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Sun Sheng (ca. 302–373〔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 ''sui'' (p 2148)〕), courtesy name Anguo, was a Jin dynasty historian. 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.〔Fang Xuanling, et al., ed., ''Book of Jin'', chapter 82, p 2148〕 ==Life== Sun Sheng's father Sun Xun (孫恂) was Grand Administrator of Yingchuan (潁川), in present-day Henan and Anhui. He was killed by bandits when Sun Sheng was nine, and the rest of the family fled to safety across the Yangtze River.〔''Book of Jin'', chapter 82, p 2147〕 In his young adulthood, Sun Sheng achieved fame as a serious scholar of the ''I Ching'', composing an essay which some of the leading luminaries of the time, including Yin Hao, Wang Meng, and Xie Shang〔Mather (1964) gives Xie An (p 370); Cheng Yanzhen (程炎震), disputes that by the time Xie An was present in Kuaiji, Sun Sheng would have been serving in Huan Wen's army (see ''世說新語箋疏'' 4.56).〕 were unable to debate with him. Parts of the essay, "''The Symbols of the Book of Changes are More Subtle than the Visible Shapes of Nature''", survive and have been translated by Richard B. Mather.〔Liu Yiqing, ed., ''Shishuo Xinyu'', chapter 4 no 56〕〔Mather, Richard B. "Chinese Letters and Scholarship in the Third and Fourth Centuries", p 370; Mather, Richard, B., transl., ''Shih-shuo Hsin-yü: A New Account of Tales of the World'', chapter 4 no 56.〕 After entering politics, Sun Sheng served under Tao Kan, Yu Liang, and Huan Wen, accompanying the latter into Sichuan. On campaign, Huan Wen had taken his infantry to attack, and Sun Sheng was in charge of the weak, the elderly, and the baggage train, when they were suddenly set upon by thousands of bandits. The rearguard managed to rise to the occasion and drive them away.〔''Book of Jin'', chapter 82, p 2148〕 Huan Wen appointed Sun Sheng Marquis of Anhuai, in present-day Pingnan County, Guangxi, and he was attached to Huan Wen's household as a travelling secretary. Following Huan Wen's first two northern campaigns, Sun Sheng was enfeoffed as Marquis of Wuchang (in present-day Pingjiang County, Hunan), and appointed Grand Administrator of Changsha. The poverty of his family drove him to engage secretly in trade; but although this breach of etiquette was discovered, he was not impeached, because of the great esteem in which he was held.〔''Book of Jin'', chapter 82, p 2148〕 He left Huan Wen's service under strained conditions, and ended his life in the position of Supervising Censor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sun Sheng (Jin dynasty)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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