Chen Shu 陳術

Records Shu Courtesy name 申伯 Shenbo진술신백陈术

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OccupationRScholar · AdministratorFactionShu
AppearsRBiography inBook of Shu
BornNative placeHanzhong Commandery
ExistenceHistoricalMentionsR5

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Chen Shu, courtesy name Shenbo, was a man of Hanzhong. The Records give him no biography of his own; in Chen Shou's main text he appears once, after the account of Li Zhuan in Records of Shu 12, the Biographies of Du, Zhou, Du, Xu, Meng, Lai, Yin, Li, Qiao and Xi. He too was widely learned and well informed, wrote the Shiwen (Explaining Questions) in seven chapters as well as the Biographies of the Elders of Yi Province and the Treatise on the Elders of Yi Province, and in office served in turn as Administrator of three commanderies. Records, Shu 12 §49

Chen Shou's main text does not record the names of the three commanderies he governed or the years of his birth and death, and the assessment in Records of Shu 12 does not take him up either. He does not appear in the Romance. Records, Shu 12 §49 · 102

In the Records

Records of Shu 12, after finishing its account of Li Zhuan of Fu County in Zitong Commandery, adds Chen Shu, saying that at that time there was also Chen Shu of Hanzhong. When the Later Sovereign (Liu Shan) established the crown prince in the 1st year of Yanxi (238), Li Zhuan became Cadet of the Crown Prince and attended the crown prince, and he died in the Jingyao era. Records, Shu 12 §46–49

Chen Shu's courtesy name was Shenbo; he too was widely learned and well informed, and wrote the Shiwen (Explaining Questions) in seven chapters, the Biographies of the Elders of Yi Province and the Treatise on the Elders of Yi Province. In office he served in turn as Administrator of three commanderies, but Chen Shou's main text does not record which three commanderies they were or any other events of his life. Records, Shu 12 §49

In his assessment in Records of Shu 12, Chen Shou discussed only Du Wei, Zhou Qun, Du Qiong, Xu Ci, Meng Guang, Lai Min, Li Zhuan, Yin Mo, Qiao Zhou and Xi Zheng, and did not take up Chen Shu. Records, Shu 12 §102

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Abilities

This person does not appear in the Romance, so only the Records score (Chen Shou’s main text) is given.

LEASTRINTPOLCHAVIRADPSCHDIPDIS
Records
  • LEA35
  • STR31
  • INT45
  • POL52
  • CHA40
  • VIR45
  • ADP42
  • SCH72
  • DIP38
  • DIS40
Each ability out of 100

Evidence by ability

  • LeadershipR35Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • StrengthR31Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • IntelligenceR45Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • PoliticsR52

    RServed as Administrator of three commanderiesShu 12 §49

  • CharismaR40Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • VirtueR45Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • AdaptabilityR42Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • ScholarshipR72

    RWidely learned and well informed, wrote the Shiwen, the Biographies of the Elders of Yi Province and other worksShu 12 §49

  • DiplomacyR38Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

  • DiscernmentR40Unverified

    RNo direct record — estimated from his roles as commandery Administrator and scholarShu 12 §49

Records Unverified No direct record; scored from their actions (evidence grade C)

3KDEX scoring — the Records use the main text of Chen Shou’s Records of the Three Kingdoms; the Romance uses the 120-chapter Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Click a source tag to open that passage in the reader.

Allegiance history

  1. Shu · Records · Records vol. 42 「位歷三郡太守」