Sun Zi

孫資
Courtesy name: Yanlong (彦龍)
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Died
251
Ancestral home
Taiyuan (Taiyuan, Shanxi)
Also known as
Sun Zu
Book mentions
8
Roles:
general politician
Factions:
Cao Wei (primary)
Appears in 2 chapters:
  • Chapter 96 — Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
    Chair of the Secretariat, and the author of the strategy that shapes the rest of the war. Opens the chapter proposing that Wei stop trying to conquer Shu and simply hold: the Xie Valley is a hundred and fifty miles of rock and cave, Nanzheng 'a natural hell' by Cao Cao's own account, and stripping the west invites Wu in from the east. Divide the army among the generals, garrison the strategic points, train, and let Shu and Wu ruin each other. Sima Yi's endorsement is two words — 'Chairman Sun Zu says well' — and Cao Rui adopts it whole.
  • Chapter 106 — Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
    The other half of the pair that makes Cao Shuang. Set over the privy council with Liu Fang, owes his advancement to Cao Zhen, recommends Cao Zhen's son, and joins in the memorial that sends the Prince of Yan home. Present at the deathbed. (Tagged as 'Sun Zu', the spelling the translation uses for the Wei official - the same disambiguation made in ch96.)