In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sun Qian frequently served as a diplomatic envoy.
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Sun Qian joined Liu Bei while he governed Xuzhou and stuck with him through the long refugee years, handling delicate missions to Yuan Shao and Liu Biao. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms he is a recurring minor character — always the one Liu Bei sends when tact is needed.
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The character 乾 here is read Qián, not gān. 乾 was simplified to 干 (gān) when meaning 'dry', but retained as 乾 (qián) when meaning 'heaven; male principle' — including in personal names like this one. Don't read this as 'Sūn Gān'.
