Shun (舜) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shun was a ruler.

PeriodAncient China

IdentityLegendary

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Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 306

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 153, passage 306

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 153Volume 149 Biographies 99: Yu Xiulie, Ling Huhuan, Gui Chongjing, Xi Zhi, Zhang Jian, Jiang Yi, Liu Deng, Shen Chuanshi · 1 passage

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臣恐君子是非，史官褒貶，大明忽虧於掩蝕，至德翻後於堯、舜，不其惜哉！ I fear that gentlemen's judgments and the historiographers' praise and blame will find sudden brilliance obscured and supreme virtue falling behind Yao and Shun—is this not lamentable!