Shen (晟) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shen was a ruler.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 943 to AD 958 自晟以來
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 143

Places and affiliations

Polity Southern Han 南漢 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 481, passage 143

Assessments and attributes

Assessment revelry and neglect dated from his time onward · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 143

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 481, passage 143

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 481Volume 481 Biographies 240: Hereditary Houses 4: Southern Han and Liu Clans Liu Chang (Gong Chengshu, Li Tuo, Xue Chongyu, Pan Chongche) · 1 passage

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自晟以來，耽於遊宴，城壁壕隍多飾為宮館池沼，樓艦皆毀，兵器又腐，內外震恐。 Since Shen's time he had indulged in feasts and revelry; city walls and moats were largely turned into palaces, lodges, and ponds; tower ships were destroyed and weapons left to rot — within and without, all were shaken with fear.