Chinese Traditional Story: Emperor Shun's Great Virtue

Emperor Shun, surnamed Yao and given the name Chonghua who had overlapping pupils, which means he had four pupils. He was a grandson of the eighth generation of the Yellow Emperor. Shun was born in 2285 BC in Ji County, Hebei Province. His father was very stubborn and unreasonable. Later in life, he became blind. Shun's mother died when Shun was a child. Shun's father later got married to a woman who was very bad tempered. Not only did she not love Shun but was very cruel to him. She always scolded and beat him. Nevertheless, Shun was filial and benevolent Emperor Shun, surnamed Yao and given the name Chonghua who had overlapping pupils, which means he had four pupils. He was a grandson of the eighth generation of the Yellow Emperor. Shun was born in 2285 BC in Ji County, Hebei Province. His father was very stubborn and unreasonable. Later in life, he became blind. Shun's mother died when Shun was a child. Shun's father later got married to a woman who was very bad tempered. Not only did she not love Shun but was very cruel to him. She always scolded and beat him. Nevertheless, Shun was filial and benevolent, and was respectful and courteous to his parents. No matter how cruel they were to him he always remembered the importance of filial piety. Even though Shun was so kind and good, Shun's father and the stepmother still did not like him.