There are three mythological stories about Shun

1. Story 1 of Shun

As soon as his parents and younger brother heard that Shun was rich, they had bad intentions and devised a plot to take over Shun's property. One day, under the pretext of repairing a warehouse, they tried to burn Shun to death in the warehouse with a fire.

Unexpectedly, Shun wore the trench coat given to him by Emperor E and Lady Ying, and Shun flew away from the fire. One day, they took the excuse of digging out the well again, and wanted to throw stones down the well to drown Shun in the deep well; they didn't realize that Shun wore the dragon clothes given to him by Emperor E and Nü Ying, and Shun swam away from the bottom of the well again.

One plan did not work, two failed, they again in the name of dinner, wine poisoning, want to poison Shun; however, Shun has moth emperor, female Ying protection, let him take the immortal medicine beforehand, poisoned wine down, but also safe and sound.

2, Shun's story two

When Shun was fifty years old, Emperor Yao entrusted him with the world's affairs. He was the chief ruler of all the officials, and he made a series of great and sensational undertakings. He recommended eight talented men, including Cangshu and Shuda of the Gao Yang clan, who were called the "Eight Cadres".

Next, he recommended eight capable men from the Gaoxin clan, such as Bo Fen and Zhi Kan, known as the "Eight Yuan". These sixteen wise men helped him to assist Emperor Yao and manage the world well; he also punished the "Four Fierce Gods", who were powerful and tyrannical, at the same time as he was appointing them.

Jiu Ji, the father of the father, is the son of the father, the father of the father, is the son of the father, the father of the father, is the son of the father.

It took Yao twenty-seven years to examine, cultivate, and try him out, and it was only when he was completely at ease that he formally ceded the world to him.

3. The Story of Shun III

Shun became Yao's son-in-law, and remained as filial to his parents as ever, but this did not reform the villains. When the queen mother saw that he had become a family man, with two beautiful wives and a herd of cattle and sheep, and that the king of the country thought so highly of him, she was very jealous of him.

So she brought Xiang to her, and the two of them devised a plan to kill Shun. The two of them had long been coveting his two beautiful sisters-in-law, so mother and son hit it off right away. In the evening, the cruel woman told the blind old man, who had Shun's property in mind, and nodded his head in agreement.

One day, the elephant came to Shun's house and said to him, "Brother, father asked you to help repair the barn tomorrow, don't forget to come early!" Shun, who was threshing wheat in front of the door, happily agreed. After the elephant left, E Huang and Nü Ying hurried out of the house and said, "You can't go, they're going to burn you to death!"

"What should we do? Father called the matter, can not not go ah!" Shun was a bit embarrassed. E Huang and Nü Ying thought about it and said, "Never mind, go! We have a colorful garment painted with bird-shaped patterns, which was gifted by the Nine Heavenly Maidens in that year, you can put it on and turn the danger into a blessing."

The next morning, Shun put on the colorful godly garment, took his tools and left. A few bad guys saw Shun wearing colorful clothes to send him to his death. They laughed in their hearts. The elephant set up a ladder next to the barn and told Shun to climb to the top of the barn.

Shun saw that there were a few leaks on the roof, so he tried to fix them. But when he suddenly removed the ladder and brought in bundles of firewood with his mother, he surrounded the barn and then frantically set fire to it, and the fire immediately burst into flames.

Shun shouted hurriedly from above, "Father, mother, what are you doing?" The queen mother laughed viciously and said, "My son, I'm sending you to heaven! Don't you want to be the son of heaven? Haha, haha ......"

Elephant said while fanning the fire, "After you go to heaven, don't miss your sister-in-law, I will take good care of them. Haha, haha ......" "Haha, haha ......" The blind golem giggled along.

Only the little sister fruit tatami hand did not laugh, standing in the distance staring blankly. The smoke was thick and the fire was blazing. Shun knew that he could no longer escape, and thought to himself: he had always been filial to his parents and touched people with virtue.

He had not done anything wrong, but now he was going to be burned to death by the fire, God is too merciless! Thinking of this, he opened his arms and looked up to the sky and shouted, "God, save me!"

Strange as it may seem, just as he opened his arms and revealed the bird-shaped pattern on his colorful clothes, he suddenly transformed into a colorful phoenix in the red-hot firelight, quacking and screaming as he flew up into the sky.

The villains were stunned at the sight. A moment later, the colorful phoenix landed in Shun's courtyard and turned into Shun again, dressed in the colorful god's clothes.

4. The Story of Shun IV

The plot to burn Shun to death under the barn did not succeed, but the villains would not give up. After a while of plotting, another evil trap was prepared. This time it was the blind father himself.

"My son," said the blind old man, sitting on the edge of Shun's kang, pointing at the ground with a bamboo stick, with a thick face, "the other day, it was all your mother and your brother's doing, but father didn't know, and I scolded them." Shun smiled meekly and made no sound.

"This time father again something to find you, father yard that well for many years not panning, the water is not taste, tomorrow you go to help panning." "Father, don't worry, tomorrow I will go early."

After the goze left, Shun told his wives about Father's visit to him to pan the well. The two wives were busy saying; "You can't go, they will drown you." Shun said, "Father himself came to look for him, how can I not go?"

The two wives discussed for a while and said, "It doesn't matter, go! We have a garment painted with colorful patterns in the shape of a dragon. It was a gift from the Dragon King of the East Sea back then. You wear it inside, and when you are in danger, take off the outer garment, and a miracle will happen."

The next morning, Shun put on the dragon-shaped colorful garment that his wife had brought out close to him, and took his tools with him to pan the well for his father. A few villains saw that Shun did not wear the red and green colorful clothes, and they were secretly happy, thinking: this time, I'll tell you to go up to the sky and enter the earth!

The elephant brought a big rope, tied it around Shun's waist, and lowered him down from the well. The rope was suddenly cut in the middle of the well, and Shun fell into the bottom of the well with a thud.

But because he was prepared, he quickly took off his coat, and a miracle happened: he immediately turned into a swimming dragon with golden scales, drilled down the well into the underground yellow spring, and then freely came out from the mouth of the well of another house.

The villains cut the rope, then threw stones into the well and filled it with earth, making it flat and solid, and stepped on it again and again. They thought they had accomplished a great work, and were so happy that they were almost mad with joy.

5. Shun's Story V

Legend has it that when Emperor Shun was a citizen of the ancient times, he ploughed his land under the Doosan Mountain in Wuxi. There is a beautiful and touching legend of Emperor Shun in Doushan. It is said that Emperor Shun, one of the founding fathers of the Chinese nation, ploughed in the Doosan Mountain, and his spirit of hard labor touched the heaven.

Heavens sent him favorable weather and sent elephants to plow the land for him, and sparrows to sow grain for him. He loved and cared for the people and benefited them: "Moistening heaven and earth, recognizing the weather, pitying the living beings, protecting all creatures, loving the animals and birds, and amicable to the friends".

Shun advocated the public morality of "harmony between heaven and man, and the ****ing glory of all things". Shun also diligently assisted Emperor Yao in governing the world, working hard for 28 years, and was trusted and utilized by Emperor Yao.

Finally, he took him as his successor and ceded to Shun as the head of the tribal alliance (the throne), ushering in the era of peace and prosperity known as "Tang Yao, Yu and Shun" in ancient history.

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Classic story of Shun

Shun, as the leader of the tribal confederation of ancient China, was born in about 2100 B.C.E. He was the eighth grandson of the Yellow Emperor, his name was Chonghua, and his character was Dujun, one of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" in ancient China. He was one of the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" of ancient China. According to some historical legends, Shun had a double pupil and was good at making pottery. He was recommended by the Four Mountains, and only after many tests was he recognized by Yao, who eventually abdicated the position of chief of the tribal alliance to him. Shun was a modest person, able to take advice with an open mind, and did a lot of facts after he succeeded as the leader of the alliance. For example, he punished sycophants, appointed wise ministers, exiled the four evils, etc., which enabled the people to live in peace and work happily, and created the situation of political smoothness and harmony, and he was called by the later generations as the progenitor of the Chinese moral culture, and was an important pusher in pushing barbarism to civilization. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (史记), "The world's bright virtues all began with Yu Shun" (虞舜). From this, we can see that Shun had a very high status in Chinese history and was always regarded by Sima Qian as "the most ideal monarch". There are many legendary stories about Shun, for example, when he ploughed in Alexandria, even the heaven was touched by his hardworking spirit. He not only sent him a favorable climate, but also sent elephants to plough his land, and sparrows to help him sow grain, with the reputation of "moistening heaven and earth, recognizing the weather, showing compassion for all living beings, protecting all creatures, loving animals and beasts, and making good relations with friends", and advocating the concept of "harmony between heaven and man, and the glory of all things***". The concept of "harmony between heaven and man, and the ****ing glory of all things" has always been highly respected. It is said that after assisting Yao in governing the world for 28 years, he successfully passed Yao's test and was reappointed as his successor, and in the end, he directly abdicated his position as the head of the tribal alliance to him, ushering in the peaceful and prosperous era of "Tang Yao, Yu and Shun" in ancient history. Although the story of Shun's hard work moving heaven is only a spoof legend, the folk song "Shun Ke Tian Zi sits in the Dragon Pavilion, and the people of the world enjoy peace" has been passed down. It is said that the remains of the "Plowing Place of Emperor Shun", the "Rain Sheltering Stone", and the "Palladium Seal" are still preserved in the Alexandrian Mountains for future generations to admire. The historical legend of Shun's plowing first appeared in Mozi Shangxianzhong: "Anciently, Shun ploughed Alexandra Mountain, Tao Hejian, and fished Leize. Later on, there were some legends about Shun plowing the mountains in the writings of the hundred schools of thought. It was in the Western Han Dynasty that Shun really became known to the future generations, and it was then that Tai Shi Gong's collation and retelling of the historical legends of Shun in the "Records of the Grand Historian of the Five Emperors" made more and more people aware of the historical legends of Shun.

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Mythological Stories About Shun

Legend has it that Shun was famous when he was 20 years old, and he was known for his filial behavior. He was praised in his youth because he was able to hold fast to his filial piety to his abusive and persecuting parents. After 10 years, Yao asked Siyue (the head of the four vassals) for a candidate to succeed him, and Siyue recommended Shun. Yao married his two daughters to Shun to check his character and ability. Shun not only made his two daughters live in harmony with the whole family, but also showed his excellent ability and noble character strength in all aspects: "Shun plowed the Calendar Mountain, and all the people in the Calendar Mountain gave way to the shore; he fished in Leize, and all the people in Leize gave way to the residence", and as long as it was the place where he was working, the custom of giving way would be aroused; "Tao Riverside, and all the utensils in Riverside were not bitter and useless", and "Tao Riverside, and all the utensils in Riverside were not bitter and useless". The people around him were also motivated to work hard and strive for excellence in making pottery, thus putting an end to the phenomenon of shoddy workmanship. Wherever he went, people were willing to follow him, so "in one year, his residence became a gathering (a gathering is a village); in two years, it became a euphony; and in three years, it became Chengdu (the capital of four counties)". Yao was very happy to learn about this, and gave Shun linen clothes and qin, cattle and sheep, and also built a barn for him. When Shun received these rewards, goze and elephants were very eager, and they wanted to kill Shun and take possession of the goods. Goze asked Shun to repair the roof of the barn, but he set fire to the barn underneath. Shun jumped off the roof with two hats as wings and survived. Later, goze asked Shun to dig a well, and when the well was deep enough, goze and elephants filled the well with earth, trying to block it and bury Shun alive in it. Fortunately, Shun was alerted in advance and dug a passage next to the well shaft, through which he hid for a while. When goze and Xiang thought the plot was successful, Xiang said that he had come up with the idea to ask for qin when dividing things, and that he also wanted Yao's two daughters to be his wives, and to give his parents the cattle, sheep and barns. The elephant moved into Shun's house and played Shun's zither. When Shun went to see him, the elephant was shocked and unhappy, but his mouth said, "I am thinking of Shun is Yu Tao!" Shun did not take it to heart, but, as usual, he was filial to his parents and friendly to his brothers; and he was more sincere and prudent than before. Later, Yao asked Shun to participate in political affairs, manage the officials, receive guests, and undergo all kinds of trials and tribulations. Shun not only handled the government affairs in an orderly manner, but also made improvements in hiring people. Yao failed to employ the "eight yuan" and "eight kai", who had long had a good reputation, and Shun made the "eight yuan" in charge of land and the "eight kai" in charge of education. "tube indoctrination; and" four evil clan "that is, the emperor hong's not talented son of Hun Dun, Shaohao's not talented son of poor qi, Zhuanxu's not talented son of blockhead, Jinyun's not talented son of taotie, although infamous, but yao failed to dispose of, shun will be" four evil clan Shun exiled the "four ferocious clans" to remote and barbaric places. The implementation of these measures shows Shun's strategy of governance and political talent.

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Historical Legendary Stories About Shun

On the bank of the Dam River (near Yangling in present-day Pingli's Xihe Township), there was a Shun family granary. Autumn came, and the fall harvest was about to take place. The Queen Mother assigned Shun to clean and repair the granary, saying that she would prepare the grain for the fall harvest. Because of the mistreatment by his wife, Shun often did not have enough food to eat. On this day, Shun came to the granary early in the morning to clean and repair the work, it was already after noon and had not eaten breakfast, tired and hungry, could not help but fall asleep on the barn. Just when he was sleeping sweetly, he was suddenly awakened by the burning fire in the granary. It was early fall, the sun was blazing in the sky, occasionally accompanied by gusts of river wind. Seeing the fire in the barn, Shun did not know that there was a conspiracy to harm him, and rushed left and right to extinguish the fire. However, the fire borrowed the wind and the wind helped the fire, so he had to abandon the barn and run for his life as he saw that there was no hope to put out the fire. But he never expected, the only can go out into the door has long been the stepmother locked. In the middle of the emergency, suddenly heard someone behind the room shouted: Shun brother please quickly on the roof from the acacia tree behind the room to take refuge! Shun recluse sound quickly down the stone staircase on the back of the building, turned on the roof, came to the back of the eaves, see just a branch of the acacia tree straight out of the back of the eaves of the house on the side, a closer look, it turned out to be the little sister site of the acacia tree is in a hurry to beckon to him straight. Shun did not have time to think about it, reached out and grabbed the acacia branch and threw it violently, and then swung on the tree. At that time, I heard the utilize hand little sister crying and saying: Brother Shun does not know, this is all mother set up a scheme to harm you. Fortunately, the tree saved your life. Now, you must not go out, they invited several arsonists still guarding the front door, to see the house burning before letting go. I have brought you some dry food to feed you, so climb up to the top of the tree to avoid them, and wait until it is dark to run for your life! Shun listened silently and appreciated his sister's sincerity and good intention, so he climbed up to the top of the tree and hid himself, let's not talk about it now. But Shun escaped from several robberies and did not die, and then he became an emperor and became a great man. One day, Shun came to have saved his life under the big acacia tree, burned incense and bowed to worship, sealing the big acacia tree for ten thousand years of God tree. It bears seeds all year round, and its green skin does not age. The world has found that the locust tree, whether in the hot summer or in the cold winter, has an evergreen bark, flourishing branches and leaves, and bears seeds every year. According to folklore, this is the reason why the tree was honored by Emperor Yu Shun! Legend of King Shun's Monument King Shun's Monument, known as "King Shun's Dragon Monument", engraved with seven large characters "Emperor Shun Yu Yu's Tomb", originally on the three-quarter stone, and then relocated to the side of the Shun Temple on the edge of Dayang Creek. There is a legend about the reason for the relocation.　According to the legend, when Emperor Shun was in his reign, nine evil dragons came out from the Jiu Doubt Mountain, which were in the "Coiling Dragon Cave" and "Jiu Doubt Rock", endangering the people and living beings. Emperor Shun heard of this and went on a southward tour, walking along the three Xiang and four waters, looking at the five mountain ranges and three mountains, and finally came to the Nine Doubtful Mountains. He led the people to fight for three years and killed four dragons in the Nine Doubtful Rocks; then he fought for three years and killed four dragons in the Coiling Dragon Cave. Then he killed four dragons in Panglong Cave for three years, and then killed the old dragon in Tianhu Pond of Sanfeng Rock for another three years. Emperor Shun fought hard for nine years and finally fell sick at the bottom of Sanfeng Shi. When he was on his deathbed, his minister Gaotao asked him what he wanted, and he said, "He should not be buried thickly, as long as he chooses a yellow soil height under the Sanfeng Stone, and buries it in a tile coffin with cloth clothes." Finally, he pointed his finger to the Heavenly Lake Pond on the Three Peaks Stone, and the dragon drove back to heaven. After Shun's death, people carved a 3,000-catty dragon monument under the Three Peaks Stone. Gaotao thought that this place was too dangerous and it would be better to move to the Danyang River. On the day of the ceremony, the monument was too heavy for thirty strong men to carry. At this time, several white cranes flew from the sky and two elephants came from the ground. The elephants rolled up the tombstone with their trunks and left, with the white cranes leading the way. When walking to the Xiongjia Mountain Yellow Dragon Cave, suddenly, from the hole out of a white-haired old man, smiling, said: "Born in the emperor's city, died in the Nine Doubtful Mountains, white cranes to lead the way, elephants to carry the funeral." Said shook himself into a yellow dragon, teeth and claws, do not allow the burial here. Elephant had to go forward again, past the horseshoe pass, through the big pond, came to a big rock in front. This rock is very peculiar, 300 feet high, straight up to the sky. Rock shape like a dragon, dragon horns, dragon eyes, dragon whiskers, dragon teeth are complete. There are two dragon springs in the west of the mountain. White Horse Immortal will also be the top of the peak with a pile of rocks, a crown, a jade belt on the mountain. This is really the place where the dragon dives and the phoenix lives. When the elephant put the dragon tablet, the tablet was 3 feet into the ground and stood squarely in the center. So, the emperor shun dragon body under the stone can, built on the tile coffin, flocks of white cranes, all the four sides of the purple mussel shells, put full of tile coffin, which is the "tile coffin shell mound" origin.　Gaotao hut for the nunnery, has been guarded in front of the Shun mausoleum. After his death, he was transformed into a green pine, growing on the rocky side of the tomb, standing like a general, guarding Emperor Shun, who has been sleeping underground.

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The Story of Shun According to legend, Shun's family was very humble. According to legend, Shun's family lineage was very humble. Although he was a descendant of Emperor Zhuan Xiang, he was a commoner for five generations and was in the lower class of society. Shun's fate was even more unfortunate, as his father, Goze, was blind, and his mother died at an early age. His mother died at an early age. Goze remarried and his stepmother gave birth to a younger brother named Xiang. Shun lived in a family environment in which his father was a stubborn man, his mother was arrogant, and his brother was proud. His father was evil, his stepmother was double-crossing, and his brother was arrogant and untamed, all of whom conspired to kill Shun; however, Shun did not lose his filial piety to his parents, and he was friendly with his brother for many years. When his family wanted to harm him, Shun escaped in time; when he got a little better, he returned to them and helped them as much as possible, so he "wanted to kill, but couldn't get it; that is to say, he sought, but he tasted (often) on the side". With such an unfortunate life and such a bad environment, Shun was able to show extraordinary character and handle family relations well, which is one aspect of his unique character in the legendary story. This is one of the unique aspects of his legendary story. Shun's family was poor, so he engaged in various kinds of manual labor and had a rough experience. He plowed and planted in Alexandria (east of Ruicheng County, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, today), fished in Leize (Shouyang Township, Yongji City, Shanxi Province, today), and made pottery along the banks of the Yellow River. In short, he had a hard time making a living, and he was displaced from one place to another in order to provide for his family. Legend has it that Shun became famous when he was 20 years old, and he was known for his filial behavior. He was praised in his youth because he was able to hold fast to his filial piety to his abusive and persecuting parents. After 10 years, Yao asked Siyue (the head of the four vassals) for a candidate to succeed him, and Siyue recommended Shun. Yao married his two daughters to Shun to check his character and ability. Shun not only made his two daughters live in harmony with the whole family, but also showed his excellent ability and noble character strength in all aspects: "Shun ploughed the Calendar Mountain, and all the people in the Calendar Mountain gave way to the shore; he fished in Leize, and all the people in Leize gave way to the residence", and as long as it was the place where he was working, the custom of courtesy and concession was aroused; "Tao Riverside, and all the utensils in Riverside were not bitter and useless", and "Tao Riverside, and all the utensils in Riverside were not bitter and useless". The people around him were also motivated to work hard and strive for excellence in making pottery, thus putting an end to the phenomenon of shoddy workmanship. Wherever he went, people were willing to follow him, so "in one year, his residence became a gathering (a gathering is a village); in two years, it became a euphony; and in three years, it became Chengdu (the capital of four counties)". Yao was very happy to learn about this, and gave Shun linen clothes and qin, cattle and sheep, and also built a barn for him. When Shun received these rewards, goze and elephants were very eager, and they wanted to kill Shun and take possession of the goods. Goze asked Shun to repair the roof of the barn, but he set fire to the barn underneath. Shun jumped off the roof with two hats as wings and survived. Later, goze asked Shun to dig a well, and when the well was deep enough, goze and elephants filled the well with earth, trying to block it and bury Shun alive in it. Luckily, Shun was alerted and dug a passage next to the well shaft, through which he hid for a while. When goze and Xiang thought the plot was successful, Xiang said that he had come up with the idea to ask for qin when dividing things, and that he also wanted Yao's two daughters to be his wives, and to give his parents the cattle, sheep and barns. The elephant moved into Shun's house and played Shun's zither. When Shun went to see him, the elephant was shocked and unhappy, but his mouth said, "I am thinking of Shun is Yu Tao!" Shun did not take it to heart, but, as usual, he was filial to his parents and friendly to his brothers; and he was more sincere and prudent than before. Later, Yao asked Shun to participate in political affairs, manage all officials, receive guests, and undergo all kinds of trials and tribulations. Shun not only handled the government affairs in an orderly manner, but also improved the way he employed people. Yao failed to employ the "eight yuan" and "eight kai", who had long had a good reputation, and Shun made the "eight yuan" in charge of land and the "eight kai" in charge of education. "tube indoctrination; and" four evil clan "that is, the emperor hong's not talented son of Hun Dun, Shaohao's not talented son of poor qi, Zhuanxu's not talented son of blockhead, Jinyun's not talented son of taotie, although infamous, but yao failed to dispose of, shun will be" four evil clan Shun exiled the "four ferocious clans" to remote and barbaric places. The implementation of these measures shows Shun's strategy of governance and political talent. After many tests, Shun was finally recognized by Yao. On an auspicious day, a grand ceremony was held, in which Yao was succeeded by Shun, who was referred to in the Shangshu (Book of Songs) as "finally succeeded by Wenzu". It is also said that Shun took Yao's place in the administration of the Son of Heaven, and although he had the power of the Son of Heaven, he did not have the title of the Son of Heaven. One legend that differs greatly from these two is that Shun imprisoned Yao and did not allow his son Dan Zhu to meet with him, and then Shun himself became the son of heaven, similar to the palace coup and usurpation of power in later times. After Shun came to power, legend has it that there were a series of major political actions and an inspiring atmosphere of governance. He revised the calendar and held ceremonies to worship God, the four seasons of heaven and earth, and the gods of mountains and rivers; he also collected the letter kyu of his vassals, and then chose an auspicious day, summoned the heads of his vassals, held a grand ceremony, and reissued the letter kyu. The year he took the throne, he went to all over the patrol, sacrificed to the famous mountains, summoned the vassals, and examined the people's situation; he also stipulated that he would patrol once in the next five years, examined the performance of the vassals, and determined the rewards and punishments, so it is evident that Shun paid attention to the contact with the localities, and strengthened the rule over the localities. Legend has it that Shun's strategy of ruling the country also included the following: "to punish with an image, and to pardon the five punishments"; to draw the shapes of the five punishments on the objects, to serve as a warning; and to replace the corporal punishment with exile, to show his leniency. However, they also set up whipping punishment, pouncing punishment and ransom punishment, especially for the criminals who refused to repent to be severely punished. Shun exiled ****worker to Youzhou, exiled Huandu to Chongshan, expelled Sanmiao to Sanqiu, and Jiu Ji, the father and son who had no success in water treatment, was exiled to Feishan, and bad people were punished, and the whole world was pleased to be obeyed. According to the legend of "The Records of the Grand Historian", Shun was the regent for 28 years before Yao died. After three years of mourning, Shun gave up his throne to Yao's son, Dan Zhu, and retreated to the south of Nanhe River. However, all the lords of the world went to see Shun, but paid no attention to Dan Zhu; lawsuits were filed against Shun, and the people made up many songs in praise of Shun, but all of them paid no attention to Dan Zhu. Shun felt that the people's will and the will of heaven were too strong to be shirked, so he returned to his capital city and ascended the throne of the son of heaven. However, the legend says that Shun's capital city was not in the same place as Yao's capital city. According to the Tang Dynasty's Kong Yingda, "Justice of Mao Poetry," citing Huang Fu Qui; "The capital where Shun camped, or Pu Ban." Pu Ban was Hedong County in the Tang Dynasty, i.e. present-day Yongji County in Shanxi Province. After Yao's death, Shun had another big political revolution. The original has been used Yu, Gaotao Tao, Qi, abandoned, Bo Yi, Kui, Long,垂, Yi, etc., the duties are not clear, at this time Shun ordered Yu as the Sikong, governance of water and soil; orders to abandon as Houji, in charge of agriculture; orders Qi as the Sistu, the implementation of education; orders Gaotao as the "Shih", in charge of the criminal law; orders垂 as the "** work", in charge of the "** work", in charge of the "** work", in charge of the "** work", in charge of the "** work", in charge of the "** work". *Worker", in charge of all kinds of work; Yi as "Yu", in charge of mountains and forests; Bo Yi as "Chizong", in charge of rituals; Kui as a music official, in charge of music and education; Long Dan as "Nayan", in charge of issuing orders; and Kui as "Scholar", in charge of education. "He was responsible for issuing orders and collecting opinions. It was also stipulated that the government's performance should be examined once every three years, and the results of the three examinations would determine the promotion or dismissal. Through this reorganization, "the people's performance was honored", and all the work had a new appearance. All of the above mentioned people made brilliant achievements, and among them, Yu's achievement was the greatest. He was dedicated to the control of floods, and set an example by chiseling mountains and channeling rivers, and finally cured the floods, so that the people of the world could live in peace and work in contentment. At that time, "the four seas and oceans were honored with the achievements of Emperor Shun", and "all the world's bright virtues began with Emperor Yu", presenting an unprecedentedly peaceful situation. In his old age, Shun considered his son Shang Jun to be unscrupulous, so he decided to appoint Yu, who was the most prestigious, as his successor, and let him take charge of the administrative affairs. Therefore, like Yao, Shun was a sage king who abdicated his throne to the wise. It is said that after Yao's death, Shun reigned for 39 years and died in the field of Cangwu when he went to the south of the country on a tour of the country, and was buried in the Jiuqi Mountain in the south of the country, which is called "Zuoling". Shun, like Yao, was one of the saintly kings of the ancient times who were highly respected by both Confucianism and Mozambique in the pre-Qin period. Shun had a special significance for Confucianism. Confucianism emphasizes filial piety, and the legend of Shun is also known for his filial piety, so his personality image serves as a model for Confucian ethics. Mencius, who made a great contribution to the development of Confucianism after Confucius, strongly emphasized Shun's filial piety and advocated that people should strive to look up to Shun and be filial sons like him. He said, "Shun is a human being; I am also a human being. Shun is the law of the world, which can be passed on to future generations, but I am not free from being a countryman, so I can worry about it. How to worry about it? As Shun just carry on." He even envisioned that if Shun was the son of heaven and goze was arrested for murder, although Shun would not use his power to break the criminal law and pardon him, he would definitely go to the prison to secretly carry his father out and escape to the seaside together to live a carefree life, forgetting about his position as the son of heaven for the sake of *** enjoying heavenly pleasures. Due to the propaganda of Confucianism, the legendary deeds about Shun left an extremely profound impact on the Chinese cultural tradition. Although it is copied, it begs to be adopted!

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The story of Emperor Shun

Emperor Shun, surnamed Yao, legend has it that the eye has two pupils and took the name of "Chonghua", the number of Yu Clan, so called Yu Shun. After his death, he was succeeded by Yu.　Legend has it that after the Yellow Emperor, there were three very famous tribal leaders named Yao (yao2), Shun (shun4) and Yu (yu3). They were all leaders of a tribe, and were later elected to be the leaders of the tribal alliance. In those days, when a tribal leader was the leader of a tribal alliance, he had to get the tribal leaders together to discuss any important matters. Yao was getting old and wanted to find someone to succeed him. One time, he summoned the leaders of the four tribes to discuss the matter. When Yao told them what he wanted to do, one of them named Fang Qi said, "Your son Dan Zhu is an enlightened man, and he is the right person to succeed you." Yao said seriously, "No, this boy is of bad character and loves to quarrel with people." The other one named Guandou (huan dou) said, "The ****worker in charge of water conservancy is doing a pretty good job." Yao shook his head and said, "The ****worker is a good talker, respectful on the surface, but has another set of rules in his heart. I don't feel comfortable using this kind of person."　This discussion was inconclusive, and Yao continued to search for his successor. Once again, he brought together the tribal leaders of the four directions to discuss the matter and asked for their recommendations. Those present unanimously recommended Shun. Yao nodded and said, "Oh! I have also heard that this man is quite good. Can you guys tell us more about him?"　Everyone then told the story of Shun: Shun's father was a very confused man, and people called him goze (gu sou, meaning blind old man). Shun's birth mother had died a long time ago, and his stepmother was very bad. Shun's younger brother, Xiang, who was born to his stepmother, was arrogant beyond words, but goze favored him. Shun lived in such a family and treated his parents and brother well. All of them thought that Shun was a man of good moral character.　Yao was quite happy to hear this and decided to examine Shun first. He married his two daughters, E Huang and N Ying, and built a granary for Shun and gave him many cows and sheep. Seeing this, the queen mother and her younger brother were envious and jealous, and together with goze, they tried to harm Shun several times.　On one occasion, goze asked Shun to repair the roof of the granary. When Shun climbed up to the top of the granary with a ladder, goze started a fire underneath and tried to burn Shun to death. When Shun saw the fire on the roof of the granary, he tried to look for the ladder, but the ladder was nowhere to be found. Luckily, Shun had two hats with him to protect himself from the sun. He took the hats with both hands and jumped down like a bird with its wings open. The hats fluttered in the wind, and Shun landed gently on the ground without being hurt at all.　Goze and Elephant were not satisfied, so they asked Shun to go to the well again. After Shun jumped into the well, the goze and the elephant threw down pieces of earth and rocks on the ground to fill up the well, trying to bury Shun alive in it. Unexpectedly, Shun dug a hole in the side of the well, got out, and went home again safely. Not knowing that Shun had already escaped from danger, the elephant returned home proudly and said to goze, "This time, my brother is surely dead, and I came up with this wonderful plan. Now we can divide up my brother's property." After saying this, he went toward the house where Shun lived. When he entered the house, Shun was sitting by the bedside playing the zither. The elephant was secretly surprised and said with embarrassment, "Hey, how I missed you!" Shun pretended that nothing had happened and said, "You're just in time, I have a lot of things to do and I need your help to take care of them." Afterwards, Shun treated his parents and brother as he used to do, and goze and elephants did not dare to harm Shun any more.　After listening to Shun's deeds and examining him, Yao decided that Shun was indeed a man of good character and capable, and gave up his position as the chief to Shun. This kind of ceding is called "Zen (shan) Ceding" in history. In fact, during the period of clan communes, it was not uncommon for tribal leaders to elect a new leader when they became old.　After Shun took over the throne, he was also hardworking and frugal, laboring like the common people, and was trusted by everyone. After a few years, Yao died, and Shun tried to give the position of the chief of the tribal alliance to Yao's son, Dan Zhu, which was also disapproved by everyone. Only then did Shun officially become the chief.　Emperor Shun was the originator of moral culture, and Shun culture was moral culture. As stated in the Records of the Grand Historian, "The world's bright virtues all began with Yu Shun".　The spiritual soul of Emperor Shun's culture can be called "virtue first, emphasis on education", and Shun's culture is the Chinese culture of the historical transition from barbarism to civilization. The culture of Emperor Yandi was based on the culture of farming and the culture of the government was based on the culture of government.