Sun Liang

Sun Liang was the youngest son of the founder of the kingdom, Wu Sun Quan ; he was born in 243, when his father was already 61 years old. Since the heir to the throne, Sun Dan, died in 241, in 242, Sun Quan appointed Sun He as the heir to the throne, but at the same time brought his other son, Sun Ba, to himself. By the year 245, relations between Sun He and Sun Ba had seriously deteriorated, Sun Ba was constantly intriguing against Sun He, hoping to obtain the status of heir to the throne. As a result, in 250, Sun Quan forced Sun Ba to commit suicide, and Sun He deprived him of the status of heir, and instead made him the heir to the throne, Sun Liang, and his mother Sun Liang - the wife of Pan - elevated to the rank of empress. However, at the beginning of 252, Empress Pan was killed, and then Sun Quan died, and 9-year-old Sun Liang ascended the throne.

Zhuge Ke Regency

Even before his death, Sun Quan chose as regent for his son Zhuge Ke , who proved himself in the wars against Bayue . After the death of Sun Quan, Sima Shi , regent of the Wei kingdom, launched three attacks against East Wu, but Zhuge Ke's troops managed to repel them, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy, and Zhuge Ke's reputation grew even more. After this, Zhuge Ke decided, in cooperation with the Shu kingdom, to strike at the Wei kingdom, but made a big mistake, changing the purpose of the attack, and instead of the originally planned Shouchun attacking the well-fortified Hefei . The troops suffered losses during the heavy siege, and were forced to retreat when the Wei kingdom sent reinforcements.

Upon his return to the capital, Zhuge Ke began to suppress discontent and, despite the heavy losses suffered, prepare a new attack on the Wei kingdom. Sun Jun - the great-grandson of Sun Jing (Uncle Sun Quan) - plotted, killed Zhuge Ke and cut out the entire Zhuge clan.

Sun Jun Regency

Formally, Sun Jun shared power in the country with chief minister Teng In, but in fact, controlling the army, he became the sole ruler. Accusing the former heir to the throne of Sun He in ties with Zhuge Ke, he forced him to commit suicide. Sun Ying (son of Sun Deng) in 254 plotted against Sun Jun, but the plot was uncovered, and Sun Ying was executed. In 255, in Shouchun, the Wei forces revolted, and Sun Jun moved to their aid, but Sima Shi quickly put an end to the rebels. Later, another conspiracy against Sun Jun was revealed, and again a number of senior officials and aristocrats were executed, including Sun Xiaohu (daughter of Sun Quan). In 256, Sun Jun again planned to attack Wei, but became ill, and appointed his cousin Sun Chen instead of him as regent, and he soon died.

Sun Chen Regency

General Lu Ju, who led the main military group against the Wei kingdom, was outraged by how Sun Jun arbitrarily appointed Sun Chen, who had not shown himself before, and called on Teng In to become regent. Teng Ying agreed to interact with Lu Ju, and Sun Chen had to crush their rebellion with military force. Teng Ying and his entire clan were slaughtered; Lu Ju committed suicide.

In 257, Sun Liang, who turned 14 years old, began to independently engage in some important government affairs. He created a personal guard corps composed of young soldiers and officers close to him in age; he also challenged some of Sun Chen's decisions. Later that year, the Wei General Zhuge Dan revolted against the Wei regent, Sima Zhao , and asked East Wu for help, but Sun Chen's incompetent actions led the rebellion to be crushed by the Wei troops.

Displacement and death

Knowing that the people and the young emperor were unhappy with him, Sun Chen decided not to return to the capital. Sun Liang plotted to get rid of the regent, but Sun Chen, learning about this, surrounded the palace with his troops and forced officials to deprive Sun Liang of the throne; it was announced to the people that the emperor had mental problems. Sun Liang's elder brother, Sun Xu , was elevated to the throne, and Sun Liang received the title of Kuaiji-wan (會稽王).

Sun Xiu soon arrested and executed Sun Chen, but the presence of an ousted emperor always posed a danger of conspiracy to return him to power. Therefore, in 260, Sun Xu lowered Sun Liang in the title to Houguan Hou (候 官 侯), and sent him to live in this inheritance in Fujian province . On the way, Sun Liang died - according to one version, he committed suicide, according to another - he was poisoned.

• Jianxing (建興 Jiànxīng) 252—253
• Wufeng (五鳳 Wǔfèng) 254—256
• Taiping (太平 Tàipíng) 256—258

• The official biography of Sun Liang in " Sang-go-ji " ( Chinese )