Shun
舜
Source:
wikipedia.com
- Also known as
- Emperor Shun King Shun Yaoxu
- Book mentions
- 16
Roles:
king
Factions:
Youyu-shi
(primary)
Links:
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Appears in 9 chapters:
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Chapter 8
— Wang Yun Prepares The Chaining Scheme; Dong Zhuo Rages At Phoenix Pavilion.
Cited in Wang Yun's astrology speech: as Shun succeeded Yao and Yu continued Shun, so should Dong Zhuo receive the decree of Heaven.
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Chapter 17
— Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces.
King Shun, claimed as the Yuan family's ancestor in Yuan Shu's earth-receives-fire justification for taking the throne.
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Chapter 23
— Mi Heng Slips His Garment And Rails At Traitors; Ji Ping Pledges To Kill The Prime Minister.
Cited in Mi Heng's boast that he could make his prince the rival of Kings Yao and Shun.
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Chapter 34
— Behind The Screen, Lady Cai Overhears A Secret; Across The Tan Torrent, The Dilu Horse Carries Its Master.
The sage king whose mother dreamed of a jade bird before his birth - Xun You's precedent for reading the unearthed bronze bird as a felicitous omen.
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Chapter 80
— Cao Pi Deposes The Emperor, Taking Away The Fortunes of Han; Liu Bei Assumes The Throne, Continuing The Heritage.
Received the empire from Yao and passed it to Yu — the middle link of the precedent chain recited over the dying Han.
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Chapter 96
— Shedding Tears, Zhuge Liang Puts Ma Su To Death; Cutting Hair, Zhou Fang Beguiles Cao Xiu.
Invoked by Ma Su in his plea for mercy — the sage king who employed Yu after executing Yu's father, the precedent for sparing a useful man whose kin has been put to death.
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Chapter 100
— Raiding A Camp, The Shu Soldiers Defeat Cao Zhen; Contesting Array Battles, Zhuge Liang Shames Sima Yi.
Alluded to in Sima Yi's legitimacy argument as the recipient of Yao's abdication, the precedent offered for Cao Pi taking the throne from Han.
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Chapter 105
— The Lord of Wuxiang Leaves A Plan In The Silken Bag; The Ruler of Wei Removes The Bronze Statue With The Dew Bowl.
Named in Yang Fu's roll of the four sage rulers Cao Rui should be following - 'Kings Yao, Yu, Shun, and Tang' - against the four builders who lost their empires.
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Chapter 106
— Suffering Defeat, Gongsun Yuan Meets His Death; Pretending Illness, Sima Yi Deceives Cao Shuang.
Cited by Guan Lu as the model ruler served by modest men — 'Gao Kai and Gao Yuan aided King Shun' — the first half of the contrast with He Yan.