Glossary of Proper Nouns
Chinese Personal Names
| Terms | Chinese | Korean | Explanation | Another Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shu Gong | 叔弓 |
숙궁 (수궁) |
(d. 527 BCE). A minister 大夫 who mainly served as diplomat of the state of Lu 魯 during the Spring and Autumn period. | |
| Shu Guang | 疏廣 |
소광 (수광) |
An imperial academician 博士 and later senior tutor 太傅 of the heir apparent (later Emperor Xuan) during the mid-Western Han period. | |
| Shu Min | 殳敏 |
수민 (수민) |
An attendant of the Qing ambassador dispatched to Joseon Korea in 1709. | |
| Shu Niu | 竪牛 |
수우 (수뉴) |
A retainer 家臣 of the Shusun 叔孫 lineage in the state of Lu 魯 during the Spring and Autumn period. | |
| Shu Qi | 叔齊 |
숙제 (수치) |
With his elder brother Bo Yi 伯夷, Shu Qi was a paragon of moral virtue, loyalty, and idealism in early Chinese tradition. Being princes of Guzhu 孤竹, a regional state of the Shang, they both fled to the Zhou so that another brother could succeed their deceased father. When King Wu led his forces in conquering the Shang, Bo Yi and Shu Qi remonstrated with the king for his lack of filial fiety to his father and loyalty to the Shang. After the downfall of the Shang, they retreated to the Shouyang Mountain, and starved to death as they refused to eat the "Five Grains" of the Zhou. | 인혜후(Renhui Hou 仁惠侯), 제(Qi 齊) |
| Shu Shou | 疏受 |
소수 (수서우) |
[Junior tutor 少傅 of heir apparent (later Emperor Xuan) during the mid-Western Han period. A nephew of Shu Guang 疏光.] | 수(Shou 受) |
| Shu Xi | 束皙 |
속석 (수시) |
(?-300). An official and scholar during the Western Jin period. Appointed the assistant editorial director (佐著作郞) in 280 CE, he, with Xun Xu 荀勗 and others, participated in editing of the Bamboo Annals (竹書紀年) and the Biography of Mu, Son of Heaven (穆天子傳) found in the tomb of King Xiang of the Wei (魏襄王) in Ji Commandery (汲郡) in 281 CE. His rainmaking episode appears in Book of Jin 晉書. | 광미(Guangwei 廣微) |
| Shu Xianzhu | 蜀先主 |
촉선주 (수셴주) |
See Zhaoliedi 昭烈帝. | 유비(Liu Bei 劉備), 소렬제(Zhaoliedi 昭烈帝) |
| Shu Ya | 叔牙 |
숙아 (수야) |
(d. 662 BCE). The third son of Duke Huan of Lu 魯桓公 and the founding ancestor of the powerful Shusun 叔孫 lineage of the state of Lu 魯. | 아(Ya 牙) |
| Shu Zhe | 束晢 |
속절 (수저) |
Refers to Shu Xi 束皙; see Shu Xi 束皙 | 광미(Guangwei 廣微) |