Sun Deng (209 – 241), style name Zigao (子高), formally Crown Prince Xuan (宣太子), was a crown prince of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history. He was the oldest son of Sun Quan, founding emperor of Eastern Wu. It is known that Sun Deng was both wise and virtuous, having all the makings of a great man. He studied the Classic of Changes, and was a poet and a musician. Sun Deng was destined however never to become the future emperor of Wu and died at a young age from illness. Sun Deng married Zhou Yu's daughter and they had three children, Sun Fan, Sun Ying, and Sun Xi.
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