Shun (Chinese Leader)
Shun (Chinese: 舜; pinyin: Shùn) or Di Shun (帝舜) was a 23rd-22nd century BC legendary leader of ancient China, among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, whose half-century of rule was said to be one of the longest in Chinese history.
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Famous quotes containing the word shun:
“I shun father and mother and wife and brother when my genius calls me. I would write on the lintels of the door-post, Whim. I hope that it is somewhat better than whim at last, but we cannot spend the day in explanation.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)