Lady Wu (wife of Sun Jian)

Lady Wu
Born	(Unknown)
Died	202
Names
Traditional Chinese	吳夫人
Simplified Chinese	吴夫人
Pinyin	Wú Fūrén
Wade–Giles	Wu Fu-jen
Posthumous name	Empress Wulie (Chinese: 武烈皇后; pinyin: Wǔliè Huánghòu; Wade–Giles: Wu-lieh Huang-hou)

Lady Wu (died 202), personal name unknown, was the wife of the warlord Sun Jian, who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty. She bore Sun Jian four sons and a daughter – Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi, Sun Kuang and Lady Sun. She was posthumously honoured as Empress Wulie in 229 by her second son Sun Quan, who became the founding emperor of the state of Eastern Wu in the Three Kingdoms period.

Lady Wu was from Wu County (present-day Suzhou) in Wu Commandery (吳郡), but she grew up in Qiantang County (錢唐縣; present-day Hangzhou). She was orphaned at a young age as both of her parents died so she lived with her younger brother, Wu Jing.

Sun Jian heard of her beauty and character and desired to marry her. However, Lady Wu's relatives disliked Sun Jian, whom they perceived as an idler and a rascal, so they wanted to reject his proposal. Sun Jian was embarrassed and angry at their decision. Lady Wu told her relatives, "Why bring disaster upon yourselves just because of your love for me? If this turns out to be a bad marriage, I'll accept it as my fate." Lady Wu's relatives then agreed to her marriage to Sun Jian. She bore Sun Jian four sons and a daughter. She probably married Sun Jian in 175 or earlier because their first child, Sun Ce, was born that year.

According to a story in In Search of the Supernatural, Lady Wu dreamt about the moon entering her body before she gave birth to Sun Ce. Later, before she gave birth to Sun Quan, she had a similar dream about the sun entering her body. When she asked her husband about her strange dreams, he said, "The sun and the moon capture the true essence of yin and yang. They are very auspicious symbols. My descendants will become great men!"

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