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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
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911:
908:Pei, Songzhi
902:Sanguo Yanyi
901:
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844:Sanguo Yanyi
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118:one daughter
117:
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32:Chinese name
1288:16 Kingdoms
1146:Empress Zhu
1110:Empress Guo
1070:Empress Zhu
1065:Quan Huijie
989:Empress Guo
665:Sou Shen Ji
36:family name
1360:202 deaths
1349:Categories
1280:3 Kingdoms
1242:Bu Lianshi
1229:Eastern Wu
1138:Eastern Wu
1128:Empress Wu
1105:Guo Nüwang
1052:Eastern Wu
1032:Empress Wu
979:Guo Nüwang
854:Chen, Shou
846:ch. 54-55.
596:References
493:Eastern Wu
480:Zhang Zhao
343:Commandery
306:See also:
189:Eastern Wu
153:Eastern Wu
1252:Lady Wang
1247:Lady Wang
1201:Lady Zhen
864:Sanguozhi
832:Sanguozhi
819:Sanguozhi
806:Sanguozhi
789:Sanguozhi
772:Sanguozhi
755:Sanguozhi
742:Sanguozhi
725:Sanguozhi
708:Sanguozhi
695:Sanguozhi
682:Sanguozhi
669:Sanguozhi
652:Sanguozhi
639:Sanguozhi
614:Sanguozhi
398:Wu County
374:He County
366:Jiangdong
347:Xuancheng
205:Wu County
177:Sun Kuang
113:Sun Kuang
1219:Lady Gan
873:(2007).
834:vol. 47.
821:vol. 55.
808:vol. 54.
791:vol. 54.
774:vol. 54.
757:vol. 50.
744:vol. 50.
727:vol. 46.
710:vol. 46.
697:vol. 50.
684:vol. 54.
671:vol. 50.
654:vol. 50.
641:vol. 50.
616:vol. 50.
546:See also
542:in 209.
536:Sun Lang
532:Lady Sun
528:Sun Quan
449:Sun Quan
394:Zhejiang
390:Shaoxing
333:Yuan Shu
321:Liu Biao
313:Sun Jian
268:Changsha
253:Sun Quan
235:Sun Jian
225:Zhejiang
221:Hangzhou
195:period.
181:Lady Sun
169:Sun Quan
157:Sun Jian
103:Sun Quan
83:Sun Jian
30:In this
1237:Lady Wu
1211:Shu Han
1193:Cao Wei
1168:Cao Wei
1120:Shu Han
1092:Cao Wei
1060:Pan Shu
1024:Shu Han
971:Cao Wei
540:Liu Bei
489:Emperor
484:Dong Xi
473:Zhou Yu
465:Xuchang
461:Cao Cao
453:Dong Xi
445:Xu Gong
359:Jiangsu
355:Danyang
329:Wu Jing
296:Zhou Yu
229:Wu Jing
217:Jiangsu
191:in the
149:Lady Wu
65:Jiangsu
50:Lady Wu
1320:W. Xia
1262:Xia →
881:
524:Sun Ce
441:Sun Ce
386:Kuaiji
384:) and
382:Suzhou
325:Sun Ce
240:Sun Ce
213:Suzhou
173:Sun Yi
165:Sun Ce
108:Sun Yi
98:Sun Ce
79:Spouse
61:Suzhou
34:, the
1264:Shang
563:Notes
469:Henan
405:Yu Ji
351:Anhui
292:Anhui
272:Hunan
90:Issue
1336:Qing
1332:Ming
1328:Yuan
1316:Song
1312:Liao
1304:Tang
1268:Zhou
879:ISBN
584:See
534:and
526:and
502:武烈皇后
417:會稽典錄
368:(or
179:and
71:Died
57:Born
1324:Jīn
1300:Sui
1284:Jìn
1276:Han
1272:Qin
509:In
505:).
283:廬江郡
74:202
52:吳夫人
38:is
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423:魏騰
392:,
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338:太守
290:,
277:舒縣
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