【Sun Family】

The Sun family is somewhat similar to the Cao family in many places in history, and the first generation of Sun Jian also started from poverty, and through unremitting efforts, he developed and grew, and finally laid the foundation for Sun Ce and Sun Quan.

Although Sun Jian's family is estimated to have some energy in Wujun, Yangzhou, his family was not a big family at that time, which can be seen from Sun Jian's elders, basically none of them have been high-ranking officials. The development and growth of the Sun family still originated from Sun Jian, when the Yellow Turban Uprising, Sun Jian was appreciated by the Zhonglang general Zhu Jun, led the troops to quell the rebellion with him, and then followed Zhang Wen to crusade against Han Sui and others, and went south alone to crusade against the rebellion of Ou Xing and others, and when the coalition army attacked Dong, Sun Jian defeated Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu and others with the support of Yuan Shu, defeated Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu and others, and recovered the old capital Luoyang. Later, Sun Jian died in the crusade against Liu Biao.

When Sun Ce grew up, the Sun family had already initially formed a force, and it could no longer be said that it was the Han clan. Although Sun Jian, who served as the assassin of Yuzhou at that time, has died, Sun Ben inherited the status of the assassin of Yuzhou, and later acted as the general of the conquest and served as the Taishou of Jiujiang, and Sun Xiang was also an official to Runan Taishou, after Sun Jian's death, the Sun family was still very powerful in the Yuan Shu forces, which also laid a good foundation for Sun Ce to seize Jiangdong in the future.

Similar to the Cao family and the eunuch forces, the rise of the Sun family also started from Yuan Shu to a considerable extent, if there was no Yuan Shu's help, there may not be a big victory over Dong Zhuo's Sun Wentai and Jiangdong Xiaobawang in the future, why Yuan Shao and the sour jujube coalition had a dismal record, it was directly related to Han Fu's unreliable support, and Cao Cao also failed to Xu Rong after the reason why he couldn't turn over was because he didn't have Yuan Shu's supply behind him, Sun Ce went south to Jiangdong initially with Yuan Shu's support.

But everything has pros and cons, the Sun family was able to rise with the help of Yuan Shu's banner, and because Yuan Shu's reputation deteriorated due to Yuan Shu's attempt to become emperor, Yuan Shu's reputation was still good in the early days, but later his ambition became more and more obvious, and his reputation became worse and worse, so Sun Ce was opposed by many families when he used his name to crusade against Jiangdong, and finally Sun Ce and Yuan Shu broke off and broke completely.

By the time of Sun Quan, Sun Ce had already laid Jiangdong and was dominant, and his foundation was much better than that of his father and brother. Generally speaking, the Sun family belonged to the Han clan during the Sun Jian period, and although it was not a famous family during the Sun Ce period, it was at least a middle-class family, and it already had enough prestige and foundation, not to mention the Sun Quan period.

【Sima's Family】

Compared with the Cao family and the Sun family, the Sima family can be regarded as a famous family from the beginning, with a very high status in Wen County, Hanoi County, Sili, and there are talents from generation to generation, Sima Yi's great-grandfather Sima Jun was the general of the expedition to the west when Emperor An of the Han Dynasty, his great-grandfather Sima Liang was Yuzhang Taishou, his grandfather Sima Jun was Yingchuan Taishou, and his father Sima Fang was Jingzhao Yin.

During the Cao Cao period, the Sima family was not only famous for Sima Yi's father Sima Fang, brother Sima Lang, younger brother Sima Fu, but also a clansman Sima Zhi. Among them, at that time (during the Cao Cao period) Sima Langguan went to Yanzhou to assassinate the history, Sima Yi and Sima Fu jointly assisted the crown prince Cao Pi, and Sima Zhi also served as the Taishou in many places. Therefore, the Sima family is an out-and-out famous family, and in the late Han Dynasty, it was only inferior to the Yuan family in Runan and the Hongnong Yang family, which were the big families of the fourth generation and the third prince.

In history, Sima Lang died early, so Sima Yi was actually the eldest brother of the Sima family, and he brought the Sima family to the peak, before Sima Yi died, the Wei State had actually been mastered by the Sima family, after the continued development of Sima Shi, Sima Zhao and others, and finally Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan completed the change of dynasty, and the Sima family also became the new imperial family.

【Family's Help】

In the history of the Three Kingdoms, the family generally has a great influence on the development of personal power, such as the Cao family and the Sun family, mentioning Cao Wei can be associated with Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and other Cao family relatives, and Sun Ce, Sun Quan also have Sun Jing, Sun Ben, Sun Fu, Sun Huan and others, like the old Yuan family and other princes also have the help of the clansmen, it can be said that this situation is still relatively common.

However, although the Cao family and the Sun family both have the assistance of their relatives, relatively speaking, the Cao family pays more attention to their relatives and prefers their own people, and the Sun family is not much different in this regard, but it is also easier for generals with foreign surnames such as Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu, and Lu Meng to take the lead.

In terms of family help, the worst performance is undoubtedly the old Liu family, such as Liu Bei and Uncle Liu Huang, there is basically no clan around him to help, and Liu Bei is not alone, Liu Yu, Liu Yan, Liu Xuan, Liu Biao and others are not much better than Liu Bei, this may be because the Liu family is originally a royal family, so they are a little sensitive in this regard.

【Other Famous Families】

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Yingchuan Xun family and the Yingchuan Chen family were also great families, and there were many strategists and ministers in these two families.

The status of the Yingchuan Xun clan in the late Han Dynasty was higher than that of Hanoi Sima, and Xun Yu's grandfather Xun Shu was well-known in the world and was called Shenjun. Xun Shu has eight sons, known as the Eight Dragons. Xun Yu's father Xun Qi once served as the minister of Jinan, and his uncle Xun Shuang served as Sikong. In the early days of Cao Cao, the Xun family also relied on it very much, Xun Yu can be said to be the second person within the Cao Cao Group, Xun Yu is also Cao Cao's actual military advisor, and Xun Chen also held an important position under Yuan Shao, the Xun family is recorded in the historical records of more than 100 people, and there are many high-ranking civil officials in the central government, mainly a family of scholars and bureaucrats.

In the later period of Cao Cao, Xun Yu and Xun Yu died successively, and the Xun family had no military attaché, so it began to decline, and its influence had weakened very much when the Three Kingdoms were established.

Yingchuan Chen started from Chen Yu in the Hengling era, and there were celebrities from generation to generation, including Chen Ji, Chen Chen, Chen Qun, Chen Tai and others, among which Chen Qun had the highest status, and the Chen family actually had the status of the Xun family in the early days, but after the establishment of the Wei State, the influence of the Chen family was not weaker than that of the Xun family, especially Chen Qun, although he did not lead the troops to fight, but Chen Qun's position was very stable during the Cao Pi and Cao Rui periods, especially when Cao Rui, the other three auxiliary ministers Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Sima Yi all went out to sit on one side, Only Chen Qun is still staying in Luoyang, which shows that Emperor Ming relied on him.

In addition to the Yingchuan Chen family, in fact, the Xiapi Chen family is not weak, Chen Qiu once served as one of the three princes in the Hengling period, in the late Han Dynasty, including Wujun Taishou Chen Yu, Ruyin Taishou Chen Cong, Peiguo Xiang Chen Qi and Guangling Taishou Chen Dengdu and others belong to this family, but unfortunately Chen Deng died early in history, and the Xiapi Chen family declined.

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