Shun (舜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shun was a ruler.

PeriodAncient China

IdentityLegendary · Male

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Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 21

Works and attributed material

Literary allusion · Subject of rhyme phrase · Speaker Lu Zhi (盧質)
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 21

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 93, passage 21

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 93Volume 93 Book of Later Jin 19: Biographies 8: Lu Zhi, Li Zhuanmei, Lu Zhan, Cui Zhuo, Xue Rong, Cao Guozhen, Zhang Renyuan, Zhao Xi, Li Xia, Yin Yuyu, Zheng Yunsou · 1 passage

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會覆試進士，質以「後從諫則聖」為賦題，以「堯、舜、禹、湯傾心求過」為韻，舊例賦韻四平四側，質所出韻乃五平三側，由是大為識者所誚。 When the repeat examination for presented scholars was held, Zhi set the fu topic "He who later follows remonstrance is sage" with the rhyme phrase "Yao, Shun, Yu, and Tang bent their hearts to seek their faults." By precedent fu rhymes required four level tones and four oblique tones, but Zhi's set had five level and three oblique, and learned opinion mocked him roundly for it.