Qin and Han · Rebel

Chen Sheng 陳勝

Attested BC 209

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Chen Sheng was a rebel.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 209 勝廣之憂
Dated from the passage context · Book of Jin 80, passage 57

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Rebelled against
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 57

Events and relationships

Invoked as warning
Rebellion · Rebel exemplar
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 57

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Book of Jin 80, passage 57

References in the histories

Book of Jin, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 50: Wang Xizhi · 1 passage

自頃年割剝遺黎，刑徒竟路，殆同秦政，惟未加參夷之刑耳，恐勝廣之憂，無復日矣。 For years the remnant population has been bled white; shackled convicts choke the highways—policy almost as harsh as the Qin, short only of mass executions by kinship. I fear a Chen Sheng and Wu Guang–style uprising may not be far off.