孙建 / Sun Jian (Xin general)

Overview

孙建 / Sun Jian (Xin general) enters the wiki through Hanji 640 as the Xin立国将军 who turns frontier defection and a false Liu claimant into a proposal for anti-Han symbolic purge. This page is disambiguated from Sun Jian, the modern computer-vision researcher, and 孙坚, the late-Han warlord.

Current Profile

Hanji 640 places Sun Jian inside 王莽’s effort to sever 新朝 from remaining Western Han memory. After 陈良 and 终带 flee to Xiongnu, and after a man falsely claims to be the Liu royal figure Liu Ziyu, Sun Jian argues that the issue is not only border betrayal.

His proposal escalates from punishment of traitors to symbolic cleansing. He recommends abolishing Han royal temples in the capital and temporarily removing Liu-surname officials from office until Xin can reappoint them. Wang Mang accepts the proposal with exceptions for meritorious Liu-lineage figures and allows some to be granted the Wang surname.

Key Characteristics

• Xin general whose current profile is grounded in one memorial episode.
• Treats frontier defection and false Han restoration claims as evidence that Han dynastic memory remains politically dangerous.
• Proposes destroying Han temple infrastructure in the capital.
• Proposes suspending Liu-surname officials as a category before selective reappointment.
• Helps convert a border-security crisis into dynastic memory severance.

Evidence

• Memorial context: Hanji 640 says Sun Jian reports Chen Liang and Zhong Dai’s flight to Xiongnu and the Liu Ziyu impostor case.
• Anti-Han recommendation: Hanji 640 says Sun Jian proposes abolishing Han rulers’ capital temples.
• Liu-surname suspension: Hanji 640 says he proposes temporarily removing Liu-surname officials pending new Xin appointment.
• Wang Mang’s acceptance: Hanji 640 says Wang Mang approves while exempting selected Liu figures and their kin.

Qualifications

The source supports Sun Jian’s memorial and its symbolic-purge function, not a full biography. His earlier career, later career, family relations, and exact title mechanics remain source-scoped.

What Changed

• Created this disambiguated Xin general page from Hanji 640.

Relationships

• 王莽 - ruler who accepts Sun Jian’s recommendation.
• 新朝 - regime Sun Jian serves.
• 陈良 and 终带 - defectors whose case Sun Jian uses in his memorial.
• 西汉 - dynastic memory field Sun Jian wants removed from capital ritual space.
• 王朝记忆切割 - concept illustrated by his temple and Liu-surname proposal.