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from a Qing dynasty genealogy book
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Grand councilor of the Song dynasty | |
In office October 17, 973 – May 14, 982 Serving with Xue Juzheng, Lu Duoxun, Zhao Pu |
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Monarch | Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong |
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c. 909 Taikang County, Kaifeng, Later Liang |
Died | November 16, 987 Kaifeng, Song Empire |
(aged 77–78)
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Children | Shen Jizong (沈繼宗), son |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shěn Lún |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shěn Yìlún |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Shěn Shùnyí |
Shen Lun (c. 909 – 16 November 987, courtesy name Shunyi), known as Shen Yilun before 976, was a scholar-official who successively served the Later Han, Later Zhou and Song dynasties. He was one of the Song dynasty grand councilors between 973 and 982.
Emperor Zhenzong's Consort Shen was his granddaughter.
Early in his career, Shen Yilun studied the "Three Rites" (Rites of Zhou, Book of Rites, and Etiquette and Ceremonial) and taught these classics between Luoyang and Sōng Prefecture to support himself. During Later Han, he joined the staff of Bai Wenke (白文珂), the prefect of Shǎn Prefecture.
In 954 during the Later Zhou, Shen Yilun was referred by a friend and became a retainer to general Zhao Kuangyin, then a military governor administering Hua Prefecture, Xǔ Prefecture, and Sòng Prefecture. Shen was able to manage the finances of all 3 prefectures, and had an incorruptible reputation.
In February 960, Zhao Kuangyin usurped the Later Zhou throne and founded the Song dynasty. At that time, Shen Yilun was a mere surveillance circuit judge stationed in Sòng Prefecture, but now that his former boss had become the emperor, he was summoned to the capital (and his hometown) Kaifeng and made director of the Census Bureau.