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
  • Yong'an
    永安 (258-264)
(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)
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".