In the fifth year of Jian'an, Jiangdong lost Sun Ce suddenly. Nineteen-year-old Sun Quan took over the seal of the Marquis of Wu. With the assistance of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, he stabilized the situation in the turmoil. This young man with a "purple beard and blue eyes" recorded in history relied on his clever strategy to join forces with Liu to fight against Cao at Red Cliff. He set fire to Cao's army's serial ships and laid the foundation for a three-part world. He crossed the river in white to capture Jingzhou, attacked Yiling with fire and drove back the Shu army, consolidating the territory of Jiangdong with iron and blood tactics.
After proclaiming the emperor, Sun Quan was not just a conservative king: he sent Wei Wen to sail to Yizhou and pioneered maritime management; he organized farming and mulberry trees and established imperial schools to promote the transformation of Jiangnan from barbarism to prosperity; he also carried out pacification and pacification of mountains and rivers, expanding the territory of Jiangdong to Lingnan. However, the struggle for the throne in his later years also revealed his complex human nature under the imperial power.
