The Legendary Story of Sun Wu and Zhuge Liang

Sun Wu's distant ancestor was not actually named Sun, but Chen. They are descendants of Chen Wan, the son of Chen Guogong during the Spring and Autumn Period. Sun Wu's distant ancestor was Yu Yanfu, a descendant of Yu Shun with royal blood. At that time, he was Tao Zheng of the Zhou Dynasty, which was the official position in charge of the entire court pottery production. Due to his superb manufacturing skills and high moral prestige, Yu Yan's father was deeply loved by people and was also appreciated by King Wu of Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, King Wu of Zhou betrothed his eldest daughter to the son of Yu Yu's father as his wife, and also granted him the land in the Artemisia area, which is now Huaiyang, Henan, and established the Chen Kingdom.