Overview
The translated histories identify Gusou as a family member. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gusou | 瞽叟 | Gusou |
| Personal name | Gusou | 瞽叟 | Gǔsǒu |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0009
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:013:s261
Roles
- Family Member
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · shiji:013:s261, xinwudaishi:020:s0009
Family
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- Parent of Shun (舜)Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
- Parent of Emperor Shun (帝舜)Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
- Child of Jiaoniu (蟜牛)Kinship Term: fathered / 生 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: child · Line: paternal
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · xinwudaishi:020:s0009
References in the histories
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