Sun Quan was the latest emperor during the Three Kingdoms of Wei shu Wu, he reigned for twenty-four years, shou 71 years old, posterity has a poem: "Purple hair and blue eyes hero, can make the subjects willing to be loyal." Twenty-four years of great prosperity, the dragon pan tiger in Jiangdong. "It's just that gold has no feet, and no one is perfect." No matter how brave a man is, he also has his shortcomings. Chen Shou criticized Sun Quan: "Sex is too taboo, too killing, and the more fierce it is in his old age." In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was recorded that "a son should be like Sun Zhongmou.".
However, Sun Quan Wasing I was quite wrong in establishing the crown prince. Sun Quan had 7 sons in his lifetime, and after the death of The Crown Prince Sun Deng, Sun He was made crown prince, and later the younger Son Liang was made crown prince. When Sun Quan was dying, he entrusted Jiangshan to Sun Liang, who was only 10 years old, and Sun Liang was deposed soon after, and finally died tragically, and several other sons also had shorter lifespans.
1. Sun Deng (209-241) was the eldest son of Sun Quan, who was raised by Lady Xu since childhood due to the low status of his birth mother. In the second year of the Huang Dynasty (221), Sun Quan declared himself a vassal to Cao Wei, was made the King of Wu, and paid tribute to Sun Deng as the general of Dongzhong Lang and made him the Marquis of Wanhu, sun Quan resigned his title at the age of 12; in the same year, Sun Quan made Sun Deng the crown prince, and Cao Pi several times asked Sun Deng as a hostage, but was refused by Sun Quan; in the first year of Huang Long (229), Sun Quan declared himself emperor and made Sun Deng the crown prince; he repeatedly advised Sun Quan to be cautious about current affairs; when he guarded Wuchang, he handled government affairs cautiously and properly. In the first year of Jiahe (232), he still lived in Jianye; in the fourth year of Chiwu (241), Sun Deng died at the age of 33, and his title was Prince Xuan. On his deathbed, Sun Quan was deeply saddened by the recommendation of Xiancai, and after that, whenever he talked about Sun Deng, he shed tears.
2. Sun Wei (213-232) Zizhi, sun quan's second son, birth mother unknown. Sun Wei was intelligent and versatile since childhood, and was deeply loved by Sun Quanji. 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 (Jiujiang); when He was serving in Banzhou, he obeyed the law and served his teachers and friends, exceeding the expectations of many people; in the first year of Jiahe (232), Sun Wei died at the age of 20.
3. Sun He (224-253) ZiXiao, the third son of Sun Quan, the biological father of The Late Wu Emperor Sun Hao, and his biological mother was Empress Dayi of the Wang clan. Sun He loved literature since childhood, was good at riding and shooting, and was deeply favored by Sun Quan; chi wu was appointed crown prince in the fifth year (242); in the nanlu party dispute, he was framed by sun ba, the king of Lu, and princess Quan, and gradually lost power; chi wu was demoted to the king of Zhang; in the second year of Taiyuan (252), he was renamed the king of Nanyang and placed in Changsha; in the second year of Jianxing (253), it was rumored that he was welcomed by Taifu Zhuge Ke and died by Sun Jun, at the age of 30; in the seventh year of Yong'an (264), Sun and his eldest son Sun Hao took the throne and posthumously named him Emperor Wen.
4. Sun Ba(?) –250) was the fourth son of Emperor Sun Quan, born to Empress Dayi of the Wang clan and to Xie Ji (襓姬). In the fifth year of Chiwu (242 AD), he was crowned the King of Lu; he was quite favored by Sun Quan, and was on a par with the crown prince And Sun He, so he had the heart to seize the concubine and contend for the crown prince, and befriended the chancellor and the princess quan to frame the prince, causing turmoil in the government and the wilderness, known in history as the "Nanlu Dispute"; Chiwu thirteen years (250), plotting to endanger the prince, sitting on the sin and giving death.
5. Sun Fen(?) –270) was the fifth son of Sun Quan, born to Zhongji and his wife Yuan Shi (袁氏) as yuan shu's granddaughter and daughter of Yuan Yao. In the second year of Taiyuan (252), he was made king of Qi and moved to Wuchang; in the same year, Sun Quan died and was succeeded by the crown prince Sun Liang; after Sun Liang succeeded to the throne, Zhuge Ke took power and transferred Sun Fen to Yuzhang County; in the second year of Jianxing (253), Zhuge Ke was killed by Sun Jun, sun Fen moved to Wuhu in an attempt to observe the changes in Jianye; Fu Xiang Xie Ci and others advised Sun Fen, but Sun Fen killed Xie Ci and others, so he was deposed as a commoner and exiled to Zhang'an County; in the third year of Taiping (258), he was reinstated as the Marquis of Zhang'an; in the second year of Jianheng (270), Sun Fen, suspected of having ill intentions, died and was stripped of his knighthood.
6. Sun Xiu (235-264), zi lie, the third emperor of Eastern Wu, reigned: 258-264, the sixth son of Sun Quan, and his biological mother was Empress Jinghuai. In the first year of Taiyuan (252), he was crowned the King of Langya; in the third year of Taiping (258), Sun Qiao launched a coup d'état, deposed Sun Liang as the King of Huiji, and installed Sun Xiu as emperor, sun Xiu was given three concessions, and changed to Yuan Yong'an; after Sun Xiu ascended the throne, Sun Xiu was made a chancellor, Sun Qiao power fell to the opposition, and Sun Xiu conspired with Zhang Budingfeng to remove Sun Xiu. During Sun Xiu's reign, he promulgated a good system to benefit the people and promote the prosperity of Eastern Wu. Sun XiuHaowen, after taking the throne, founded Guoxue, set up the Taixue doctor system, and established the Doctor of the Five Classics, for the abuse of Nanjing Taixue, Wei Zhao sacrificed wine for the first doctor; in the third year of Yong'an (260), the lower edict demoted Sun Liang to the posthumous official; in the seventh year of Yong'an (264), Sun Xiu died at the age of 30, and was buried in Dingling.
7. Sun Liang (243-260), ziming, the second emperor of Eastern Wu, reigned from 252 to 258, the seventh son of Sun Quan, and his biological mother was Empress Pan Shu. In the thirteenth year of Chiwu (250), he was made crown prince; in the first year of Jianxing (252), the 10-year-old Sun Liang ascended the throne; during Sun Liang's reign, Zhuge Ke, Sun Jun, and Sun Qiang Bingquan successively, Sun Liang was like a puppet; in the second year of Taiping (257), he was 15 years old; the following year, he was deposed by the powerful minister Sun Qiang as the Prince of Huiji; in the third year of Yong'an (260), Sun Liang was demoted to the rank of marquis-in-waiting, committing suicide on the way to the fiefdom (it is said that he was poisoned), at the age of 18. During the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty, Dai Xian, the former secretary of the Wu Dynasty, buried Sun Liang's remains in Laixiang.