Song Shen Explained

Song Shen (宋慎) (1342–1382, born in Pujiang, Zhejiang), the eldest grandson of Song Lian, was a Chinese official of the Ming dynasty. Song Shen was originally an usher of the Palace Ceremonial Office (殿庭儀禮司) (later the Court of State Ceremonial (鴻臚寺)), and together with his grandfather Song Lian and uncle Song Yu, he served as an official in the imperial palace.^[1] In the 13th year of Hongwu, Song Shen was involved in the Hu Weiyong case and was executed, and his family was demoted to Maozhou (present-day Maoxian, Sichuan).^{[2] [3]}

References

Bibliography

• Zhang Tingyu. History of Ming.
• Kelly Boyd, "Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing", Taylor & Francis, 1999, .

Notes and References

1. History of Ming, Volume 128: “其兄子慎亦为仪礼序班。帝数试璲与慎，并教诫之。笑语濂曰：“卿为朕教太子诸王，朕亦教卿子孙矣。”濂行步艰，帝必命璲、慎扶掖之。祖孙父子，共官内庭，众以为荣。”
2. History of Ming, Volume 128: “慎坐罪，璲亦连坐，并死，家属悉徙茂州。建文帝即位，追念濂兴宗旧学，召璲子怿官翰林。永乐十年，濂孙坐奸党郑公智外亲，诏特宥之。”
3. Fan . Shuzhi (樊树志) . 2019 . The fate of Song Lian in the early Ming dynasty (明朝"开国文臣之首"宋濂的结局) . 各界 . 7 . 2 . 10.3969/j.issn.1007-3906.2019.07.018.