Su Yugui (蘇禹珪) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Su Yugui as an official, scholar, and statesman. This record brings together 14 passages from 4 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Su Yugui	蘇禹珪	Su Yugui
Title	Duke of Ju	莒國公
Personal name	Su Yugui	蘇禹珪	Sū Yǔguī
Personal	Su Yugui	蘇禹珪	Sū Yǔguī
Personal	Yu Gui	禹珪	Yu Gui
Courtesy name	Yuansi	元錫	Yuánxī
Given name	Yugui	禹珪

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:102:s0108
Sex: male
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0132, xinwudaishi:011:s0032

Roles

Official
Scholar
Statesman

Life and dates

Death

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 顯德三年正月旦 · Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 956
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0144

Age

Age: 62 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0144

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 顯德三年正月旦 · Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 956
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0144
Source Date: Text: 乾祐三年冬 · Season: winter · Western Year: AD 950
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0140
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 · 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: 廣順元年 · Western Year: AD 951
Explicit event contextual date · xinwudaishi:011:s0063
Source Date: Text: 開運末 · Western Year: AD 946
Explicit event contextual date · jiuwudaishi:127:s0136

Family

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Child of Su Zhongrong (蘇仲容)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Su Dexiang (蘇德祥)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Origins and identity

Statement: descended from Wugong; family lately of Gaomi
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0132

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
Explicit · xinwudaishi:010:s0036
Label: acting Grand Master of Works / 守司空 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0142
Label: Minister of Punishments / 刑部尚書 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0137
Label: Right Vice Director and Grand Academician of Gathering Worthies / 右僕射、集賢殿大學士 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0137
Label: Vice Director / 僕射 · Action: appointed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0033
Label: Vice Minister of the Secretariat and Grand Councilor / 中書侍郎平章事 · Action: appointed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0136
Title: Duke of Ju / 莒國公 · Action: enfeoffed
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0143
Status: dismissed · Action: removed
Explicit · xinwudaishi:011:s0081

Places and affiliations

Place: Gaomi / 高密
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0132

Learning and skills

Credential: Five Classics degree / 五經中第 · Action: earned
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0134

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: recipient-of-final-charge · Action: installed-young-ruler · Other Person Id: Young Ruler of Han (少主)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0138
Kind: political · Role: fugitive · Action: seized-then-restored · Other Person Id: Guo Wei (郭威)
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0140, jiuwudaishi:127:s0141

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: pure generous elder; gentleman's scholar · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · jiuwudaishi:127:s0145, jiuwudaishi:127:s0171

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 · 1 passage

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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.

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 · 8 passages

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蘇禹珪，字元錫，其先出於武功，近世家高密，今為郡人也。 Su Yugui, courtesy name Yuansi, traced descent to Wugong; his line had lately settled in Gaomi and were now men of the prefecture.

禹珪性謙和，虛襟接物，克構父業，以五經中第，辟遼州倅職，歷青、鄆從事，轉潞、並管記，累檢校官至戶部郎中。 Yugui was modest and open, built on his father's learning, passed the Five Classics, served as aide in Liaozhou and staff in Qing and Yan, became recorder in Lu and Bing, and rose by inspection to revenue bureau director.

漢高祖作鎮並門，奏為兼判。 When Han Gaozu governed Bing Gate he had Yugui made concurrent overseer.

開運末，契丹入汴，漢祖即位於晉陽，授中書侍郎平章事。 At Kaiyun's end the Khitans entered Bian. Han Gaozu took the throne at Jinyang and made Yugui vice minister and grand councilor.

三年冬，太祖入平內難，禹珪遁入都城，為兵士所擄。 In winter of year three Taizu entered to quell strife. Yugui fled into the capital and was seized by troops.

世宗嗣位，封莒國公，未幾，受代歸第。 When Shizong succeeded he was enfeoffed Duke of Ju; soon he retired home.

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.

如成績之文采，元錫之履行，景範之純厚，皆得謂之君子儒矣。 Chengzhi's literary grace, Yuansi's conduct, Fan's pure weight—all were gentleman's scholars.

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

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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.