sun Jian's birth, compared with the heroes of his same period, has a strong legendary color.
According to the Book of Wu, before Sun Jian's mother conceived him, the ancestral tomb of the Sun family rose up with five colors of qi, which led to the sky and stretched for miles. It attracted the villagers and fathers to watch. The experienced old man said: "It is extraordinary, Sun Shiqi Xingyi!" When his mother was pregnant, she once dreamed that the intestines flowed out of her abdomen and coiled around the Changmen of Wudi, and when she woke up, she was very scared, so she told the old lady of the neighbor about the dream. The old lady comforted her and said, "Anzhi Non-Ji Zhengye." "How do you know it won't be an auspicious omen?" As a result, after Sun Jian was born, he did fulfill the old lady's statement, and his mother's dream at that time was indeed an auspicious omen, "Jiansheng, extraordinary appearance, broad sex, curiosity festival." ”
Of course, the Book of Wu was compiled by the descendants of the Sun family, and it is inevitable that it will add some brilliance to the ancestors and find some reasonable basis for the achievements of the future. Such as the smoke from the ancestral grave, the dreaming of pregnancy, the natural vision, etc., these are some commonly used conventional techniques. This includes finding a very famous ancestor for yourself, which is also one of the common methods.
As for whether Sun Jian was really a descendant of Bing Sheng Sun Wu, this was still debatable. Even the records in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are uncertain, and the use of "Gai Sun Wu Hou" is also used. The word "cover" in this ancient interpretation was: probably, probably, maybe. Therefore, whether Sun Wu is the ancestor of Sun Jian still lacks strong historical evidence. However, when Sun Jian was seventeen years old, he completely relied on himself and seized the opportunity with one hand, which became the first important turning point in his life.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms? It is recorded in the "Biography of Sun Jian" that at that time, Sun Jian was only a small clerk in the county court, and once followed his father to Qiantang by boat. On the way, he happened to encounter a group of robbers led by Hu Yu, who robbed the finances of past businessmen and shared the loot with their accomplices on the shore. Pedestrians on the shore and passing boats did not dare to move forward after hearing this. Only Sun Jian was overjoyed when he found out, and said to his father: "This thief can be attacked, please ask for it." ”
Sun Jian's father, Sun Zhong, was a melon farmer who kept his duty. According to the "Fuchun Sun Clan Genealogy", when there was chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he led his family to live in seclusion on the banks of the Fuchun River in the Yangping Mountain generation, planting melons for a living. When passers-by and the township have difficulties in asking for each other, they can always help each other generously, and there is a good reputation among the townships. In the face of the robber, his thoughts are naturally the same as passers-by, he does not want to cause more trouble, and thinks that the robbers are many and powerful, and you are still just a hairy boy, how can you deal with it? So he said to Sun Jian, "Fei Er Tu Ye." ”
At that time, Sun Jian was in a young and vigorous age, since he was a child, he liked to play with a sword, he had a certain amount of kung fu on his hands and feet, and he was brave and brave, self-motivated, and when he encountered such a thing that could make a name for himself, he certainly could not miss it like this. Therefore, he did not listen to his father's persuasion, lifted the large knife in his hand and went ashore alone, taking a majestic step towards Hu Yu and the others.
Although Sun Jian was young, he was by no means a brave and unscrupulous man, and naturally he also knew that in the face of a group of thieves, there was no way to win by himself alone. Therefore, as he walked, he "pointed at things with his hands", as if directing the military service to surround the robbers. Hu Yu and the others saw Sun Jian calmly walking toward him, and there was no fear on his face, and this plane was like the government specially sent troops to encircle and suppress, so they panicked one by one, threw away the finances in their hands, and scattered and fled.
Sun Jian saw the opportunity to appear, chased after a robber, and finally beheaded him under the knife, and then returned safely, this scene shocked his father to be stunned. And Sun Jianzhi was brave and brave, and the matter of breaking the thief with the strength of one person did not go away, and the streets and alleys were rumored that later the county officials found out and summoned him as an acting lieutenant.
Through these, we can find that Sun Jian does not have a strong family background to support compared with the heroes of his same period. His first appearance at the age of seventeen, and through this time as a turning point in his life, is entirely based on his own strength. Through his performance this time, we can also see from it that he is not only brave and strategic, but also has strong judgment and determination. This is also doomed, he will certainly be able to fight his own share of the world in the chaotic world.
Reference book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms