Born
175
Died
200
Ancestral home
Fuchun, Wu (Fuyang, Zhejiang)
Book mentions
241
Roles:
general warlord
Relationships:
Sun Quan Brother
Sun Yi Brother
Sun Jian Father
Lady Wu Mother
Sun Ren Sister
Lu Xun Son-in-law
Zhou Yu Sworn Brother
Wu Jing Uncle
Appears in 20 chapters:
  • Chapter 7 — Yuan Shao Fights Gongsun Zan At The River Pan; Sun Jian Attacks Liu Biao Across The Great River.
    Sun Ce; eighteen years old; rides with his father against Liu Biao. After Sun Jian's death he negotiates the body's return by trading Huang Zu and brings Sun Jian's coffin home - the start of his arc.
  • Chapter 8 — Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.
    Sun Ce; receives Sun Jian's body and buries him on the plain of Que; sets about quietly building strength in Changsha while gathering able people.
  • Chapter 15 — Taishi Ci Fights With The Young Overlord; Sun Ce Cuts Short The White Tiger King.
    Sun Ce; the chapter's lead. Pledges the imperial seal to Yuan Shu in exchange for 3,000 troops and rides south of the river to begin the Jiangdong conquest. Defeats Liu Yao, single-combats Taishi Ci on Shenting Hill, crushes Yan Baihu and Wang Lang of Kuaiji - and takes the southeast with his own hand. The 'Little Conqueror' chapter.
  • Chapter 16 — In The Camp Gate, Lu Bu Shoots The Halberd; At River Yu, Cao Cao Suffers A Defeat.
    Sun Ce; named in passing - south stable under his rule.
  • Chapter 17 — Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
    Refuses Yuan Shu's loan - 'I would rather punish such a renegade than help him' - garrisons Jiangkou, is made Governor of Kuaiji, and on Zhang Zhao's plan brings his fleet against Shouchun's west face while shipping Cao Cao a hundred thousand carts of grain.
  • Chapter 18 — Giving Counsels, Jia Xu Directs A Great Victory; Braving Battlefield, Xiahou Dun Loses An Eye.
    His camp at Hukou pins Jingzhou's attention; Cao Cao's memorial makes him Lord of Wu and General Who Destroys Rebels, with orders against Liu Biao.
  • Chapter 21 — In A Plum Garden, Cao Cao Discusses Heroes; Using The Host's Forces, Guan Yu Takes Xuzhou.
    Sun Ce; named in passing as the rising southern power.
  • Chapter 28 — Putting Cai Yang To Death, The Brothers' Doubts Disappear; Meeting At Gucheng, Lord and Lieges Fortify Each Other.
    Sun Ce; named in passing - about to die in chapter 29.
  • Chapter 29 — The Little Chief Of The South Slays Yu Ji; The Green Eyed Boy Lays Hold On The South Land.
    Sun Ce dies aged twenty-six. After publicly executing the Daoist Yu Ji and refusing to acknowledge the wound dealt by Xu Gong's three retainers in the hunting forest, his face wounds open during a final glance in the mirror. Names Sun Quan his successor with the line 'for internal matters consult Zhang Zhao; for external Zhou Yu' before dying.
  • Chapter 38 — Zhuge Liang Plans For The Three Kingdoms; Sun Quan Attacks Xiakou To Take Revenges.
    Sun Ce; named in passing - his mother's dying instructions are honoured.
  • Chapter 42 — Screaming Zhang Fei Triumphs At Long Slope Bridge; Defeated Liu Bei Marches To Hanjin.
    Sun Ce; named in passing as Sun Quan's late brother.
  • Chapter 44 — Zhuge Liang Stirs Zhou Yu To Actions; Sun Quan Decides To Attack Cao Cao.
    Present in his widow and his charge: Elder Qiao is his relict, and Zhou Yu holds 'a sacred trust from my late lord, Sun Ce' that no ode was needed to enforce.
  • Chapter 48 — Banquet On The Great River, Cao Cao Sings A Song; Battle On Water, Northerners Fight With Chained Ships.
    Named as Elder Qiao's husband in Cao Cao's banquet boast - the dead rival whose widow the Prime Minister means to house in his tower.
  • Chapter 54 — The Dowager Marchioness Sees Her Son-In-Law; The Imperial Uncle Takes A Worthy Consort.
    Named as Patriarch Qiao's other son-in-law - the family thread Zhao Zilong's first bag pulls to reach the Dowager's ear.
  • Chapter 57 — Sleeping Dragon Mourns In Chaisang; Young Phoenix Intervenes At Leiyang.
    The companion of Zhou Yu's younger days in the threnody - the humble-cottage friendship the mourner laments first.
  • Chapter 68 — Gan Ning's Hundred Horsemen Raid The Northern Camp; Zuo Ci's Flung-Down Cup Fools Cao Cao.
    Sun Ce; named in passing.
  • Chapter 83 — Fighting At Xiaoting, The First Ruler Captures An Enemy; Defending The Three Gorges, A Student Takes Supreme Command.
    Sun Ce; named in passing - Sun Quan's elder brother, founder of Wu.
  • Chapter 86 — Using Words, Qin Mi Overcomes Zhang Wen; Setting Fire, Xu Sheng Defeats Cao Pi.
    Sun Ce; named in passing - Sun Quan's elder brother and founder.
  • Chapter 98 — Pursuing The Shu Army, Wang Shuang Meets His Death; Raiding Chencang, Zhuge Liang Scores A Victory.
    Sun Ce; named in passing as the founding brother at the accession.
  • Chapter 120 — Recommending Du Yu, An Old General Offers New Plans; Capturing Of Sun Hao, Three Kingdoms Becomes One.
    Sun Ce; named in passing.