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Hu Sansheng (胡三省) (1230-1287), né Hu Mansun (胡滿孫), courtesy names Shenzhi (身之), Meijian (梅澗), and Jingcan (景參), was a Chinese historian who lived during the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. He was a mid-level official under the prime minister Jia Sidao (賈似道) during the 1250s. After Song's fall in 1279, he hid himself in the country, and he spent the next few years, until the end of his life, writing corrections and commentaries for Sima Guang's Zizhi Tongjian. Hu's commentaries are considered highly valuable for readers of that work.
