Lady Sun, or more famously Sun Shangxiang (simplified Chinese: 孙尚香; traditional Chinese: 孫尚香; pinyin: Sūn Shàngxiāng) as she is called in Chinese opera and in contemporary culture, lived during the Three Kingdoms era of China. She was the daughter of the warlord, Sun Jian. She had five brothers, the most notable being the two eldest, Sun Ce and Sun Quan, both of whom subsequently became warlords south of the Yangtze River. She is often depicted as a tomboy, as she received extensive martial arts training and her maidservants all wielded weapons, which was strange for her time[citation needed].
She was wed to Liu Bei as his third wife, supposedly to secure the alliance between Sun Quan and Liu Bei. When Liu Bei turned west to attack the land of Sichuan, Sun Quan sent ships to bring her back
