Ancient China · Ruler

Shun 舜

Shùn

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shun was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 21

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Later Han 38, passage 21

References in the histories

Book of Later Han, Chapter 38Volume 33: Biographies of Zhu, Feng, Yu, Zheng, Zhou · 1 passage

惜乎棄休令之嘉名，造梟鴟之逆謀，捐傳世之慶祚，招破敗之重災，高論堯、舜之道，不忍桀、紂之性，生為世笑，死為愚鬼，不亦哀乎！ What a waste—to trade a good name for treason fit for birds of prey, to throw away lasting fortune and court ruin, to preach Yao and Shun while indulging a temper worthy of Jie and Zhou: mocked in life, a fool in death—is that not tragedy?