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孙乾

孫乾
Sūn Qián
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Sun Qian
  2. 2 late Eastern Han / Three Kingdoms era advisor and diplomat serving Liu Bei

About Sun Qian

died c. 215 · 外交家 diplomat

Adviser to 刘备 who joined him in Xuzhou and served as his envoy to the warlords 袁绍 and 刘表; in 三国演义 he is the man Liu Bei sends on delicate missions.

Also called  公祐

Examples

HSK 7-9
孙乾是刘备早期的重要谋士之一。
Sūn Qián shì Liú Bèi zǎoqī de zhòngyào móushì zhīyī.
Sun Qian was one of Liu Bei's important early advisors.
HSK 7-9
《三国演义》中孙乾多次担任外交使者。
《 Sānguó yǎnyì 》 zhōng Sūn Qián duō cì dānrèn wàijiāo shǐzhě.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Qian frequently served as a diplomatic envoy.

Tips

history
刘表 rated him highly: in a letter urging 袁尚 to stop fighting his brother, he wrote that the feud pained him to the bone whenever he talked it over with General Liu and 孙公祐, naming the envoy alongside 刘备 himself.
mistakes
The character 乾 here is read Qián, not gān. 乾 was simplified to 干 (gān) when meaning 'dry', but retained as 乾 (qián) when meaning 'heaven; male principle', including in personal names like this one. Don't read this as 'Sūn Gān'.

Stroke Order

孙 sūn
乾 qián