Ancient China · Ancient Sage-King

Shun 舜

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shun was an Ancient Sage-King.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Epithet	august Yu	皇虞

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 131

References in the histories

Book of Liang, Chapter 6Volume 6: Emperor Jing · 3 passages

雖大功在舜，盛績維禹，巍巍蕩蕩，無得而稱。 Though his merit matched Shun and his achievement only Yu, he was vast beyond naming.

來獻白環，豈直皇虞之世； White rings came as tribute—was that only in the age of august Yu?

今便遜位別宮，敬禪于陳，一依唐虞、宋齊故事。 Now I yield the throne to a separate palace and respectfully abdicate to Chen, following the stories of Tang and Yu, Song and Qi.