Ancient China · Official

Gun 鯀

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gun was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 133

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 39, passage 133

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 39Volume 39: Book of Shu 9: Biographies of Dong, Liu, Ma, Chen, Dong, and Lü · 1 passage

〈襄陽記曰：謖臨終與亮書曰：「明公視謖猶子，謖視明公猶父，原深惟殛鯀興禹之義，使平生之交不虧於此，謖雖死無恨於黃壤也。」〈The Xiangyang ji records Ma Su’s dying letter: “You have treated me as a son and I have honored you as a father. Remember how Yu rose though Gun was punished—do not let our bond end in bitterness; then I can rest easy beneath the sod.”