Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Official

Su Chuo 蘇綽

Attested AD 535 - AD 546

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Su Chuo was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 535 to AD 546 蘇綽鐵尺
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13

Works and attributed material

iron foot-rule pitch standard 蘇綽鐵尺
Relation Author · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13

Assessments and attributes

Item iron foot-rule 鐵尺 · Relation Made · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passages 13, 23

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 13

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 39Volume 39 Treatises 20: Music 1: Formal Music, Court Music, Wind Instrument Music, Our Own Court Music · 1 passage

至後周保定中，得古玉鬥於地中，以造尺律，其後牛弘以為不可，止用蘇綽鐵尺，至隋亦用之。 In the Baoding era of Later Zhou, an ancient jade bushel measure was unearthed and used to derive the foot-rule and pitch pipes; later Niu Hong rejected this method, and courts used only Su Chuo's iron foot-rule — a standard the Sui dynasty also adopted.