Chen Shou (233–297), born in
Nanchong,
Sichuan, was the author of the
Records of Three Kingdoms, a historical account of the
Three Kingdoms period of China. He was once an officer from the
Shu Han of Three Kingdoms. His (supposed) father,
Chen Shi (as there is no account of his father's name), was also an officer of Shu, and once had his beard shaved off as a penalty by order of
Zhuge Liang after a campaign that failed due to a shortsighted strategy of his commander,
Ma Su. In 274, he collected the writings of
Zhuge Liang.
[Roberts 1991, pg. 946] After the fall of the Shu in 263, he served as an officer under the
Jin Dynasty, under which he later wrote the
Records of Three Kingdoms.