Ancient China · Ruler

Shun 舜

Legendary antiquity

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

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Shun was a ruler.

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legendary antiquity
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 21

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 1 passage

危亂而可諱忘，則進苦口於堯舜，為無疾呻吟，陳隱患於聖明，為不祥舉動。 If danger may be hushed up and forgotten, then offering bitter counsel even to Yao and Shun would be called feigned groaning without illness, and warning of hidden perils before a sage ruler would be deemed an ill-omened act.