Overview
The translated histories identify Shun as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Shun | 舜 | Shùn |
| Alternate | Great Shun | 大舜 | Dà Shùn |
Identity
- Historicity
- Legendary
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Uncertain
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Qualitative: legendary antiquityExplicit · liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:008:s0242
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: paragon of virtue whose followers labor in goodness; model for a filial heir · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Yao Cha (姚察)
Source notes
- Historicity: legendaryExplicit · liangshu:008:s0239, liangshu:008:s0242
References in the histories
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