Sun Hao ^ ftS (T. TC ^)- ^D. 242-283. Grandson of Sun 1807 Gh'tlan, and son of San Ho. Ennobled as Marqais by Sun Hsin, and personally a youth of studious and exemplary habits, he was raised to the throne as fourth Emperor of the Wu dynasty at the age of 23. No sooner however was he fairly established in his new position, having conferred the rank of Prince on the sons of the late Emperor, than he began to give way to cruelty, drunkenness, and debauchery, and utterly neglected the affairs of State. In A.D. 280 he was deposed by the founder of the Chin dynasty and sent to Lo-yang, with the title of the Marquis Returned to his Allegiance. His concubines and female attendants, to the number of 5,000, were taken into the conqueror*s seraglio. He is mentioned in connection with the early use of tea, which he is said to have offered to Wei Chao instead of wine. Known in history as ^j^ ^ . Sun no ^^ (T. -^ #). A.D. 224-252. Third son of Sun 1808 Cb'iian, who in 242, the two elder sons being dead, appointed him Heir Apparent. But through a palace intrigue against him, he began to lose favour with the dying Emperor and was sent to Ch'ang-sha in Hunan » with the title of Prince of Nan-yang. After his father's death, ^ |^ Sun Hs^n, a son of SunChien, carried off his seal and ribbon of office and then forced him to commit suicide. When his son Sun Hao came to the throne, the latter canonised his father as ^ ^ ^ .
Sun Hsing.yen ^ ^ fjj (T. )]^ ^). A.D. 1752-1818. A 1809
native of Kiangsu. From 1795 to 1811 he served with distinction in Shantung, where his honesty was often distasteful to his superiors. He published editions of several Classics and topographies; he wrote many classical and antiquarian works; and he discovered the graves of Min Sun, T*an-t'ai Mieh-ming, and "^ ^ Ts6ng Tien, three of the disciples of Confucius. Sun Hsiu -^ ^ (T. -^^ ^{| ). Died A.D. 264. Sixth son of 1810
