Chen Shou

Chen Shou

Chen Shou (Chinese: 陳壽; 233–297), courtesy name Chengzuo (承祚), was a Chinese historian, politician, and writer who lived during the Three Kingdoms period and Jin dynasty of China. Chen Shou is best known for his most celebrated work, the Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), which records the history of the late Eastern Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period. Chen Shou wrote the Sanguozhi primarily in the form of biographies of notable persons of those eras. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Shou has received more than 130,796 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Chen Shou is the 4,132nd most popular politician (down from 4,055th in 2019), the 311th most popular biography from China (up from 312th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular Chinese Politician.

Chen Shou is most famous for his "Records of the Three Kingdoms" written in the third century. This work is considered one of the four great works of the Jin Dynasty. Chen Shou wrote the book as a historical account of the Three Kingdoms era.