Sima Zhou 司馬伷

In the winter of the 3rd year of Tianji (279), Jin sent Sima Zhou, Grand General Who Guards the East, toward Tuzhong; Wang Hun, General Who Pacifies the East, and Zhou Jun, Inspector of Yang Province, toward Niuzhu; Wang Rong, General Who Establishes Might, toward Wuchang; Hu Fen, General Who Pacifies the South, toward Xiakou; and Du Yu, General Who Guards the South, toward Jiangling; and it had Wang Jun, General Who Soars Like a Dragon, and Tang Bin, General Who Broadens Martial Might, sail east down the Yangtze. The Grand Commandant Jia Chong was made Grand Commander, judging what was fitting, taking position at the key point, and placing himself at the centre of all the armies. Records, Wu 3 §74 · 78

In the 4th year of Tianji (280), when Tao Jun, back from Wuchang, said that with 20,000 troops riding large ships into battle he could easily crush the enemy, Sun Hao gathered troops and gave Tao Jun the tally and axe, but they were to set out the next day and that night the troops all fled. Meanwhile Wang Jun was about to arrive down the river, and Sima Zhou and Wang Hun had both drawn near the border. Following the plan of Xue Ying, Superintendent of the Imperial Household, Hu Chong, Prefect of the Palace Writers, and others, Sun Hao sent envoys separately to present letters to Wang Jun, Sima Zhou and Wang Hun, and sent the Minister of Ceremonies he had privately appointed, Zhang Kui, and others to offer up the seal and ribbon he wore and beg for his life. The Biographies of Zhang, Yan, Cheng, Kan and Xue records that this letter was written by Xue Ying. Records, Wu 3 §83–84Records, Wu 8 §61

On the renshen day Wang Jun arrived first and received Sun Hao's surrender; he untied his bonds, burned his coffin, and then received him for a meeting. Since Sun Hao had sent his seal and ribbon to him, Sima Zhou sent envoys to escort Sun Hao. Sun Hao moved west with his whole family and reached the capital on the dinghai day of the 5th month of the 1st year of Taikang (280). Records, Wu 3 §85

In Chen Shou's main text, Sima Zhou appears only in this record of the conquest of Wu. His courtesy name, origin, lineage, later deeds and death are not recorded, and there is no assessment of him. Records, Wu 3 §78 · 83 · 85Records, Wu 8 §61