What is Sun Quan?
[[File:Sun Quan Tang.jpg|thumb|right|Sun Quan]] [[File:Sun Quan.jpg|thumb|right|Sun Quan]] '''Sun Quan''' ({{lang-zh|孫權}}; 182-252) was an ancient Chinese [[warlord]] and founder of [[Eastern Wu]] in 222. == As a warlord == His brother [[Sun Ce]] conquered Southeastern [[China]] from 197 until his death in 200. Sun Quan was in charge at the age of 18. He continued to expand his empire and drew back the forces of [[Cao Cao]] in the ''Battle at Red Cliffs'' (along with [[Liu Bei]]). To have better opportunities against the north, he gave his Jing Province to Liu Bei so that he could create an empire on his own. Liu Bei conquered the other western territories from [[211]] to [[214]] and set his brother [[Guan Yu]] in charge of defending Jing. Now that Liu Bei had his own empire, Sun quan demanded his western province back from him, but Liu Bei declined. In alliance with Cao Cao, Sun Quan's general [[Lü Meng]] captured Guan Yu in 219 and slayed him along with his son, Guan Ping. After Cao Cao's son [[Cao Pi]] started the [[Wei Dynasty]] in 220, Liu Bei also wanted to be an emperor and declared himself Emperor of [[Shu Han]] in 221. He considered himself the righteous heir of the abdicated Han emperor [[Han Xiandi|Xian]]. Sun Quan declared himself ''King of Wu'' in 222. Liu Bei found that offensive, and launched a great attack against Sun Quan but failed—due to [[Lu Xun]]'s great tactics. He died a year later. Under the regency of the Shu prime minister [[Zhuge Liang]], the alliance between Shu and Wu was renewed. Both empires did not have to worry about their defense in the west/east after that. == As Emperor == In 229, Sun Quan declared himself ''Emperor of Wu''. His attacks on Wei were all in vain but he managed to develop his country very well. After his son [[Crown Prince]] [[Sun Deng]] died in [[241]], he made his now-oldest son [[Sun He]] Crown Prince. All along the next nine years, He would have trouble with his brother Sun Ba who wanted to be Crown Prince instead. Their fight even caused the honorable ge