Su Jing (蘇竟) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Su Jing as an administrator, diviner, official, and scholar. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Su Jing	蘇竟	Su Jing
Courtesy name	Bokuang	伯況	Bokuang
Given	Jing	竟	Jing
Surname	Su	蘇	Su
Personal name	Su Jing	蘇竟	Su Jing

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Administrator
Diviner
Official
Scholar
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Place: at home / 家 · Manner: died
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Age

Age: 70 · Reckoning: sui
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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 光武即位 · Western Year: AD 25
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Source Date: Text: 平帝世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 1 · End: AD 6
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Source Date: Text: 建武五年冬 · Western Year: AD 29
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Source Date: Text: 建武初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 25 · End: AD 36
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Source Date: Text: 王莽時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 9 · End: AD 23
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Family

Sibling of Younger brother of Su Jing (蘇竟弟)
Kinship Term: younger brother / 弟 · Subject Relative Age: elder · Object Role: younger-brother · Subject Role: elder-brother · Shared Parentage: uncertain

Career and standing

Label: Administrator of Dai commandery / 代郡太守 · Action: appointed
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Label: Commandant of Dai commandery / 代郡中尉 · Action: appointed
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Label: Erudite Libationer for the Documents / 博士講書祭酒 · Action: appointed
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Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: appointed
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Label: Palace Attendant / 侍中 · Action: dismissed
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Status: ill · Action: fell-ill
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Places and affiliations

Label: Eastern Han / 漢 · Relation: served
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Place: Pingling in Fufeng / 扶風平陵
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Place: Dai commandery / 代郡 · Relation: posted-to
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Place: Nanyang / 南陽 · Relation: resided-at
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Learning and skills

Label: Book of Changes / 易 · Relation: studied
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Belief: Daoist arts / 道術 · Relation: practitioner-of
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Skill: hundred schools literature / 百家之言 · Level: proficient
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Skill: prognostic charts and weft texts / 圖緯 · Level: renowned
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Works and attributed material

Work: Record of Instruction / 記誨篇 · Relation: author
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Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Deng Zhongkuang (鄧仲況)
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Kind: letter · Role: author · Other Person Id: Liu Gong (劉龔)
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Events and relationships

Kind: scholarly · Role: editor · Action: collated palace books · Other Person Id: Liu Xin (劉歆)
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Kind: diplomatic · Role: persuader · Action: persuaded Deng Zhongkuang and Liu Gong to surrender · Other Person Id: Deng Zhongkuang (鄧仲況)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: preserved Dai against Xiongnu
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Kind: political · Role: subject · Action: went to capital to apologize
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: did not boast of his merit · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
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References in the histories

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Book of Later Han, Chapter 34Volume 30a: Biographies of Su Jing; Yang Hou · 7 passages

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蘇竟字伯況，扶風平陵人也。 Su Jing, whose courtesy name was Bokuang, came from Pingling in Fufeng commandery.

平帝世，竟以明《易》為博士講《書》祭酒。 Under Emperor Ping, Su Jing’s mastery of the Book of Changes earned him appointment as Erudite Libationer charged with expounding the Book of Documents.

時匈奴擾亂，北邊多罹其禍，竟終完輯一郡。 While the Xiongnu ravaged the north and most border regions suffered, Su Jing nevertheless kept Dai commandery intact and at peace.

光武即位，就拜代郡太守，使固塞以拒匈奴。 When Emperor Guangwu took the throne, Su Jing was confirmed as administrator of Dai commandery and tasked with fortifying the frontier against the Xiongnu.

竟病篤，以兵屬弟，詣京師謝罪。 Su Jing fell seriously ill, transferred military authority to his brother, and traveled to the capital to submit himself for punishment.

竟時在南陽，與龔書曉之曰： Su Jing was then in Nanyang and sent Liu Gong a letter meant to bring him to reason.

竟終不伐其功，潛樂道術，作《記誨篇》及文章傳於世。 Su Jing never vaunted his deeds; he pursued Daoist arts and wrote the "Record of Instruction" and other essays that survived him.