Su Fengji (蘇逢吉) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Su Fengji as a historian, official, and statesman. This record brings together 11 passages from 5 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Su Fengji	蘇逢吉	Su Fengji
Personal	Fengji	逢吉	Fengji
Personal name	Su Fengji	蘇逢吉	Sū Féngjí
Personal	Su Fengji	蘇逢吉	Sū Féngjí

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0108, jiuwudaishi:127:s0138
Sex: male
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0032, xinwudaishi:053:s0064

Roles

Historian
Official
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Manner: suicide · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 隱帝崩後 · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0174
Manner: exterminated · Negated: false
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0145

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 乾祐二年 · Western Year: AD 949
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:102:s0108
Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年；託孤語 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0164
Source Date: Text: 乾祐元年 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0019
Source Date: Text: 天福十二年四月；同平章事 · Western Year: AD 947
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0036
Source Date: Text: 漢 · Western Interval: Start: AD 947 · End: AD 950
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0138
Source Date: Text: 隱帝崩後；自殺 · Western Year: AD 950
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Source Date: Text: 高祖遣蘇逢吉諭之 · Western Year: AD 948
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:053:s0064

Career and standing

Label: Associate Grand Councilor / 同中書門下平章事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天福十二年四月 · Western Year: AD 947
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Label: Minister of Education / 司徒 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0033
Label: Chancellor / 宰相 · Action: held
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0040

Works and attributed material

Work: Veritable Records of Gaozu / 高祖實錄 · Relation: compiler
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:102:s0128
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Text: 皇子承祐未封王，請亟封之
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0164

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: recipient-of-final-charge
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0138

References in the histories

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 102Volume 102 Book of Later Jin 4: Emperor Yin Annals 2 · 2 passages

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辛亥，宰臣竇貞固加守司徒，蘇逢吉加守司空，蘇禹珪加左僕射，楊邠加右僕射，依前兼樞密使。 On xinhai, chief minister Dou Zhengu was given Acting Minister of Education, Su Fengji Acting Minister of Works, Su Yugui Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Yang Bin Right Vice Director, all continuing as before with concurrent Bureau of Military Affairs commissioner.

癸未，監修國史蘇逢吉、史官賈緯以所撰《高祖實錄》二十卷上之。 On guiwei, the National History supervisor Su Fengji and the historian Jia Wei presented the twenty-juan Veritable Records of Gaozu they had compiled.

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 127Volume 127 Book of Later Zhou 29: Biographies 7: Lu Wenji, Ma Yisun, He Ning, Su Yugui, Jing Fan · 2 passages

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漢祖大漸，與蘇逢吉、楊邠等受顧命，立少主。 When Han fell gravely ill, he with Su Fengji, Yang Bin, and others received the deathbed charge and installed the young emperor.

禹珪純厚長者，遭遇漢祖，及蘇逢吉夷滅，禹珪恬然無咎，時人以為積善之報也。 A pure, generous elder, he served Han Gaozu; when Su Fengji was destroyed he remained unscathed—men called it reward for virtue.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 10Volume 10 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu, Emperor Yin · 3 passages

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甲子，河東節度判官蘇逢吉、觀察推官蘇禹珪為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。 On jiazi Su Fengji, military judge of Hedong, and Su Yugui, observation push official, became Vice Directors of the Secretariat and Associate Grand Councilors.

宰相蘇逢吉曰：「皇子承祐未封王，請亟封之。」 Chancellor Su Fengji said, “The imperial son Chengyou has not yet been made a prince. Please enfeoff him immediately.”

蘇逢吉自殺。 Su Fengji took his own life.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 11Volume 11 Later Zhou Annals 2: Taizu · 3 passages

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隱帝以威為賢，於是悉召楊邠、史弘肇、蘇逢吉、禹珪、竇貞固、王章等皆賜以玉帶，威乃受。 Moved, the Hidden Emperor called in Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, Su Fengji, Yu Gui, Dou Zhengu, Wang Zhang, and the others and belted them too; then Wei accepted his own.

威又推功大臣，請加爵賞，於是加貞固司空，逢吉司徒，禹珪、邠左右僕射。 Wei pressed the case for his fellow ministers, and Dou Zhengu was elevated to Minister of Works, Su Fengji to Minister of Education, Yu Gui and Yang Bin to Vice Directors of the Left and Right.