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 及陳勝、項梁等起
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 4

Places and affiliations

Polity Qin 秦 · Relation Rebelled against
Strongly inferred · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 4

Events and relationships

Rose in rebellion
Military · Rebel leader · With Xiang Liang (項梁)
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 4

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 97, passage 4

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 97Biographies of Li Yiji and Lu Jia · 1 passage

及陳勝、項梁等起，諸將徇地過高陽者數十人，酈生聞其將皆握齱好苛禮自用，不能聽大度之言，酈生乃深自藏匿。 When Chen Sheng, Xiang Liang, and the other rebel leaders rose up, dozens of generals passed through Gaoyang while seizing territory. Li Yiji heard that these generals were all petty men fond of rigid etiquette who acted on their own judgment and could not tolerate broad-minded counsel, so he went deep into hiding.