Ancient China · Ruler

Shun 舜

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shun was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passages 61-62

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 62, passage 62

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 62Volume 62: Book of Wu 17: Biographies of Shi Yi and Hu Zong · 2 passages

高辛誅共，舜征有苗，啟有甘師，湯有鳴條。 Emperor Ku slew Gonggong; Shun chastised the Miao; Qi mustered the host of Gan; Tang struck at Mingtiao.

乃自在昔，黃、虞是祖，越歷五代，繼世在下。 From high antiquity, claiming the Yellow Emperor and Shun as forebears, your house endured five ages of exile before rising again.