Ancient China · Ruler

Shun

Dates uncertain

Passages
1
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Shun as a ruler. This record brings together 1 passage from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Shun Shun
Personal name Shun Shun

Identity

Historicity
Legendary
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: judgment · Role: exemplar · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment

Events and relationships

  • Kind: political · Role: abdicating-ruler · Action: abdicated · Label: yielding/abdication / 揖讓

Source notes

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 120Volume 120 Book of Later Zhou 22: Emperor Gong Annals · 1 passage