Ancient China · Legendary Individual

Gun 鯀

Dates uncertain

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gun was a Legendary Individual.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 25, passage 21

Career and standing

Executed
Authority Context Yao-Shun government
Directly stated · Book of Han 25, passage 21

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 25Volume 23: Treatise on Punishment and Law · 1 passage

唐虞之際，至治之極，猶流共工，放讙兜，竄三苗，殛鯀，然後天下服。 In the age of Yao and Shun, even at the height of good government, they still exiled Gonggong, banished Huandou, deported the Sanmiao, and executed Gun; only then did all under heaven submit.