Sun Che (孫轍) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Sun Che as a hermit, scholar, teacher, and writer. This record brings together 7 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	Sun Che	孫轍	Sun Che
Given	Che	轍	Che
Courtesy name	Lüchang	履常	Lüchang
Surname	Sun	孫	Sun
Personal name	Sun Che	孫轍	Sun Che

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:199:s0101

Roles

Hermit
Scholar
Teacher
Writer

Life and dates

Death

Place: at home / 於家 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元統二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1334
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0115

Age

Age: 73 · Reckoning: sui
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0115

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元統二年 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1334
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0115

Family

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Child of Father of Sun Che
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Child of Lady Cai (蔡氏)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: mother

Career and standing

Label: private teacher / 家居教授
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0104
Status: orphaned-of-father · Action: lost-father-young
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0102

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: subject
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0111
Place: Linchuan / 臨川 · Relation: family-moved-to
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0101

Events and relationships

Kind: appointment · Role: nominee · Action: declined-surveillance-commission
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0110
Kind: recommendation · Role: nominee · Action: nominated-as-recluse-by-Jiangxi
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0111
Relation: praised-by · Person Id: Wu Cheng (吳澄)
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0112, yuanshi:199:s0113

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: filial and pure in learning · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:199:s0103

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 199Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses · 7 passages

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孫轍，字履常，其先自金陵徙家臨川。 Sun Che, courtesy name Lüchang, came from a family that had moved from Jinling to Linchuan.

轍幼孤，母蔡氏教之，知警策自樹立。 Che lost his father young; his mother, Lady Cai, raised him, and he learned early to discipline himself and stand on his own.

轍與人言，一以孝弟忠信為本，辭溫氣和，聞者莫不油然感悟。 In conversation Che always grounded his words in filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, and trust; his tone was gentle and harmonious, and listeners were invariably moved.

轍樂易莊敬，接之以禮，言不及官府。 Che was affable yet dignified, received guests with proper courtesy, and never spoke of official affairs.

江西行省特以遺逸舉轍一人。 The Jiangxi Branch Secretariat specially nominated Che as a recluse.

轍善為文章，吳澄嘗敘其集曰； Che was a fine writer; Wu Cheng once wrote in the preface to his collected works:

定翁幼歲儼如成人，寒暑衣冠不少懈，清修文雅，與孫轍齊名。 From childhood Dingweng conducted himself like an adult, never neglecting proper dress in any season; pure and refined, he was famed alongside Sun Che.