Eastern Wu rulers
Temple name |
Posthumous name |
Family name (in bold) and personal name |
Reign |
Era names and their year ranges |
Notes |
Shizu
始祖 |
Emperor Wulie
武烈皇帝 |
Sun Jian
孫堅 |
(N/A) |
(N/A) |
Sun Jian's temple and posthumous names were granted posthumously by Sun Quan. |
(N/A) |
Prince Huan of Changsha
長沙桓王 |
Sun Ce
孫策 |
(N/A) |
(N/A) |
Sun Ce's posthumous name was granted posthumously by Sun Quan. |
Taizu
太祖 |
Emperor Da
大皇帝 |
Sun Quan
孫權 |
222-252 |
- Huangwu
黃武 (222-229)
- Huanglong
黃龍 (229-231)
- Jiahe
嘉禾 (232-238)
- Chiwu
赤烏 (238-251)
- Taiyuan
太元 (251-252)
- Shenfeng
神鳳 (252)
|
Sun Quan adopted the era name "Huangwu" in 222 after declaring independence from Wei. However, he continued ruling under the title "King of Wu" and did not proclaim himself emperor until 229. |
(N/A) |
(N/A) |
Sun Liang
|
252-258 |
- Jianxing
建興 (252-253)
- Wufeng
五鳳 (254-256)
- Taiping
太平 (256-258)
|
Sun Liang became "Prince of Kuaiji" (會稽王) after he was dethroned by Sun Chen in 258. In 260, his successor Sun Xiu further demoted him to "Marquis of Houguan" (侯官侯). |
(N/A) |
Emperor Jing
景皇帝 |
Sun Xiu
孫休 |
258-264 |
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|
(N/A) |
Emperor Wen
文皇帝 |
Sun He
孫和 |
(N/A) |
(N/A) |
Sun He's posthumous name was granted posthumously by Sun Hao. |
(N/A) |
(N/A) |
Sun Hao
孫皓 |
264-280 |
- Yuanxing
元興 (264-265)
- Ganlu
甘露 (265-266)
- Baoding
寶鼎 (266-269)
- Jianheng
建衡 (269-271)
- Fenghuang
鳳凰 (272-274)
- Tiance
天冊 (275-276)
- Tianxi
天璽 (276)
- Tianji
天紀 (277-280)
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Sun Hao held the title of "Marquis of Wucheng" (烏程侯) before he became emperor in 264. In 280, after surrendering to the Jin dynasty, he was granted the title of granted the title of "Marquis of Guiming" (歸命侯) by Sima Yan. He is also sometimes referred to as "Emperor Mo of Wu" (吳末帝), which literally means "last emperor of Wu". |