Sun En
Sun En( tôn ân; died April or May 402[1])courtesy nameLinxiu( linh tú ), was a native ofLangya(in modernShandong) who rebelled against theEastern Jin dynasty.
Life
[edit]A member ofSun Xiu's clan,[2]he joined his uncle Sun Tai ( tôn thái ), who was regarded as a magician member of theWay of the Five Pecks of Ricemovement, sharing their revolutionary aspirations. When Sun Tai was put to death, Sun En took the lead himself. At the head of a considerable force Sun En capturedKuaiji(modernShao xing,Zhe gian gprovince) and proclaimed himselfGeneralissimoof the East ( Chinh Đông tướng quân ), giving to his followers the title of "Immortals" ( trường sinh người ). After a long struggle, with alternating fortune, he found himself without resources and committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea.[3]Although eventually the rebellion was put down byLiu Laozhi( Lưu lao chi ) and others, the rebellion caused massive devastation and major loss of life, including that of many civilians, to the point where whole cities were almost completely deserted.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Volume 112 ofZizhi Tong gianrecorded that Sun En died in the 3rd month of the 1st year of theYuan xingera of Sima Dezong's reign. This corresponds to 18 Apr to 17 May 402 on the Julian calendar.
- ^( tôn ân, tự linh tú, lang tà người, tôn tú chi tộc cũng. )Jin Shu,vol.100
- ^Herbert Allen Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, p. 689-690.
- ^Yeh Chia-ying."Đào Uyên Minh thơ giảng lục" ( "Lectures on Tao Yuan-ming's Poems" ). Translation Josey Shun and Bhikshuni Heng Yin,"Vajra Bhodi Sea" No.393,February, 2003, part of a series of lectures at Gold Buddha Monastery, Canada (lecture tapes were transcribed by Tu Xiaoli, An Yi, and Yang Aidi). Accessed 26 April 2020.
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