Ancient China · Ruler

Shun 舜

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shun was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Yu	虞

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passages 109-110

Events and relationships

Charged Yu
Ritual · Abdicator · With Yu the Great (大禹)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 110
Received mandate from Yao
Ritual · Successor · With Emperor Yao (帝堯)
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 109

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 117, passage 109

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 117Volume 100a: Afterword and Family History 1 · 3 passages

昔在帝堯之禪曰：「咨爾舜，天之曆數在爾躬。」 When Emperor Yao yielded the throne he said, "Shun, the numbered seasons of Heaven now sit on you."

舜亦以命禹。 Shun passed the same charge to Yu.

臮于稷𢍆，咸佐唐虞，光濟四海，奕世載德，至于湯武，而有天下。 Through ministers such as Hou Ji and Xie the virtue of Yao and Shun spread across the seas, generation on generation, until Tang of Shang and Wu of Zhou inherited the whole realm.