Su Shi (蘇軾) | 24 Histories

Overview

Su Shi was a Song Writer and Official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1037 to AD 1101 文摹左氏
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 298, passage 155
AD 1089 是歲
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 96, passages 61, 63, 69
AD 1060 to AD 1101 蘇軾學
Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 9
AD 1080 to AD 1101 蘇軾過真定
Uncertain · History of Jin 127, passage 58
AD 1037 to AD 1101 軾
Dated from the passage context · Draft History of Qing 353, passage 71

Family

Sibling of Su Zhe (蘇轍)
brothers 兄弟 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 353, passage 71

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Career and standing

prefect of Hangzhou 知杭州
AD 1089 是歲 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 63
Entered
Demoted · At from Dingwu 自定武
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 58

Places and affiliations

Song 宋
Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 58
Polity Northern Song 北宋 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · History of Song 408, passage 9
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 96, passage 63
AD 1089 是歲
At Hangzhou 杭州 · Relation Posted to
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 63

Events and relationships

Dredged the Mao Mountain and Salt Bridge rivers, built timed barrages and gates, and restored the six wells
AD 1089 是歲 · Hydraulic · Director · At Hangzhou 杭州 · Outcome People obtained the benefit
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passages 63, 69
Praised writings
Literary · Judge · With Chu Chengliang (褚承亮)
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 58
Intellectual · School followed at Meizhou · Meizhou scholars had long esteemed Su Shi's learning
Directly stated · History of Song 408, passage 9

Assessments and attributes

Assessment greatly praised Chu Chengliang · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 58
Assessment the people obtained the benefit of restoring the six wells · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 96, passage 69

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke · 1 passage

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宋蘇軾自定武謫官過真定，承亮以文謁之，大為稱賞。 When Su Shi of the Song, demoted from Dingwu, passed through Zhending, Chengliang presented his writings and won high praise.

History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 1 passage

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文摹左氏，詩擬白居易、蘇軾、陸游，字仿黃庭堅，併為世所愛重。 His prose modeled Zuo Qiuming, his poetry Bai Juyi, Su Shi, and Lu You, and his calligraphy Huang Tingjian. All were loved and esteemed in his day.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 353Volume 353 Biographies 140: Da Chun | Son: Sa Bin Tu, Tie Bao Younger Brother: Yu Bao, He Ying, Jue Luo Gui Fang · 1 passage

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高宗親試八旗翰詹，與兄鐵保並被擢，時比以郊、祁，軾、轍。 Emperor Qianlong personally examined the Banner Hanlin and Heir Apparent's household; he and his elder brother Tie Bao were both advanced, and contemporaries likened them to two earlier pairs of brothers: Song Jiao and Song Qi, and Su Shi and Su Zhe.

History of Song, Chapter 96Volume 96 Treatises 49: Rivers and Canals 6 · 2 passages

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是歲，知杭州蘇軾浚茆山、鹽橋二河，分受江潮及西湖水，造堰閘，以時啟閉。 That year Su Shi, governor of Hangzhou, dredged the Mao Mountain and Salt Bridge rivers to receive both tidal water from the river and water from West Lake, building barrages and gates operated on schedule.

軾既浚二河，復以餘力全六井，民獲其利。 After dredging the two rivers, Su Shi used the remaining labor to restore all six wells, to the people's great benefit.

History of Song, Chapter 408Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting · 1 passage

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眉士故尚蘇軾學，昌裔取諸經為之講說，祠周惇頤及顥、頤、載、熹，揭《白鹿洞學規》，仿潭州釋奠儀，簿正祭器，士習丕變。 The scholars of Meizhou had long favored Su Shi's school of learning. Changyi lectured on the classics instead, erected shrines to Zhou Dunyi and to Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhang Zai, and Zhu Xi, posted the White Deer Grotto Academy regulations, imitated the Tanzhou libation ceremony, put the ritual vessels in proper order on the register, and scholarly practice was thoroughly transformed.