Amazing Chinese Characters (685) Emperor Shun - 舜

The big seal script of character Emperor Shun is

The top is box with an open on the right, there are two Fires in the box, which is character Hot. The bottom is character Unusual in the previous post, here it means the dancing feet. The Emperor Shun was an Emperor lived in about 4300 years ago. It is said that the Emperor Shun is a Sun God who bring the light to people against dark. It is also said that bad guys misguided him to a house, and closed all doors, and put the house on fire, Emperor Shun used a bamboo hat to cover his head and escaped from the fire. 

The character has fire in a box on top, and dancing feet in the bottom. We can imagine that Emperor Shun take the fire for us, which changed our life forever. 

The small seal script of character Emperor Shun is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Emperor Shun is

The top totally changed to nothing to with fire and box, but a top of character 愛 (love)，受 (give)，which means "hand on something". The reason why it changes is unknown.

The Pinyin of the character is Shun4.

The character 舜 is specifically for Emperor Shun, no any other meaning.