Ancient China · Royal Family Member

Shensheng 申生

Attested BC 656

Passages
6
Chapters
5
Histories
4

Overview

The translated histories identify Shensheng as a named individual and royal family member. This record brings together 6 passages from 5 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shensheng 申生 Shensheng
Personal name Crown Prince Sheng 申生
Title Prince Sheng of Jin 晉申生
Personal name Shen Sheng 申生 Shen Sheng
Personal Shen Sheng 申生
Personal name Sheng 申生 Shen Sheng
Personal name Shensheng 申生 Shēnshēng

Identity

Historicity
Uncertain
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Named Individual
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Attested activity

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: model of filial duty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · liaoshi:072:s0108

References in the histories

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Book of Han, Chapter 70Volume 60: Du Zhou · 1 passage
Book of Han, Chapter 90Volume 79: Feng Fengshi · 1 passage
Book of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Biographies 23: Crown Prince Minhuai · 2 passages
Book of Liang, Chapter 44Volume 44: Eleven Princes of Taizong; Two Princes of Shizu · 1 passage
History of Liao, Chapter 72Volume 72 Biographies 2: Imperial Family: Yi Zongbei, the Foreign Emperor Zhang Su, Shun Zongjun, Jin Wangaoluwo · 1 passage