Liu Wan
Liu Wan, a Han envoy, was once ordered to confer honors on Sun Ce and praised Sun Quan’s appearance and noble bearing.
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History · vol. 47Records of the Three Kingdoms
…漢以策遠修職貢，遣使者劉琬加錫命。琬語人曰：「吾觀孫氏兄弟雖各才秀明達，然皆祿祚不終。…
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孫權，字仲謀。兄策旣定諸郡，時權年十五，以爲陽羨長。〈《江表傳》曰：堅爲下邳丞時，權生，方頤大口，目有精光，堅異之，以爲有貴象。及堅亡，策起事江東，權常隨從。性度弘朗，仁而多斷，好俠養士，始有知名，侔於父兄矣。每參同計謀，策甚奇之，自以爲不及也。每請會賓客，常顧權曰：「此諸君，汝之將也。」〉郡察孝廉，州舉茂才，行奉義校尉。漢以策遠修職貢，遣使者劉琬加錫命。琬語人曰：「吾觀孫氏兄弟雖各才秀明達，然皆祿祚不終。惟中弟孝廉，形貌奇偉，骨體不恆，有大貴之表，年又最壽。爾試識之。」
Novel · ch. 29Romance of the Three Kingdoms
…昔漢使劉琬入吳，見孫家諸昆仲，因語人曰：「吾遍觀孫氏兄弟，雖各才氣秀達，然皆祿祚不終。…
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孫策既死，孫權哭倒於床前。張昭曰：「此非將軍哭時也，宜一面治喪事，一面理軍國大事。」權乃收淚。張昭令孫靜理會喪事，請孫權出堂，受眾文武謁賀。孫權生得方頤大口，碧眼紫髯。昔漢使劉琬入吳，見孫家諸昆仲，因語人曰：「吾遍觀孫氏兄弟，雖各才氣秀達，然皆祿祚不終。惟仲謀形貌奇偉，骨格非常，乃大貴之表，又享高壽，眾皆不及也。」
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Liu Wan was an envoy of the Han dynasty, ordered to confer an honorary appointment on Sun Ce. He is mentioned in Chapter 47 of the Records of the Three Kingdoms and Chapter 29 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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The Records of the Three Kingdoms states that, because Sun Ce had long been diligent in fulfilling his duties and paying tribute, the Han court sent Liu Wan to confer an honorary appointment on him. After observing the Sun brothers, Liu Wan remarked that Sun Quan had a remarkably imposing appearance, bore the signs of great nobility, and would live the longest. (According to the historical record)
Chapter 29 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms recounts that Liu Wan had once traveled to Wu and met the Sun brothers. It says that Sun Quan had a remarkably imposing appearance and extraordinary bone structure, bore the signs of great nobility, and would enjoy a long life. (According to the novel)
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- 史 ch.47 §3
「吾觀孫氏兄弟雖各才秀明達，然皆祿祚不終。惟中弟孝廉，形貌奇偉，骨體不恆，有大貴之表，年又最壽。爾試識之。」
- 演 ch.29 §32
「吾遍觀孫氏兄弟，雖各才氣秀達，然皆祿祚不終。惟仲謀形貌奇偉，骨格非常，乃大貴之表，又享高壽，眾皆不及也。」
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Sun Quan
Crossed paths
When Han envoy Liu Wan was conferring an honor on Sun Ce, he observed the Sun brothers and judged that Sun Quan alone had the appearance of great nobility and would live the longest
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History · vol. 47
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Crossed paths
When Han envoy Liu Wan was conferring an honor on Sun Ce, he observed the Sun brothers and judged that Sun Quan alone had the appearance of great nobility and would live the longest