Emperor Shun of Han, (115–144) is an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty and the seventh emperor of the Eastern Han period.

He reignes from 125 CE to 144 CE.

Emperor Shun is the only son of Emperor An of Han and after Emperor An dies in 125, the Empress Dowager Yan is childless but, yearning to hold on to power, forces Prince Bao (whose title of crown prince she had wrongly caused Emperor An to strip in 124) to give up the throne in favor of Liu Yi, the Marquess of Beixiang.

Liu Yi dies after reigning less than 7 months and eunuchs loyal to Prince Bao, led by Sun Cheng, carry out a successful coup d'etat against the Empress Dowager.

Prince Bao is finally declared emperor at age 10.

The people have great expectations for Emperor Shun, whose reign follows his incompetent and violent father.

However, while Emperor Shun's personality is mild, he is just as incompetent as his father in general, and corruption continues without abatement among eunuchs and officials.

He also overly entrusts government to his wife Empress Liang Na's father Liang Shang -- a mild-mannered man with integrity but little ability—and then Liang Shang's son Liang Ji -- a corrupt and autocratic man.

In general, Emperor Shun's reign is a slight improvement over his father's, but this minor improvement is unable to stem the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty's.

Emperor Shun dies at the age of 30 after reigning for 19 years.

He is succeeded by his infant son, who accedes to the throne as Emperor Chong.