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Overview The translated histories identify Emperor Shun as a royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
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Emperor Shun
順祖
Shunzu
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Emperor Shun
順祖
Shunzu
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Child of Emperor Xizu (僖祖) Kinship Term: forefather / 祖考Parentage: biologicalSubject Role: fatherObject Role: sonLine: paternal
Parent of Emperor Yi (翼祖) Kinship Term: forefather / 祖考Parentage: biologicalSubject Role: fatherObject Role: sonLine: paternal
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History of Song, Chapter 107 Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 5 passages
又言：「太廟禘祭神位，已尊始祖居東向之位，自順祖而下，昭、穆各以南北為序。
They further reported: "At the dì sacrifice in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the founding ancestor now occupies the east-facing seat; from Emperor Shun downward, the zhao and mu lines are ordered north and south respectively.
閏十月，權禮部侍郎許及之言：「僖、順、翼、宣四祖，為太 祖之祖考，所遷之主，恐不得藏於子孫之廟。
In the intercalary tenth month, Acting Vice Minister Xu Jizhi stated: "Emperors Xi, Shun, Yi, and Xuan, as Taizu's forebears—their removed tablets probably ought not be stored in descendants' temples.
今順、翼二祖藏於西夾室，實居太廟太祖之右。
Emperors Shun and Yi are now stored in the western side chamber, actually to Taizu's right in the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
於是詔有司集議，吏部尚書 兼侍讀鄭僑等言：「僖祖當用唐興聖之制，立為別廟，順祖、翼祖、宣祖之主皆祔藏焉。
An edict ordered deliberation. Zheng Qiao, Minister of Personnel and Imperial Reader, and others stated: "Emperor Xi should follow the Tang system for Emperor Xingsheng as a separate temple, with Emperors Shun, Yi, and Xuan enshrined there.
慶元二年四月，禮部太常寺言：「已於太廟之 西，別建僖祖廟，及告遷僖、順、翼、宣帝後神主詣僖祖廟奉安。
In the fourth month of the second year of Qingyuan, the Ministry of Rites and Court of Imperial Sacrifices reported: "A separate temple for Emperor Xi has been built west of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and the tablets of Emperors Xi, Shun, Yi, and Xuan have been escorted there for installation.