In April of the first year of Wu Shenfeng (252), Sun Quan died in the Inner Temple at the age of 71, reigning for 24 years, with the title of Great Emperor and the title of Taizu. In his later years, the king who inherited his father's brother's inheritance, took over and stabilized Jiangdong and established the Wu state to dominate Jiangnan, was capricious on the issue of heir, which led to party strife under the masses and instability in the dynasty, which also directly caused the different fates of Sun Quan's sons later.
Sun Quan had seven sons and two adopted sons (Ling Tong's sons Ling Lie and Ling Feng).
The eldest son, Sun Deng, was loved by Sun Quan, and Sun Quan made Sun Deng crown prince after he became emperor. He also selected excellent scholars to preach poetry for Sun Deng, and married Zhou Yu's daughter as a princess for Sun Deng. After Sun Deng became an adult, he advised Sun Quan many times that he had a lot of kuangbi for current affairs, and when he was guarding Wuchang, he handled government affairs cautiously and decently, and consulted everything first before implementing it. However, in May of the fourth year (241) of Chiwu, Sun Deng, who was only thirty-three years old at the time, fell ill and died. Sun Quan learned that he was surprised and sad, and his grief could not be suppressed, and when he talked about the prince, he was sad and drooling, and Sun Deng was made prince Xuan. The edict mentions: "The country is mourned, and the people are blessed!" ”
The second son, Zi Zhi, birth mother unknown, intelligent and versatile since childhood, obeying the law, serving teachers and friends, is deeply loved by Sun Quan. In the seventh year of Huang Wu (228), he was a feudal Marquis of Chang. Later, he served as a general of the Zhen Army and was stationed in Banzhou. In the first year of Jiahe (232), Sun Wei died at the age of twenty.
The third son, Sun He, the character Zi Xiao, was made crown prince after the death of the former crown prince Sun Deng, Sun He was clever and clever when he was a child, especially loved by Sun Quan, often making him follow him, and the clothes were gifted and treasured, and other princes could not compare with him. Shi Zai "Emperor You Ai Xing" was Sun Quan's favorite son. Sun He loves literature, is good at riding and shooting, courtesy corporal, respects teachers, and is quite praised by people. After Sun He was made crown prince, Sun Ba, the Prince of Lu, disobeyed Sun He and was made crown prince, and then he and Princess Quan gathered his henchmen to frame the prince and his supporters, and slandered him in front of Sun Quan every day. Sun Quan hesitated for several years, and finally put Sun He under house arrest and deposed the crown prince, and later changed his title to The Prince of Nanyang. In the second year of Jianxing (253), due to rumors that Zhuge Ke wanted to welcome Sun He as emperor, Sun He was captured by the powerful minister Sun Jun and given death (or poisoning) at the age of 29. After Sun and his eldest son Sun Hao ascended the throne, he posthumously honored his father Sun He as Emperor Wen.
The fourth son, Sun Ba, the younger brother of Sun He, was given the title of King of Lu. Later, in a struggle for the throne with Crown Prince Sun He, Sun Ba and Princess Quan gathered his henchmen to frame the prince and his supporters, resulting in a large number of people being persecuted, resulting in turmoil between the government and the opposition, known in history as the "Dispute between the Two Palaces". In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250 AD), Sun Ba was finally given death for plotting to endanger the crown prince, and his henchmen quanji were all killed.
The fifth son, Fen, Zi Yang, and his mother Zhongji, the first King of Qi, were deposed as Shuren (庶人) for killing feudal officials and acting in violation of the law many times, and later changed their title to Marquis An of Zhang. During the reign of The Late Wu Emperor Sun Hao, on the grounds that Sun Fen was plotting to establish himself, he killed Sun Fen and his five sons and revoked his title.
The sixth son, Xiu, also known as Emperor Jing of Wu, was the third emperor of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period and reigned for six years. In September of the third year of Taiping (258), the chancellor Sun Qiang launched a coup d'état, deposing Sun Liang, the lord of Wu, as the Prince of Huiji, and installing Sun Xiu as emperor, changing his name to Yuan Yong'an. During Sun Xiu's reign, he promulgated a good system, benefited the people, and expelled Sun Qi, which promoted the prosperity of Eastern Wu. Yong'an died in July of the seventh year (264) at the age of thirty.
The Seventh Sun Zi Liang, Zi Ming, was the second emperor of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, reigning for six years. Empress Pan, the seventh son of Emperor Wu's Sun Quan, was known in history as Hui ji wang, Wu Shao Emperor, and Wu Deposed Emperor. In the first year of Jianxing (252), he ascended the throne at the age of ten, and in the second year of Taiping (257), he was pro-government, and was later deposed as the Prince of Huiji for plotting to remove the powerful minister Sun Qi. In the third year of Yong'an (260), he was demoted to the rank of Marquis of Waiting, and committed suicide (said to have been poisoned) on the way to the fiefdom, at the age of 18.