Sui Kua (眭夸) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sui Kua as a hermit and scholar. This record brings together 20 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	Sui Kua	眭夸	Sui Kua
Alternate name	Chang	昶	Chang
Given	Kua	夸	Kua
Personal name	Sui Kua	眭夸	Sui Kua

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · weishu:096:s0012, weishu:096:s0261

Roles

Hermit
Scholar

Life and dates

Death

Age: Value: 75 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · weishu:096:s0047

Age

Value: 20 · Reckoning: sui · Occasion: father's death
Explicit · weishu:096:s0017

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 北魏隱逸 · Western Interval: Start: AD 450 · End: AD 520
Uncertain · weishu:096:s0261
Source Date: Text: 及浩誅 · Western Year: AD 450
Explicit · weishu:096:s0040
Source Date: Text: 少與崔浩為莫逆之交…浩為司徒 · Western Interval: Start: AD 430 · End: AD 450
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:096:s0021, weishu:096:s0022

Family

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Child of Sui Sui (邃)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Line: paternal
Spouse of Wife of Sui Kua
Kinship Term: wife / 婦 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Kinship Role: sons · Count: 0 · Negated: true
Explicit · weishu:096:s0049

Career and standing

Label: Palace Gentleman / 中郎 · Action: refused
Explicit · weishu:096:s0022
Status: refused-office · Action: maintained
Explicit · weishu:096:s0018

Places and affiliations

Polity: Northern Wei / 北魏 · Relation: under
Strongly inferred · weishu:096:s0261
Polity: Northern Wei / 魏 · Relation: lived-under
Explicit event contextual date · weishu:096:s0022, weishu:096:s0040
Place: Gaoyi in Zhao commandery / 趙郡高邑
Explicit · weishu:096:s0012

Learning and skills

Skill: wine-drinking / 飲酒 · Level: fond
Explicit · weishu:096:s0016

Works and attributed material

Work: On Accepting Fate / 知命論 · Relation: author
Explicit · weishu:096:s0046
Work: On Friendship / 朋友篇 · Relation: author
Explicit · weishu:096:s0042
Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Other Person Id: Cui Hao (崔浩)
Explicit · weishu:096:s0028, weishu:096:s0029
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · weishu:096:s0041

Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: summoned-subject · Action: refused-then-entered-capital · Other Person Id: Cui Hao (崔浩)
Explicit · weishu:096:s0022, weishu:096:s0023
Kind: escape · Role: fugitive · Action: slipped-through-pass-as-driver
Explicit · weishu:096:s0033
Relation: friend-of · Person Id: Cui Hao (崔浩)
Explicit · weishu:096:s0021

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: forgot official regalia; fulfilled will in gardens and fields · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · weishu:096:s0261
Assessment: 独行士 / walked alone · Provenance: Mode: named-speech · Speaker Person Id: Cui Hao (崔浩)
Explicit · weishu:096:s0034