Overview
Su Kai was an official and Historian.
PeriodFive Dynasties
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
- Cause anxiety 憂Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 93
- AD 926 to AD 930 天成中Cause shame and grief 憂慚而卒Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 242
Attested activity
- AD 894 to AD 898 乾寧中Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 75
- AD 895 乾寧二年Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 202, 204-205
- AD 923 to AD 926 同光中Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 92
- AD 924 同光二年Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 241
- AD 926 to AD 930 天成中Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 242
- AD 926 明宗即位Dated from the passage context · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 93
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- AD 904 to AD 907 時有司初定昭宗諡號Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 211-212, 214, 230-231
- AD 907 梁祖即位於汴Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 232-234
- AD 904 輝王嗣位Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 207
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of Su Xun (蘇循)father 父 · paternal line
son 子 · paternal line
Key source chapters
- Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 60 Volume 60 Book of Later Tang 36: Biographies 12: Li Xiji, Wang Jian, Li Jingyi, Lu Rubi, Li Dexiu, Su Xun 13 passages
- New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 35 Volume 35 Biographies 15: Zhan Wenyu, Yang She, Zhang Ce, Zhao Guangfeng, Xue Yiju, Su Xun 4 passages
Career and standing
- historian's post 史職Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 213
- Vice Director 員外郎AD 924 同光二年 · AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 241
- Attendant of the Imperial Diary 起居郎AD 904 輝王嗣位 · AppointedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 207
- Vice Director in the Ministry 尚書員外郎AD 923 to AD 926 同光中 · HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 92
- Diarist 起居郎HeldDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 76
- commissioners' staffs 使幕AD 926 to AD 930 天成中 · Served repeatedlyDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 242
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- EnteredForced return to villageDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 83
- Barred from examination groundsAD 895 乾寧二年 · Struck from examination rolls · Negated falseDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 205
- For rejecting Zhaozong posthumous titleAD 926 to AD 930 天成中 · Threatened prosecutionDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 242
- Ordered home to fieldsAD 907 梁祖即位於汴 · Dismissed from court ranksDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 233
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation ServedDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 202, 207
- AD 907 梁祖即位於汴At Hezhong 河中 · Relation Resided atDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 234
- Organization Zhu clan 朱氏 · Relation Benefited fromDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 207
Learning and skills
- EarnedAD 894 to AD 898 乾寧中 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 75
- EarnedAD 895 乾寧二年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 202
- RevokedAD 895 乾寧二年 · Credential Presented Scholar 進士Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 205
- Struck from listDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 75
- Skill literacy 書 · Level barely literate · Mode named-source-report Source Work Old Book of Tang 舊唐書Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 225
Works and attributed material
- Disputed posthumous titleMemorial · AuthorDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passage 78
- the memorial on Zhaozong's posthumous title 駁諡疏Relation Nominal author · With Luo Gun (羅袞) · Mode named-source-report Source Work Old Book of Tang 舊唐書Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 225
- Memorial · Author · Direct quotationDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 214-223
- Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Tingfan (張廷範) · Direct quotation
Events and relationships
- Disputed posthumous titleDirectly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 35, passages 76-78
- Failed re examinationAD 895 乾寧二年 · Examination · Examinee · At Hall of Cloud Music 雲韶殿Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 204-205
- Rejected old posthumous titleDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 245
- Sought to change Zhaozong posthumous and temple namesDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 212, 214, 229
- Relation Client of · Person Zhang Tingfan (張廷範)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 211
- Relation Client of · Person Liu Can (柳璨)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 211
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- Relation Client of · Person Zhu Youqian (朱友謙)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 234
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment attached himself to power and rejoiced in disaster · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 231
- Assessment base in talent, must not stain court ranks · Mode edict Source Person Id Liang Founder (梁祖)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 233
- Assessment conduct despised · Mode named-person-judgment Source Person Id Jing Xiang (敬翔)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 232
- Assessment meanest verse, redundant, no learning, stole a degree · Mode edict Source Person Id Emperor Zhaozong (昭宗)Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 205
- Assessment rejected Zhaozong's posthumous title; thorn in the Confucian forest · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passages 245-246
Source notes
- nursed shame and resentment and long rejoiced in the state's misfortunesField characterDirectly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 60, passage 206
References in the histories
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