Chunshen Jun

Chunshen Jun

Judy Feng Liu

In China, Shanghai is also called Shen. Why is this? It’s because Shanghai was once, one of the fiefdoms of Chunshen Jun (Huang2 Xie1) who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period of 770B.C.—476B.C.

Chunshen Jun was a famous person in China’s history. There are a lot of stories about him. I would like to share all the/these stories about him which I know.

Here is the first one: One of his mistresses was pregnant and the Emperor of Chu at that time didn’t have any children. So, Chunshen Jun gave this woman to the emperor.

What happened next? Let me tell you the whole story when you come to Shanghai:)