Sun Xian
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Sun Xian, an Eastern Wu general, plotted with Wang Dun to kill Sun Chen; when the plot failed, he was forced to kill himself.
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History · vol. 48Records of the Three Kingdoms
…冬十月丁未，遣孫憲及丁奉、施寬等以舟兵逆據於江都，遣將軍劉丞督步騎攻胤。…
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太平元年春〈《吳歷》曰：正月，爲權立廟，稱太祖廟。〉二月朔，建業火。峻用征北大將軍文欽計，將征魏。八月，先遣欽及驃騎呂據、車騎劉纂、鎮南朱異、前將軍唐咨軍自江都入淮、泗。九月丁亥，峻卒，以從弟偏將軍綝爲侍中、武衞將軍，領中外諸軍事，召還據等。據聞綝代峻，大怒。己丑，大司馬呂岱卒。壬辰，太白犯南斗。據、欽、咨等表薦衞將軍滕胤爲丞相，綝不聽。癸卯，更以胤爲大司馬，代呂岱駐武昌。據引兵還，欲討綝。綝遣使以詔書告喻欽、咨等，使取據。冬十月丁未，遣孫憲及丁奉、施寬等以舟兵逆據於江都，遣將軍劉丞督步騎攻胤。胤兵敗夷滅。己酉，大赦，改年。辛亥，獲呂據於新州。十一月，以綝爲大將軍、假節，封永康侯。孫憲與將軍王惇謀殺綝，事覺，綝殺惇，迫憲令自殺。十二月，使五官中郎將刁玄告亂于蜀。
History · vol. 64Records of the Three Kingdoms
綝遷大將軍，假節，封永寧侯，負貴倨傲，多行無禮。初，峻從弟慮與諸葛恪之謀，峻厚之，至右將軍、無難督，授節蓋，平九官事。…
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綝遷大將軍，假節，封永寧侯，負貴倨傲，多行無禮。初，峻從弟慮與諸葛恪之謀，峻厚之，至右將軍、無難督，授節蓋，平九官事。綝遇慮薄於峻時，慮怒，與將軍王惇謀殺綝。綝殺惇。慮服藥死。
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Sun Xian was a general of Eastern Wu, mentioned in relevant accounts in the Records of the Three Kingdoms; he does not appear in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Deeds
In the winter of the first year of the Taiping era, in the tenth month, Sun Chen sent Sun Xian, Ding Feng, Shi Kuan, and others with naval troops to intercept Lü Ju at Jiangdu. (Recorded in the histories)
In the eleventh month, Sun Xian and the general Wang Dun plotted to kill Sun Chen. After their plot was exposed, Sun Chen killed Wang Dun and forced Sun Xian to commit suicide. (Recorded in the histories)
Relationships
- Plotted with Wang Dun to kill Sun Chen.
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