Lianshi Bu

Background

Bu Lianshi was born in 190 in Jiangsu province. Nothing further is known of her early years except that she was of the same clan as Chancellor Bu Zhi.

Career

When Bu Lianshi was young, her mother brought her from Huaiyin to Lujiang Commandery. However, in 199, Lujiang was conquered by the warlord Sun Ce, who controlled the territories in the Jiangdong region, after which Lady Bu moved from Lujiang to Jiangdong. In Jiangdong, Lady Bu was noticed by Sun Ce's younger brother, Sun Quan. He took her as a concubine to the virtual exclusion of his other women. However, Lady Bu was widely held in warm regard. Not of a jealous nature, she was able to retain Sun Quan’s affection.

In 229, when Sun Quan declared himself emperor and established the state of Eastern Wu, he wanted to install Lady Bu as the empress even though his subjects nominated Lady Xu to be the empress instead. Sun Quan eventually agreed to his subjects' suggestion. Despite so, in the following ten years or so, the imperial family and everyone in the palace referred to Lady Bu as the Empress. When she died in 238, Sun Quan conferred upon her the posthumous title of Empress. She was buried in Jiangling.

Achievements

• Bu Lianshi was known in Chinese history as the beloved consort of Sun Quan, who was posthumously honored as an empress.
  
  Besides, Lady Bu is first introduced as a playable character in the seventh installment of Koei's Dynasty Warriors video game series. She is referred to as "Lian Shi" in the game.

Personality

Bu Lianshi was a kind and beautiful woman.

Connections

Bu Lianshi was a concubine of Sun Quan. She bore him two daughters.

husband:

Sun Quan

Sun Quan, formally known as Emperor Da of Wu, was the founder of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

Daughter:

Sun Luban

Sun Luban was an imperial princess of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.

Daughter:

Sun Luyu

Sun Luyu was an imperial princess of the state of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of China.

References

• Empresses and Consorts: Selections from Chen Shou's Records of the Three States With Pei Songzhi's Commentary By Chen Shou. Translated by Robert Joe Cutter and William Gordon Crowell.
  1999
• Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through Sui, 1600 B.C.E. - 618 C.E This new volume of the "Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women" spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West.
  1998