Ancient China · Legendary Ruler

Shun 舜

Shùn

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shun was a Legendary Ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 8

Events and relationships

Charged Houji regarding hunger of the people
Administrative · Ruler
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 8
Relation Superior of · Person Hou Ji (后稷)
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 8

Source notes

Historicity legendary
Directly stated · Book of Han 26, passage 8

References in the histories

Book of Han, Chapter 26Volume 24a: Treatise on Trade 1 · 1 passage

堯命四子以「敬授民時」，舜命后稷以「黎民祖飢」，是為政首。 Yao ordered the Four Sons to "reverently give the people the seasons," and Shun charged Houji with the saying that "the common people first suffered hunger"; these matters stood at the head of government.