Sun Sheng (Jin dynasty)

Sun Sheng
Traditional Chinese孫盛
Simplified Chinese孙盛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSūn Shèng
Anguo (courtesy name)
Traditional Chinese安國
Simplified Chinese安国
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĀnguó
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Sun Sheng (c.302–373[1]), courtesy name Anguo, was a Chinese historian and politician of the Jin dynasty. He was a native of Pingyao County, Jinzhong, Shanxi. He was described to be very studious, and was never seen without holding a book in his hand from his youth to his old age.[2]

  1. ^ Knechtges (2006) gives 302–372 (p 11), but Sun Sheng's biography in the Book of Jin specifies he died at the age of 72 (by East Asian reckoning) (p 2148)
  2. ^ Fang Xuanling, et al., ed., Book of Jin, chapter 82, p 2148