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A military expedition sent to Táiwān by a ruler of this family led by Wèi Wēn and Zhūgé Zhí (“chu-guh chuh”) has been used to support modern Chinese ambitions towards the country. Sīmǎ Yán captured a ruler from this family and gave him the title Marquis of Guīmìng, or “he who resigns to his fate.” A woman from this family attempted to abscond with her stepson while her husband was fighting in Province. A leader from this family was either killed by being shot with arrows or crushed by boulders (15[1])while campaigning against (*) Liú Biǎo. (10[1]-5[1])For carving out a power base in Jiāngdōng, the epithet “Little Conqueror” was given to a warlord from this family (10[1])with the personal name (“tsuh”). A ruler with this family name allied with Liú Bèi to defeat Cáo Cāo (“tsao-tsao”) at (10[1])the Battle of Red Cliffs. (10[1])For 10 points, what is this family name of the rulers of the Three (-5[1])Kingdoms (10[1])state of Wú, who claimed descent from the author of The Art (-5[1])of War? ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Sūn [accept Sūn Quán, Sūn Hào, Sūn Péngzǔ, Lady Sūn, Sūn Shàngxiāng, Sūn Jiān, Sūn Cè, Sūnzǐ, or Sun Tzu]
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