# Chin Shunshin

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Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic (1924–2015)

Chin Shunshin Native name 陳 舜臣 Born (1924-02-18)18 February 1924 Kobe, Japan Died 21 January 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 90) Kobe, Japan Occupation writer, critic Nationality Taiwanese/Japanese Genre novels, cultural critics Notable awards Naoki Prize Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature

**Chin Shunshin** or **Chen Shunchen** (陳 舜臣) (18 February 1924 – 21 January 2015)[1] was a Taiwanese-Japanese [novelist](/source/Novelist), [translator](/source/Translation) and [cultural critic](/source/Cultural_critic). He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on [Chinese](/source/History_of_China) and [Asian history](/source/History_of_Asia), including *First Opium War*, *Chinese History*, *Ryukyu Wind*.[2] He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize).

## Major works

- *Roots of Dried Grass* (枯草の根)

- *House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries* (三色の家), Fusosha

- *The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner* (青玉獅子香炉)

- *Chinese History* (中国の歴史)

- *Ryukyu Wind* (琉球の風)

- *Genghis Khan's Family* (チンギス・ハーンの一族)

- [*The Taiping Rebellion*](https://books.google.com/books?id=LO-ZcCcwz1QC). Translated by [Joshua A. Fogel](/source/Joshua_A._Fogel). orig. *Taihei Tengoku*. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2001. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0765601001](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0765601001).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: others ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others))

## Awards

- The 23rd [Mystery Writers of Japan Award](/source/Mystery_Writers_of_Japan_Award)

- The 7th [Edogawa Rampo Prize](/source/Edogawa_Rampo_Prize) in 1961 for 枯草の根

- The 60th [Naoki Prize](/source/Naoki_Prize) (1968下) for *The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner*[3]

- The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for **Shokatsu Kōmei* (諸葛孔明)*[4]

## See also

- [Novels portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Novels)

- [Ryōtarō Shiba](/source/Ry%C5%8Dtar%C5%8D_Shiba)

- [Japanese literature](/source/Japanese_literature)

- [List of Japanese authors](/source/List_of_Japanese_authors)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["小説家の陳舜臣さん 死去"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150121084141/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html). 21 January 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html) on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["전세계 지성인들의 삶을 전하는 문학사상사"](http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562). Retrieved 2008-08-23.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-naoki_3-0)** ["直木賞受賞者一覧"](http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html) [Naoki Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-yoshikawa_4-0)** ["吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095922/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bg/list.html) [Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature Past Winners] (in Japanese). [Kodansha](/source/Kodansha). Archived from [the original](http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bg/list.html) on July 22, 2018. Retrieved September 13, 2018.

## External links

- [INTERVIEW/ Chin Shunshin: History is invariably written by conquerors](http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/IHistory/TKY200709030043.html) at [Asahi Shimbun](/source/Asahi_Shimbun)

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