Su Zhe 蘇轍

Other names

Family

• Kin of Yuanlao (元老)
  clan grandson 族孫 · paternal line · 2 generations
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passages 321-322
• Sibling of Su Shi (蘇軾)
  elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passages 318, 354, 359
• Parent of Chi (遲)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 320
• Parent of Shi (適)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 320
• Parent of Xun (遜)
  son 子 · paternal line
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 320

• Kinship Role sons · Count 3
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 320

Career and standing

• writer and statesman 文臣
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passages 318, 351
• prefect of Ru 知汝州
  AD 1094 to AD 1100 哲宗覽奏 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 368
• superintendent of the Upper Clarity Peace Abbey at Fengxiang 提舉鳳翔上清太平宮
  AD 1100 徽宗即位 · Appointed
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 372
• acting Supervisor of the Palace Storehouse 試少府監
  AD 1094 to AD 1095 未至 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 370
• divisional assignment at Nanjing 分司南京
  AD 1094 to AD 1095 未至 · Appointed
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 370
• vice-prefect of Hua 化州別駕
  AD 1097 三年 · Demoted
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 371

Places and affiliations

• Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 368
• AD 1097 三年
  At Xun 循州 · Relation Moved to
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 371
• AD 1102 to AD 1106 崇寧中
  At Xu 許州 · Relation Resided at
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 373
• AD 1100 徽宗即位
  At Yong 永州 · Relation Transferred to
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 372
• AD 1100 徽宗即位
  At Yue 岳州 · Relation Transferred to
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 372
• AD 1094 to AD 1097 筠州居住
  At Yunzhou 筠州 · Relation Resided at
  Dated from the passage context · History of Song 339, passage 370

Learning and skills

• Skill prose 文 · Level renowned
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 318

Works and attributed material

• Ancient History 古史
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 319
• autobiography of more than ten thousand characters 自作傳萬餘言
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 374
• Commentary on the Odes 詩傳
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 319
• Commentary on the Spring and Autumn 春秋傳
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 319
• Explication of Laozi 老子解
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 319
• Luancheng Collected Works 欒城文集
  Relation Author
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 319

Events and relationships

• Checked Green Sprouts proposal
  AD 1069 王安石初議青苗 · Political · Opponent · With Wang Anshi (王安石)
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 352
• Given posthumous title
  AD 1174 to AD 1189 淳熙中 · Ritual · Honoree
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 378
• Memorial displeased ruler
  AD 1094 to AD 1100 哲宗覽奏 · Political · Author · With Zhezong (哲宗)
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 367
• Opposed Zhang and Cai and rejected mediation
  AD 1086 to AD 1094 元祐秉政 · Political · Minister
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 355
• Refused visitors and sat silent
  AD 1102 to AD 1112 幾十年 · Personal · Subject
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passages 374-375
• AD 1102 to AD 1106 崇寧中
  Relation Demoted under · Person Cai Jing (蔡京)
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 373

Assessments and attributes

• Assessment a gentleman who did not cling to faction · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 358
• Assessment advanced and retreated with his brother; affection deepened in hardship without resentment · With Su Shi (蘇軾) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 359
• Assessment at his best nearly matched his brother Shi · With Su Shi (蘇軾) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 318
• Assessment calm, spare, and unwilling to seek renown, yet with brilliance that could not be hidden · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 318
• Assessment policy analysis precise and prose spare and rigorous, not necessarily beneath his brother · With Su Shi (蘇軾) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 351
• Assessment spoke little and wanted little, and thereby kept Anshi's respect · With Wang Anshi (王安石) · Mode historian-judgment
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 353

Source notes

• To The Old Man Left by the Ying Shore 潁濱遺老
  Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 374