Sun Kuang 孫匡

Sun Kuang, courtesy name Jizuo, was the younger brother of Sun Yi. The Biographies of Sun Jian and Sun Ce record that Sun Jian had four sons, Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi and Sun Kuang, and the Biographies of Consorts record that Sun Jian's wife Lady Wu bore four sons and one daughter. Records, Wu 6 §37Records, Wu 1 §22Records, Wu 5 §2

At the time when Yuan Shao was at the height of his power and Sun Ce was bringing the lands east of the Yangtze under his control, Lord Cao was not yet able to use his strength as he wished and sought for the moment to placate Sun Ce. He therefore married his younger brother's daughter to Sun Ce's youngest brother Sun Kuang, took Sun Ben's daughter as a wife for his son Cao Zhang, and summoned Sun Ce's younger brothers Sun Quan and Sun Yi with full courtesy. Records, Wu 1 §35

Sun Kuang was recommended as Filial and Incorrupt and as Flourishing Talent, but died before he could be given office. He was then a little over twenty. Chen Shou's main text does not record the year of his death. Records, Wu 6 §37

His son Sun Tai, a grandson of the Cao family through his mother, became Colonel of the Changshui. In the 3rd year of Jiahe (234) he followed Sun Quan in the siege of Xincheng and was killed by a stray arrow. Sun Tai's son Sun Xiu (孫秀) became General of the Front and Area Commander of Xiakou. Records, Wu 6 §37

Because Sun Xiu, a close kinsman of the ruling house, held troops away from the capital, Sun Hao was uneasy. In the 2nd year of Jianheng (270) Sun Hao sent He Ding with 5,000 men to Xiakou to hunt, and before this there had been talk among the people that Sun Xiu would be made a target. When He Ding came hunting far afield, Sun Xiu took fright and fled by night to Jin with his wife, children and several hundred personal troops, and Jin made him General of Agile Cavalry with honors equal to the Three Excellencies and enfeoffed him as Duke of Kuaiji. Records, Wu 6 §37–38

In his assessment of the Biographies of the Imperial Clan, Chen Shou said that the bond of affection toward one's kin is a constant principle in past and present alike, and that he had recorded the Sun clansmen in detail because, whether they helped lay the first foundations of the state or guarded the frontiers, they proved equal to their duties and did not disgrace their honors. He did not assess Sun Kuang separately. Records, Wu 6 §52