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Shi Chong

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Shi Chong (249–300), courtesy name Jilun, was a Chinese politician of the Western Jin Dynasty. He was a son of situ Shi Bao. He was known for his luxurious lifestyle.

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This entry incorporates text from “Shi Chong” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.