Sun Jun

> "*I have an imperial order to arrest Zhuge Ke!*"
> ― Sun Jun
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孫峻

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**Sun Jun** (219 - 256), courtesy name **Ziyuan**, was ~~loser~~ the paramount authority during Sun Liang's reign.

## Biography

A relative of the Sun family, he rose in position probably because he gained Sun Quan's trust and when Sun Quan was close to death, he allowed Sun Jun control over night guards.

After killing Zhuge Ke, he, with his newfound power, got promoted to the ~~relatively modest~~ titles of Prime Minister and Generalissimo and seized paramount authority in Wu. A guy named Teng Yin resigned due to him being Zhuge Ke's in-law but Sun Jun said that Yu, despite being related to Gun, was not punished (Gun failed in his efforts to control floods and was punished; Yu was his son) and then said that basically Teng Yin was innocent, and despite their disagreements on the inside, they showed cooperation on the outside and Sun Jun even gave him the rank of a Marquis so that was nice.

Sun Jun did what any villain would do... have a bit of 'fun' with the palace women. It was also claimed he had an affair with his cousin Sun Luban. This and his frequent killing of people enraged the Marquis of Wu, Sun Ying, so in 254, Sun Ying planned to kill Sun Jun, but his plot got leaked and he was killed.

In 255, Guanqiu Jian (listed as Wuqiu Jian in this case) and Wen Qin rebelled against Wei and fought them at Lejia, but they lost. Sun Jun, marching with his army that included Lü Ju and Liu Zan, was heading to Shouchun to help them when they met Wen Qin, who was defeated and offered his surrender. It was accepted but Sun Jun decided not to attack Wei after all and just headed back.

The same year, an envoy from Shu arrived and Sun Jun met with them. A general named Sun Yi decided with others to kill Sun Jun but their plot was leaked and they decided to kill themselves before Sun Jun could hit hard on them. It was recorded tens of people died, including Sun Luyu.

Sun Jun wanted to build walls for Guangling for an unspecified reason. The court officials knew it couldn't be completed (the reason is not recorded) but was afraid of Sun Jun and did not speak. Teng Yin alone spoke against it but was ignored. Teng Yin proved right in the end, as Sun Jun's project was not completed.

In 256, Wen Qin flat out told Sun Jun to attack Wei. Sun Jun was convinced and told him and to go with Lü Ju, Liu Zuan, Zhu Yi, and Tang Zi to cross the Huai and Si rivers and then find a way to take over Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Sun Jun had brought with him Teng Yin and arrived at Shitou. He decided to enter Lü Ju's camp upon hearing that there was a farewell banquet for them and went in. He was aggravated to discover that Lü Ju's army was uniform and organized and whined that he had heart pains just from that and left. He then slept, only to dream that Zhuge Ke attacked him. Sun Jun was extremely terrified when he woke up and became very ill. He soon died and left all affairs to his cousin, Sun Chen. He was 37 years old (listed as 38 because of East Asian age reckoning).

## Personality & Traits

He was given the adjectives "shrewd, bold, courageous, and decisive" and "arrogant and dangerous" in his biography. He was also unpopular and to compensate for that, he frequently punished or executed people. He was despised to the point that many assassination attempts were plotted against him.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 **孫峻**字**子遠**，孫堅弟靜之曾孫也。靜生暠，暠生恭，為散騎侍郎。恭生**峻**。少便弓馬，精果膽決。孫權末，徙武衛都尉，為侍中。權臨薨，受遺輔政，領武衛將軍，故典宿衛，封都鄉侯。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 其明年，文欽說**峻**徵魏，**峻**使欽與呂據、車騎劉纂、鎮南朱異、前將軍唐諮自江都人淮、泗，以圖青、徐。**峻**與胤至石頭，因餞之，領從者百許人入據營。據禦軍齊整，**峻**惡之，稱心痛去。遂夢為諸葛恪所擊，恐懼發病死，時年三十八，以後事付綝。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
3. ↑ 既誅諸葛恪，遷丞相大將軍，督中外諸軍事、假節，進封富春侯。滕胤以恪子竦妻父辭位。**峻**曰：「鯀、禹罪不相及，滕侯何為？」**峻**、胤雖內不沾洽，而外相包容，進胤爵高密侯，共事如前。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
4. ↑ **峻**素無重名，驕矜險害，多所刑殺，百姓囂然。又姦亂宮人，與公主魯班私通。五鳳元年，吳侯英謀殺**峻**，英事洩死。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
5. ↑ 二年，魏毋丘儉、文欽以眾叛，與魏人戰於樂嘉，**峻**帥驃騎將軍呂據、左將軍留贊襲壽春，會欽敗降，軍還。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
6. ↑ 是歲，蜀使來聘，將軍孫儀、孫邵綝恂等欲因會殺**峻**。事洩，儀等自殺，死者數十入，並及公主魯育。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
7. ↑ **峻**欲城廣陵，朝臣知其不可城，而畏之莫敢言。唯滕胤諫止，不從，而功竟不就。
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)
8. ↑ 精果膽決… **峻**素無重名，驕矜險害，多所刑殺，百姓囂然
Chen Shou, Sanguozhi, Volume 64 (Sun Jun)