Four Great Classical Novels
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature, Sun Ce is nicknamed "Little Conqueror" () and is often compared favourably to Xiang Yu by his contemporaries. Sun Ce is best known for his conquests in the Jiangdong region that laid the foundation of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms era. In "Water Margin", another of the Four Great Classical Novels, Zhou Tong, one of the 108 outlaws, is nicknamed "Little Conqueror" for his resemblance to Xiang Yu in appearance.