Ancient China · Named Individual

Gun

Dates uncertain

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Gun as a named individual and official. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Gun Gun
Personal name Gun Gǔn

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Cause: execution · Manner: executed for seeking to do evil with Yao and Shun
    Explicit · hanshu:022:s0013

Attested activity

Career and standing

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 20Table of Ancient and Modern Persons · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 22Volume 20: Prominent People from the Past Until the Present · 1 passage