Ancient China · Ruler

Emperor Shun 舜

Shun

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Shun was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

died 崩
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 3

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Chen Hu Gong Man (陳胡公滿)
descendant 後
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 1
Parent of Shang Jun (商均)
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 3

Places and affiliations

At Gui Rui 媯汭 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 2

Events and relationships

Received wives from
Personal · Recipient · With Yao (堯)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 2

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 36, passage 1

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 36Houses of Chen and Qi · 4 passages

陳胡公滿者，虞帝舜之後也。 Chen Hu Gong, Man, was a descendant of Emperor Shun of Yu.

昔舜為庶人時，堯妻之二女，居于媯汭，其後因為氏姓，姓媯氏。 When Shun was still a commoner, Yao gave him his two daughters in marriage, and they lived at Gui Rui. Their descendants therefore took Gui as their clan surname.

舜已崩，傳禹天下，而舜子商均為封國。 After Shun died and transmitted the realm to Yu, Shun's son Shang Jun was given a fief.

至于周武王克殷紂，乃復求舜後，得媯滿，封之於陳，以奉帝舜祀，是為胡公。 When King Wu of Zhou conquered King Zhou of Yin, he again sought out Shun's descendants, found Gui Man, and enfeoffed him at Chen to continue the sacrifices of Emperor Shun. This was Duke Hu.