Ancient China · Family Member

Son of Sun Shuao 孫叔敖之子

Attested BC 613 - BC 591

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Son of Sun Shuao was a Family Member.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 613 to BC 591 居數年
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 47, 66

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Sun Shuao (孫叔敖)
father 父
son 子
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 64-67

Career and standing

four hundred households at Qinqiu 寢丘四百戶
BC 613 to BC 591 楚莊王之時 · Granted · At Qinqiu 寢丘
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 88
reduced to carrying firewood
Poverty · Entered
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 66, 79

Places and affiliations

Polity Chu 楚 · Relation Subject of
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 88
At Qinqiu 寢丘 · Relation Enfeoffed at
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passage 88

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With You Meng (優孟) · Mode quotation Speaker Son of Sun Shuao (孫叔敖之子)
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 66-67

Assessments and attributes

Item firewood 薪 · Relation Carried for livelihood
Directly stated · Records of the Grand Historian 126, passages 66, 79, 87

References in the histories

Records of the Grand Historian, Chapter 126Biographies of Jesters · 5 passages

病且死，屬其子曰：「我死，汝必貧困。 When Sun Shuao lay on his deathbed, he charged his son: "After I am gone, you will surely fall into poverty.

若往見優孟，言我孫叔敖之子也。」 When that time comes, go to You Meng and tell him that you are the son of Sun Shuao."

居數年，其子窮困負薪，逢優孟，與言曰：「我，孫叔敖子也。 Some years later, the son had indeed fallen into destitution and was carrying firewood for a living. He chanced upon You Meng and said: "I am the son of Sun Shuao.

今死，其子無立錐之地，貧困負薪以自飲食。 Now that he is dead, his son has not a pin's breadth of land to stand on. He carries firewood on his back just to keep from starving.

於是莊王謝優孟，乃召孫叔敖子，封之寢丘四百戶，以奉其祀。 At this, King Zhuang thanked You Meng. He summoned the son of Sun Shuao and enfeoffed him with four hundred households at Qinqiu, so that the ancestral sacrifices might be maintained.