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Sun Hao

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Last emperor of Wu, son of Sun He. He began with relief for the people, then ruled by cruel punishments, moved the capital, and rejected advice. In 280 Wang Jun took Jianye. Sun Hao surrendered and Jin titled him Marquis of Guiming. He died in Luoyang in 284.

Courtesy name
Yuanzong
Faction
Eastern Wu
Dates
242–284

Records of the Three Kingdoms

Sun Hao, courtesy name Yuanzong, was the son of Sun He, the heir Sun Quan had deposed. When Sun Xiu died, Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu thought Sun Hao capable and brought him to the throne. At first he opened granaries, sent palace women home, and released rare birds. The reign then turned cruel. The biography records flaying and the gouging of eyes. He moved the capital to Wuchang and back to Jianye. Lu Kai and Lu Kang remonstrated more than once.

In 280 Wang Jun came down the Yangtze from Yi Province. Du Yu and Wang Hun advanced on other lines. The defenses at Stone City failed. Sun Hao bound his own hands, had a coffin carried with him, and surrendered. Emperor Wu of Jin titled him Marquis of Guiming. He died in Luoyang in 284, at forty-two. Wu, counted from Sun Quan’s imperial claim in 229, ended that year.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

In the last chapters Sun Hao is the pattern of a tyrant: drunk, testing ministers with torture, deaf to Lu Kang. When Yang Hu, Du Yu, and Wang Jun attack, iron chains across the river do not stop the towered ships.

He comes out to surrender with his torso bare and is sent to Luoyang. Emperor Wu gives him a seat and says it was prepared for him long before. The novel uses that ending to close the Three Kingdoms.

Reference: Wikipedia · Sun Hao