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Yao (ruler) Summary (1085 words) |
 | Shun continued to serve his father as a son should and without resentment; according to the Mengzi, his father was in the end pleased. |
| Motifs in the story of Shun's succession, such as the ruler's perception of his successor's virtue in spite of his lowly position and his willingness to rely on a man of low birth, also occur in the legends that surround the foundation of the hereditary dynasties. |
| Shun has been identified with Di ku (who gave birth to the first Shang ancestor, Xie, by means of the egg of a fl bird) and with Zhun, the husband of Xihe (who gave birth to the ten suns) and possibly the highest ancestor claimed by the Shang kings in their oracle-bone inscriptions. |
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Top Literature - Great Shun (526 words) |
| Shun (Traditional Chinese: 舜) was a legendary 23rd-22nd century BC leader of ancient China, among the Three August Ones and Five Emperors, whose half-century of rule was one of the longest in Chinese history. |
| Shun's capital was at Puban (蒲阪) (presently in Shanxi). |
| Shun is also renowned as the originator of the music called Daoshao (大韶), a symphony of nine Chinese music instruments. |
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