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Yongan · Reign 258—264
He was supported by the powerful minister Sun Chen, and he was immediately designed to kill him. He loved learning and emphasized teaching, and established a doctorate in the Five Classics. During his reign, the Shu Han Dynasty perished.
Sun Xiu, courtesy name Zilie, is the sixth son of Sun Quan and his biological mother, Mrs. Wang. In 252, he was granted the title of King Langya and lived in Danyang and Kuaiji successively. In 258, Sun Chen deposed Sun Liang and replaced Sun Xiu. After he came to the throne, he appeared to be courteous to Sun Chen, but secretly conspired with Zhang Bu and Ding Feng. In December of the same year, he took advantage of the December Festival to capture and kill Sun Chen. Sun Xiu was eager to learn and liked to read ancient books. After he came to the throne, he established a school and established a doctorate in the Five Classics. However, he trusted Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing, and appointed two people for political affairs, and the government gradually deteriorated. During his reign in 263, Wei destroyed the Shu-Han, but the state of Wu was unable to rescue him. In the same year, Lu Xing, an official in Jiaozhi County, rebelled against Wu and surrendered to Wei. He died of illness in July 264 at the age of thirty.
PoliticsWelcomed into position
After Sun Chen deposed Sun Liang, he sent Zongzheng, Sun Kai and others to Kuaiji to meet Sun Xiu. Sun Xiu came to Jianye and ascended the throne, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Yong'an, worshiped Sun Chen as prime minister and Jingzhou Mu, and Sun Chen was one of the five princes, all of whom were in charge of the imperial army.
PoliticsLahui punishes Sun Chen
Sun Chen is becoming more and more arrogant. Sun Xiu conspired with General Zhang Bu and General Ding Feng of the left to take advantage of the December twelfth lunar month to summon Sun Chen into the palace. They captured and beheaded them on the spot and killed all three of their clans. They also reburied Zhuge Ke, Teng Yin and others who were killed by Sun Jun and Sun Chen to rehabilitate them.
CultureDoctor of the Five Classics
An edict was issued to establish schools, set up academic officials, establish doctors of the Five Classics, select the best scholars among the generals' children to enroll, conduct annual assessments, and award official positions according to their performance.
EconomyEncourage teaching and farming
The imperial edict was issued criticizing the officials and soldiers of various prefectures and counties for abandoning farming and doing business, and trading goods to and from the Yangtze River, which resulted in the dereliction of fertile farmland and the shortage of grain reserves. It required local supervisors to encourage farming and mulberry cultivation, and to reduce corvee labor in order to enrich warehouses.
PoliticsZhang BuPu Yangxing uses things
With Pu Yangxing as prime minister, he and Zhang Bu were in charge of the government. Sun Xiu wanted to have a drink with Dr. Zhao and Dr. Sheng Chong to discuss classics and history. Zhang was not afraid that the two would expose his mistakes and obstructed them in many ways, so Sun Xiu had to give up.
DiplomacyJiaozhi rebelled against Wu
Sun Chen, the prefect of Jiaozhi, forcibly recruited more than a thousand local craftsmen and sent them to Jianye. The county official Lu Xing took advantage of public complaints and killed Sun Chen. He asked to surrender to Wei. Jiuzhen, Rinan and other counties responded, and the southern border of Wu State was shaken for a time.
MilitaryToo late to save Shu
When the Wei army attacked Shu, Wu sent Ding Feng and Liu Ping to separate rescue forces, but Shu was dead before they arrived. The Wu army immediately marched westward in an attempt to capture Badong. Lu Kang and others besieged Yong'an for half a year, but were defeated by Shu surrender general Luo Xian.
PoliticsPassed away entrusting the heir
In July, he was seriously ill and could not speak. He summoned the Prime Minister Pu Yangxing to the palace with a handwritten letter and entrusted the Crown Prince to him. He died of illness immediately at the age of thirty. However, Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu were worried about the country's new fall from Shu, and instead welcomed Sun Hao, Sun He's son.
Sun Xiu was an old subordinate of King Langya, and assisted Sun Xiu in killing Sun Chen. After that, he and Pu Yangxing shared the power of the government and were good at wielding power. After Sun Xiu's death, he and Pu Yangxing met Sun Hao, but was soon executed by Sun Hao.
Chen Liuren, Sun Xiu was the prefect when he was in Kuaiji, and they became close friends. After Sun Xiu came to the throne, he became the prime minister, and he did not have anything to do with Zhang. Sun Xiu was entrusted to assist the Crown Prince before his death, but instead appointed Sun Hao. He was killed while being exiled in the same year.
A native of Yunyang in Wu County, the Jin people changed his name to Wei Yao to avoid the taboo Sima Zhao. Sun Xiu served as a doctor at that time, presided over the revision of classics, and participated in the compilation of "Wu Shu". The annotation of "Guoyu" is the earliest existing complete annotation.
Together with Zhang Bu, he planned to kill Sun Chen in Lahui to pay tribute to the general. In 263, he led his army to rescue Shu. After Sun Hao came to the throne, he was promoted to Da Sima.