RHeld his city though besieged, and cut the Shangkui road to drive Liu Bei into a cornerWu 6 §49Wu 13 §23
NLost generals and troops, had his camp raided and was besieged at YilingCh. 82 §31Ch. 82 §35Ch. 82 §37
Sun Huan 孫桓
| Occupation | RGeneral · General Who Establishes Martial Might NGeneral · General Who Pacifies the East | Faction | Wu |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appears | RN | Biography in | Book of Wu |
| Born | Native place | Wu Commandery Unverified | |
| Existence | Historical | Mentions | R6 |
Profile
Sun Huan, courtesy name Shuwu, was the son of Sun He (孫河). Sun He had originally been surnamed Yu, but Sun Ce, who was fond of him, granted him the surname Sun and entered him in the clan register. At the age of twenty-five Sun Huan became General of the Household Who Pacifies the East, and in the 1st year of Huangwu (222) he resisted Liu Bei under the Grand Commander Lu Xun. Records, Wu 6 §40 · 49Records, Wu 13 §17
He was surrounded by Liu Bei at Yidao, but Lu Xun did not relieve him, saying that he had won the hearts of his soldiers; when Liu Bei was defeated, Sun Huan cut the Shangkui road and drove Liu Bei hard. For his merit he became General Who Establishes Martial Might and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Dantu, and he died while overseeing Niuzhu and building the Hengjiang Fort. Records, Wu 13 §23Records, Wu 6 §49–50
In the Records he has a short biography in the Biographies of the Ruling House in Records of Wu 6, and in his assessment of this volume Chen Shou wrote that the various members of the Sun clan either helped lay the first foundations of the state or held the frontiers, and proved equal to their duties. In the Romance he first appears in Chapter 82 as a young general who steps forward before Sun Quan offering to defeat the Shu army, and appears in 3 of its 120 chapters; his name is not in any chapter title. Records, Wu 6 §48–50 · 52Romance, Ch. 82 §19–20
In the Records
Sun Huan, courtesy name Shuwu, was the son of Sun He (孫河). According to the account of Sun Shao in the same volume, Sun He, courtesy name Bohai, had originally been surnamed Yu and was also a man of Wu. Sun Ce was fond of him, granted him the surname Sun and entered him in the clan register, and Sun He later became a general and was stationed at Jingcheng. When Sun Yi was murdered, Sun He galloped to Wanling and rebuked Gui Lan and Dai Yuan, and was killed by the two of them. Records, Wu 6 §49 · 40 · 42
In the 1st year of Huangwu (222), when Liu Bei led a great army toward the western border, Sun Quan made Lu Xun Grand Commander, gave him the tally of authority and had him lead Zhu Ran, Pan Zhang, Song Qian, Han Dang, Xu Sheng, Xianyu Dan, Sun Huan and others, 50,000 men in all, to resist him. At the age of twenty-five Sun Huan was appointed General of the Household Who Pacifies the East and resisted Liu Bei together with Lu Xun. Records, Wu 13 §17Records, Wu 6 §49
At first Sun Huan, on a separate mission, attacked Liu Bei's vanguard at Yidao, was surrounded by Liu Bei and asked Lu Xun for help. When Lu Xun said it was not yet possible, the generals said that Sun of Andong was a member of the ruling house, and he was surrounded and already in distress, so how could he not be relieved? Lu Xun said, 'Andong has won the hearts of his soldiers, his city is strong and his provisions are ample, so there is nothing to worry about. Once my plan unfolds, even if I do not relieve Andong, Andong will be freed of himself.' Records, Wu 13 §23
Liu Bei's army was very numerous, covering the mountains and filling the valleys, and Sun Huan threw away his sword and fought at the risk of his life. Joining forces with Lu Xun, he at last put Liu Bei to flight. Sun Huan cut the Shangkui road and blocked its key passes, and Liu Bei barely escaped by crossing mountains and passing through rugged country. Liu Bei, indignant and bitter, sighed, 'When I first came to Jingcheng long ago, Sun Huan was still a little boy, and now he drives me to this extremity!' Records, Wu 6 §49
After Lu Xun's plan had unfolded on a grand scale and Liu Bei had indeed broken and fled, Sun Huan met Lu Xun and said, 'Earlier I truly resented not being relieved, but now that it has come to this I see that your command had its own method all along.' Records, Wu 13 §23
For his merit Sun Huan was appointed General Who Establishes Martial Might and enfeoffed as Marquis of Dantu; he went down to oversee Niuzhu and was building the Hengjiang Fort when he died. Chen Shou did not record the year of his death or his age. Records, Wu 6 §50
In his assessment of the Biographies of the Ruling House, Chen Shou said that the bond of kinship and favor toward one's relatives is an unchanging principle in past and present, and that because these various members of the Sun clan had either helped lay the first foundations of the state or held and guarded the frontiers, proving equal to their duties and not disgracing their honors, he had recorded them in detail. Records, Wu 6 §52
In the Romance
In Chapter 82 of the Romance, when the Shu army advances by land and water, Sun Quan sighs that now that Lü Meng is dead there is no one to share his cares. At that moment a young general steps forward and, saying that though he is young he has studied military texts fairly well, asks for several tens of thousands of troops. The Romance introduces him as the son of Sun He (孫河): Sun He was originally surnamed Yu, but Sun Ce granted him the surname Sun and he became a member of the King of Wu's clan; Sun Huan was the eldest of four sons, skilled in archery and horsemanship, had been made Commandant of the Martial Guard, and was then twenty-five years old. Romance, Ch. 82 §19–20
Sun Huan says he will take his senior generals Li Yi and Xie Jing and capture Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, saying his nephew is young, assigns him Zhu Ran, General of Tiger-like Might, musters 50,000 troops by land and water, and makes Sun Huan Commander of the Left and Zhu Ran Commander of the Right. Sun Huan sets up three camps, front and rear, at the border pass of Yidu with 25,000 men and horses, and the First Sovereign, hearing of it, says, 'How dare this little boy stand against Us!' and sends Guan Xing and Zhang Bao (張苞). Romance, Ch. 82 §21–23
Before the battle lines, Sun Huan retorts to the abusive Zhang Bao that 'your father has already become a headless ghost', but Xie Jing is defeated by Zhang Bao and flees, Li Yi is beheaded by Guan Xing, and Sun Huan is heavily defeated. The next day Sun Huan fights Guan Xing for more than thirty bouts, runs out of strength and is defeated, Xie Jing dies on Zhang Bao's spear, and Tan Xiong, who had shot a stealthy arrow, is captured by Guan Xing. That night Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and Wu Ban raid his camp along three routes, and Sun Huan flees to the city of Yiling, where he is surrounded by Wu Ban and others and asks the King of Wu for help. Romance, Ch. 82 §24–29 · 31 · 35 · 37–38
In Chapter 83, Zhou Tai (周泰) asks Lu Xun, who has come as Grand Commander, to rescue quickly Sun Huan, General Who Pacifies the East, who is the sovereign's nephew and is trapped in the city of Yiling with neither provisions nor relief. Lu Xun says that Sun of Andong has deeply won the hearts of his troops and will surely hold fast, and that once Shu is defeated he will come out of himself, and the generals laugh at him inwardly. Romance, Ch. 83 §40–42
In Chapter 84, Wu Ban and Zhang Nan, who have long been besieging the city of Yiling, hear from Feng Xi that the Shu army has been defeated and leave to rescue the First Sovereign, and only then does Sun Huan get out. Sun Huan sallies from the city of Yiling and attacks them together with the Wu army coming from ahead, and Zhang Nan and Feng Xi, unable to break out, die in the confused fighting. Romance, Ch. 84 §37
Where the Romance differs
How he came to the campaign: In Chapter 82 of the Romance, Sun Huan steps forward before Sun Quan on his own, asks for troops and becomes Commander of the Left, and Lu Xun becomes Grand Commander only in Chapter 83. In the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records, in the 1st year of Huangwu (222) Sun Quan made Lu Xun Grand Commander from the start and had him lead Sun Huan and others, 50,000 men, to resist Liu Bei. Romance, Ch. 82 §19–21Romance, Ch. 83 §40Records, Wu 13 §17
His office: In Chapter 82 of the Romance, Sun Huan goes from Commandant of the Martial Guard to Commander of the Left, and in Chapter 83 Zhou Tai (周泰) calls him General Who Pacifies the East. In the Records, Sun Huan was appointed General of the Household Who Pacifies the East at the age of twenty-five, and the generals in the Biography of Lu Xun called him Sun of Andong. Romance, Ch. 82 §20–21Romance, Ch. 83 §41Records, Wu 6 §49Records, Wu 13 §23
Li Yi and Xie Jing: In Chapter 82 of the Romance, Li Yi and Xie Jing are senior generals Sun Huan brings with him; Li Yi dies at the hands of Guan Xing and Xie Jing at the hands of Zhang Bao (張苞). In the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records, Li Yi and Xie Jing were generals sent by Lu Xun who defeated the Shu general Zhan Yan and others, and in the Biography of the First Sovereign, Li Yi pursued the First Sovereign's army together with Liu A and others after the battle of Xiaoting. Romance, Ch. 82 §21 · 27–28Records, Wu 13 §14Records, Shu 2 §71
The fights with Guan Xing and Zhang Bao: In Chapter 82 of the Romance, Sun Huan is defeated again and again by Guan Xing and Zhang Bao. Guan Xing and Zhang Bao do not appear in the battle of Yiling in the Biography of Sun Huan or the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records. Romance, Ch. 82 §27–28Records, Wu 6 §48–50Records, Wu 13 §17–23
Where he was besieged: In Chapter 82 of the Romance, Sun Huan camps at the border pass of Yidu (宜都), is defeated, flees to the city of Yiling and is besieged there. In the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records, Sun Huan, on a separate mission, attacked Liu Bei's vanguard at Yidao (夷道) and was surrounded there. Romance, Ch. 82 §22 · 37Records, Wu 13 §23
The deaths of Zhang Nan and Feng Xi: In Chapter 84 of the Romance, Zhang Nan and Feng Xi die caught in a pincer attack between Sun Huan, sallying from the city of Yiling, and the Wu army ahead. In the Biography of Lu Xun in the Records, after Lu Xun had his soldiers carry bundles of thatch and took the camps by fire attack, he led all the armies in a simultaneous assault and beheaded Zhang Nan, Feng Xi and others. Romance, Ch. 84 §37Records, Wu 13 §21
Liu Bei's line of retreat: In the Biography of Sun Huan in the Records, Sun Huan cut the Shangkui road and drove Liu Bei hard, and Liu Bei sighed, recalling the time when Sun Huan was a little boy. In Chapter 84 of the Romance, Sun Huan only gets out of the city of Yiling and attacks Zhang Nan and Feng Xi; there is no scene of him cutting off Liu Bei's road and no sigh from Liu Bei. Records, Wu 6 §49Romance, Ch. 84 §37
Afterward: In the Romance, Sun Huan does not appear after Chapter 84, and neither his rewards nor his death are recorded. In the Records, for his merit he became General Who Establishes Martial Might and was enfeoffed as Marquis of Dantu, and he died while overseeing Niuzhu and building the Hengjiang Fort. Romance, Ch. 84 §37Records, Wu 6 §50
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Abilities
The Records score (Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms, main text) is the baseline. Each ability compares how the Romance redrew the same person, and the evidence from both sources explains the difference.
Records total509 / 1000Rank 226 of 996 · Top 23%Romance total408 / 1000Rank 462 of 1,113 · Top 42%
Romance adaptation index−101Romance total − Records total
- LEA6835−33
- STR6055−5
- INT5538−17
- POL4833−15
- CHA6545−20
- VIR5550−5
- ADP4548+3
- SCH3331−2
- DIP4035−5
- DIS4038−2
Abilities shaped by the Romance — where it differs from the Records Differences of 10 or more
RLu Xun: Andong has won the hearts of his soldiersWu 13 §23
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §20
RCut the Shangkui road and blocked its key shortcutWu 6 §49
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §37
ROversaw Niuzhu and built the Hengjiang FortWu 6 §50
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §20
6 similar abilities — show evidence
RThrew away his sword and fought at the risk of his lifeWu 6 §49
NFought Guan Xing for more than thirty bouts, ran out of strength and was defeatedCh. 82 §28
RResented Lu Xun for not relieving him but later acknowledged his commandWu 13 §23
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §20
RNo direct recordWu 6 §50
NHeld out in the city of Yiling, was freed, and joined the pincer attackCh. 82 §37Ch. 84 §37
RNo direct recordWu 6 §49
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §20
RNo direct recordWu 13 §23
NNo direct recordCh. 82 §25
RNo direct recordWu 13 §17
NLi Yi and Xie Jing, whom he recommended as matchless warriors, were soon defeated or killedCh. 82 §21Ch. 82 §27
Special — talents Records +0 · Romance +20
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Horsemanship
NSkilled +10 Skilled in archery and horsemanshipCh. 82 §20
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Archery
NSkilled +10 Skilled in archery and horsemanshipCh. 82 §20
Records Romance Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)
3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.
Romance chapters (3)
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Allegiance history
- Wu · Records · Records vol. 51 「拜安東中郎將，與陸遜共拒劉備」
Family
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Related events (1)
- Battle of Xiaoting 221~222 · Command
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