As a master who can't fight in the Three Kingdoms, why can Sun Quan be praised by Xin Qiji?

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms deliberately belittles Wu in order to highlight the orthodoxy of Shu. The whole story was written with the dispute between Shu and Wei as the main line, and Wu became the foil. Lu Su, the leading military strategist in the Three Kingdoms period, was written as an honest and ridiculous character. Sun Quan, Lu Su's master, was not much better, and he often felt teased. In fact, Sun Quan in history can be regarded as an extremely clever man.

Sun Quan's father and brother were killed, and the country he took over was unstable. In the hands of Sun Quan, he became the State of Wu. First of all, he actively recruited talents. Besides reusing Sun Ce's original subordinates, such as Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu, he also recruited celebrities such as Lu Su and Zhu Gejin to join the camp. Monroe, a military commander, was also selected by Sun Quan from ordinary soldiers. Reuse talents to lay the foundation for the smooth development of the cause.

Then he put down the rebellion of the southern minorities. At that time, the development of Jiangnan area by Han nationality was just beginning. Fujian, southwestern Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places in the south are still dominated by ethnic minorities, the so-called land of hundreds of leaps and bounds. For Wu, settling these places is probably more important than fighting for Jingzhou. Wei once instigated the southern ethnic minorities to rise up against Wu, and Shu also contacted the Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities in the northern grassland to attack Wei. Of course, Wu was not idle, and even Silla on the Korean peninsula joined forces with the Gongsun family in Bohai to deal with Wei. The three countries in Wei Shuwu have made great efforts to appease the ethnic minorities behind them, which shows how important this matter is.

After the home front was pacified, Sun Quan made positive progress and expanded his power. First, he killed Huang Zu, avenged his father's death, and gained a part of Jingzhou. Then Sun Quan ushered in his own highlight moment, that is, Battle of Red Cliffs. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Battle of Red Cliffs is almost Zhuge Liang's performance. In fact, Liu Bei has only about two thousand troops. How can he play the leading role? Battle of Red Cliffs is actually a duel between the 654.38 million troops of Wu and the 200,000 troops of Wei. As the master of Wu Fang, Sun Quan ruled out the interference of surrender and resolutely fought against Japan. The so-called "young, young, restless." How heroic!

Sun Quan also has a strong personal charm. He is generous and open-minded, and often plays jokes on his subordinates. Unlike Cao Cao's meanness and Liu Bei's prude. Perhaps because of his personality, Sun Quan lived for a long time until he was 70 years old and killed both his opponents. The State of Wu, which he founded, was also the last of the three countries in Wei Shuwu to perish. Wu's culture and art have also reached a fairly high level, at least far exceeding that of Shu. Of course, Wu's greater achievement lies in the development of Jiangnan. Since then, whenever the Han regime can't get along with each other in the north, such as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, it can always settle down in Wu's hometown, so that the Han culture can continue to develop and continue to this day. From this perspective, Sun Quan is also pioneering.

"Having children like Sun Zhongmou", this evaluation by Cao Cao and Xin Qiji is completely worthy of Sun Quan.