Sun Ce, courtesy name Bofu, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was the eldest child of Sun Jian, who was killed during t
A Qing dynasty illustration of Sun Ce as depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang
Sun Ce's territory around 200 CE
Statues of Sun Ce (right) and Sun Quan (left)
Illustration from a 1591 edition of Romance of the Three Kingdoms depicting Sun Ce ordering the execution of Yu Ji. Flooding caused by the rain summoned by Yu Ji is indicated at the upper left.
Zhou Yu, courtesy name Gongjin, was a Chinese military general. He served under the warlords Sun Ce and later Sun Quan in the late Eastern Han dynasty. Zhou Yu played a leading role in defeating the n
Sun Ce
…and headed to the Jiangdong region in southern China to establish his own power base there. With the help of several people, such as Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, Sun Ce managed to lay down the foundation of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period. In 200, when the warlord Cao Cao was at war…