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In the Classic of History, one of the Five Classics, the initial chapters deal with Yao, Shun and Yu. Of his many contributions, Yao is said to have invented the game of Weiqi (Go), reportedly to favorably influence his vicious playboy son Danzhu. [14] After the customary three-year mourning period after Yao's death, Shun named Danzhu as the ...
Shun's clan name (姓) is Yao (姚), his lineage name (氏) is Youyu (有虞).His given name was Chonghua (重華).Shun is sometimes referred to as the Great Shun (大舜) or as Yu Shun or Shun of Yu (虞舜), "Yu" being the name of his fief, which he received from Yao.
Emperor Yao abdicated and chose Emperor Shun as his successor. [2] Chinese archaeologist Feng Shi (冯時; 馮時) argues Qi of Xia had violently seized power and established a hereditary system after the death of his father Yu the Great, he argues this with traces of violence discovered around that time. [3]
Shun succeeded in obtaining royal favour married Yao's daughter, and became emperor. According to the ancient Chinese text Han Feizi ( 韓非子 ) it was said that after the death of Yao "When the princes went to an audience at court, they did not present themselves before Danzhu, but before Shun; litigants did not go before Danzhu, but Shun ...
Emperor Shun, who reigned after Yao, was so impressed by Yu's engineering work and diligence that he passed the throne to Yu instead of to his own son. Yu is said to have initially declined the throne, but was so popular with other local lords and chiefs that he agreed to become the new emperor, at age 53.
The two are Anthony Yao Shun of Jining and Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Zhoucun, officials said at a press conference. Two mainland China bishops to attend big Vatican meeting after tensions Skip to ...
Two other descendants of Zhuanxu were also named: one is Zhuanxu's son Qiongchan (窮蟬), from whom descended Emperor Shun; the other is Gun, father of Yu the Great. Emperor Yao had also criticised Gun for being incompetent and ruinous. Qiongchan was a commoner, though there is no account of his fall from grace.
The "Annals of the Five Emperors" (五帝本紀) section of Records of the Grand Historian mentioned: . Shun felt that the land north of Ji Province was too wide, so he created Bing Province; Yan and Qi were too vast and distant, so he formed You Province out of Yan, and Ying Province out of Qi, hence there were the Twelve Provinces.