Sun Shang Xiang

Sun Shang Xiang is a character that first appeared in Chaos of the Three Kingdoms 2. She is the melancholic youngest sister of Sun Quan who was used by brother to spy on her best friend Liu Bei. But she has grown noticably close towards the Shu empress and is unable to carry out her duties. She was one of Liu Bei's spouses in actual history.

Description
Sun Shang Xiang is depicted as a depressed and insecure woman who believes that the misfortunes caused around her is her fault. She is constantly looked down on the people who bullied or manipulated her. Everything changed one day when she met Liu Bei, who treated Sun Shang Xiang warmly and comforted her in any way she could. But her brother Sun Quan decided to take advantage of their friendship as a means to take down Shu and had his sister join Liu Bei's forces, however her bond with the Shu Empress was so strong that it left Sun Shang Xiang torn into between either betraying her best friend or turning her back on her own home kingdom.

Life[edit]
Lady Sun was the only daughter of Sun Jian and Lady Wu. She had four brothers who were also born to Lady Wu – Sun Ce, Sun Quan, Sun Yi and Sun Kuang. Her personal name was not recorded in history.

During 209, Lady Sun married the warlord Liu Bei to strengthen an alliance between Liu Bei and Sun Quan. The marriage probably took place at Gong'an County because it was the provincial capital of Jing Province and Liu Bei was nominally serving as the provincial governor at the time. Lady Sun was known to be wise and shrewd, and tough and fierce in character, much like her brother Sun Quan. She had more than a hundred female servants who carried swords and stood guard outside her room. Liu Bei was also suspicious and fearful of Lady Sun. Liu Bei's adviser Zhuge Liang once said: "When our lord [Liu Bei] was in Gong'an, he dreaded Cao Cao's influence in the north and feared Sun Quan's presence in the east. Even in home territory he was afraid that Lady Sun would cause trouble."

Lady Sun saw herself as the sister of a powerful warlord, and not only acted in an arrogant, unbridled manner, but also allowed her bodyguards and personal staff to behave lawlessly in Jing Province. For this reason, Liu Bei specially appointed his general Zhao Yun, whom he deemed a serious and conscientious person, to oversee domestic affairs in Jing Province and maintain law and order. Around 211, Liu Bei left Jing Province on a campaign to attack the warlord Liu Zhang in Yi Province while Lady Sun remained behind in Jing Province. When Sun Quan heard that Liu Bei had travelled to Yi Province, he sent a ship to fetch her. Lady Sun attempted to bring Liu Bei's son Liu Shan, who was born to Liu Bei's other wife Lady Gan, with her to Sun Quan's territory. However, Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei, another of Liu Bei's generals, led their men to intercept her along the way and retrieve Liu Shan. Nothing was recorded in history about what happened to Lady Sun after she returned home.

Family tree[edit]
Main article: Eastern Wu family trees § Sun Jian

Names[edit]
Other names of Lady Sun include:


 * Sun Ren (孙仁; 孫仁; Sūn Rén; Sun Jen), in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
 * Sun Shangxiang (孙尚香; 孫尚香; Sūn Shàngxiāng; Sun Shang-hsiang), in drama and popular culture.
 * Xiao Ji (枭姬; 梟姬; Xiāo Jī; Hsiao Chi; 'fierce lady'), nickname in popular culture.
 * Gongyao Ji (弓腰姬; Gōngyāo Jī; Kung-yao Chi; 'lady with a waist like a bow'), nickname in the Japanese translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Eiji Yoshikawa.

In Romance of the Three Kingdoms[edit]
Lady Sun appears as a character in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which romanticises the historical events before and during the Three Kingdoms period. Her name was Sun Ren (孫仁) in the novel, in which she is depicted as a very fiery and determined woman.

See the following for some fictitious stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms involving Lady Sun:


 * List of fictitious stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms#Liu Bei and Lady Sun's marriage
 * Battle of Xiaoting#Lady Sun's death

Skills
Withheld By Untold Suffering
 * First Appearance: Chaos of the Three Kingdoms 2
 * Description: Sun Shang Xiang forms a werewolf paw made of dark mist to swipe enemy soldiers underfoot. Darkness Elemental.

My Hands, Stained by Hostility
 * First Appearance: Chaos of the Three Kingdoms 2
 * Description: Sun Shang Xiang rushes forward with both arms stretched out turning into darkened werewolf hands that will cross claw at multiple enemy soldiers, sending them in the air. Darkness Elemental.

Deaf Ears, Engulfed By The Underworld
 * First Appearance: Chaos of the Three Kingdoms 2
 * Description: Sun Shang Xiang dives into flying cross chop like manner and forms a werewolf head made of dark mist to devour enemy soldiers on contact. Darkness Elemental.

Valor Attack: My Loneliness Quenched By The Weeping Willow
 * First Appearance: Chaos of the Three Kingdoms 2
 * Description: Sun Shang Xiang summons a massive werewolf made of black mist that proceeds to maul both enemy and allied soldiers alike before it unleashes a nuclear beam of dark energy to scorch the entire battlefield. Darkness Elemental.