Fu Sheng (scholar)

Fu Sheng
Fu Sheng
	Portrait of Fu Sheng by Tang painter Wang Wei
Born	3rd century BC; Zouping or Zhangqiu
Died	2nd century BC
Academic work
School or tradition	Confucianism
Main interests	Shangshu
Notable works	Shangshu (new text); Shangshu Dazhuan

Fu Sheng (Chinese: 伏勝; 268–178 BC),^[1] also known as Master Fu (伏生), was a Chinese philosopher and writer. He was a Confucian scholar of the Qin and Western Han dynasties of ancient China, famous for saving the Confucian classic Shangshu (Book of Documents) from the book burning of the First Emperor of Qin.^[2]^[3] Fu Sheng is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.

^ Martha Cheung Pui Yiu; Lin Wusun (2014). An Anthology of Chinese Discourse on Translation (Version 1): From Earliest Times to the Buddhist Project. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-317-63928-2.
^ "Fu Sheng". Chinaknowledge.de. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
^ Cheng Yifang (2007-03-23). "秦火烧不尽文明赖传薪——再读伏生". People's Daily. Retrieved 2013-05-19.

[cheung-1] Martha Cheung Pui Yiu; Lin Wusun (2014). An Anthology of Chinese Discourse on Translation (Version 1): From Earliest Times to the Buddhist Project. Routledge. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-317-63928-2.

[chinaknowledge-2] "Fu Sheng". Chinaknowledge.de. Retrieved 2013-05-19.

[cheng-3] Cheng Yifang (2007-03-23). "秦火烧不尽文明赖传薪——再读伏生". People's Daily. Retrieved 2013-05-19.

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Fu Sheng
Portrait of Fu Sheng by Tang painter Wang Wei
Born	3rd century BC Zouping or Zhangqiu
Died	2nd century BC

Academic work
School or tradition	Confucianism
Main interests	Shangshu
Notable works	Shangshu (new text) Shangshu Dazhuan