Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official and Statesman

Su Chuo 蘇綽

Died AD 546

Passages
45
Chapters
3
Histories
2

Overview

The translated histories identify Su Chuo as an administrator, historian, official, and scholar. This record brings together 45 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Su Chuo 蘇綽 Su Chuo
Title Baron of Meiyang 美陽伯
Given Chuo 綽 Chuo
Given Chuo 綽 Chuò
Title Director of Revenue 度支尚書
Title Director Su 蘇尚書 Su Shangshu
Courtesy Lingchuo 令綽 Lingchuo
Courtesy name Lingzuo 令綽 Lingzuo
Title Master of Writing 尚書
Title Master of Writing Su 蘇尚書
Surname Su 蘇 Su
Surname Su 蘇 Sū
Personal name Su Chuo 蘇綽 Su Chuo
Personal name Su Chuo 蘇綽 Sū Chuò

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Administrator
  • Historian
  • Official
  • Scholar
  • Statesman
  • Writer

Life and dates

Death

Age

  • Age: 49 · Reckoning: sui · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十二年 · Western Year: AD 546
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0354

Attested activity

Family

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  • Descendant of Ze (則)
    Kinship Term: ninth-generation descendant / 九世孫 · Generation Distance: 9 · Line: paternal
  • Child of Xie (協)
    Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
  • Kin of Rang (讓)
    Kinship Term: older cousin / 從兄 · Subject Role: younger paternal cousin · Object Role: older paternal cousin · Subject Relative Age: younger · Line: paternal
  • Parent of Su Wei (蘇威)
    Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
  • Spouse of Wife of Su Chuo (蘇綽妻)
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻子 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: husband · Object Role: wife · Relationship State: active
    Kinship Term: wife / 妻子 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Sibling of Su Chun (蘇椿)
    Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Shared Parentage: full · Subject Relative Age: elder · Subject Role: elder-brother · Object Role: younger-brother
  • Kinship Role: brothers · Count Unknown: true · Note: brothers mentioned as a class; younger brother Chun named later · Quantity: unspecified-plural
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0367
  • Kinship Role: children · Count Unknown: true · Note: 妻子兄弟 passage lists children as a class · Quantity: unspecified-plural
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0367
  • Kinship Role: brothers · Note: 兄弟 · Quantity: unspecified plural
    Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0313l

Origins and identity

  • Label: ninth-generation descendant of Ze / 則之九世孫
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0001

Career and standing

  • Label: official and reformer / 度支尚書
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0380
  • Label: Assistant Gentleman of the Palace Library / 著作佐郎 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （未著年月，大統三年前西魏朝事） · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 537
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0018
  • Label: Left Assistant Director of the Grand Mobile Imperial Secretariat / 大行臺左丞 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （未著年月，大統三年前西魏朝事） · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 537
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0032
  • Label: palace aide on the mobile imperial secretariat / 行臺郎中 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （未著年月，大統三年前西魏朝事） · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 537
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0008
  • Label: Director of Revenue of the Grand Mobile Imperial Secretariat / 大行臺度支尚書 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0039
  • Label: Guard General / 衛將軍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0037
  • Label: Honest and Direct Regular Palace Attendant / 通直散騎常侍 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0038
  • Label: Right Grand Master of Splendid Happiness / 右光祿大夫 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0037
  • Label: head of the Palace Library / 領著作 · Action: held-concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0039
  • Label: Minister of Agriculture / 司農卿 · Action: held-concurrently · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 十年 · Western Year: AD 544
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0039
  • Label: Director of Revenue of the Grand Mobile Headquarters / 大行台度支尚書 · Action: held
    Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0313
  • Label: Director of Revenue / 度支尚書 · Action: held
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0380
  • Label: Fiscal Minister of the Grand Secretariat and concurrent historiographer / 大行台度支尚書、領著作 · Action: held
    Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0044b
  • Label: Minister of Agriculture / 司農卿 · Action: held
    Explicit · zizhitongjian:159:s0313
  • Title: earl / 伯 · Action: augmented · Households Added: 200 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0038
  • Title: Viscount of Meiyang / 美陽縣子 · Action: enfeoffed · Place: Meiyang / 美陽 · Households: 300 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538 · Start Date: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0037
  • Title: Duke of Pi state / 邳國公 · Action: posthumously-enfeoffed · Fief: Households: 2000 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隋開皇初 · Western Year: AD 581
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0383
  • Label: paired sacrifice in Grand Progenitor temple / 配享太祖廟庭 · Action: received · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明帝二年 · Western Year: AD 558
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0373
  • Title: earl / 伯 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0038
  • Title: Viscount of Meiyang / 美陽縣子 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大統四年 · Western Year: AD 538
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0037
  • Title: Baron of Meiyang / 美陽伯 · Action: held
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0380
  • Status: confidential-advisor · Action: entered · Label: participated in confidential state business / 參典機密 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: （未著年月，大統三年前西魏朝事） · Western Interval: Start: AD 535 · End: AD 537
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0032
  • Status: died-in-office · Action: entered
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0354

Places and affiliations

Learning and skills

  • Label: loved study and read widely / 少好學，博覽羣書
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0004
  • Belief: Buddhism / 佛 · Relation: author-on
    Strongly inferred · zhoushu:023:s0372
  • Skill: reckoning and accounts / 筭術 · Level: adept
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0004

Works and attributed material

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

Source notes

  • Kind: family-officeholding · Statement: For generations the family held two-thousand-bushel offices / 累世二千石
    Explicit · zhoushu:023:s0002

References in the histories

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Book of Zhou, Chapter 23Volume 23 Biographies 15: Su Chuo · 36 passages
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Book of Zhou, Chapter 24Volume 24 Biographies 16: Lu Bian · 2 passages
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Comprehensive Mirror in Aid of Governance, Chapter 159Volume 159 Liang Records 15 · 7 passages
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