Overview
The translated histories identify Sunshu Ao as a hermit, official, and statesman. This record brings together 16 passages from 5 chapters across 4 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Sunshu Ao | 孫叔敖 | Sunshu Ao |
| Alternate name | Shu Ao | 叔敖 | |
| Personal name | Shu Ao | 叔敖 | Shu Ao |
| Personal name | Sun Shuao | 孫叔敖 | Sun Shuao |
| Personal | Sun Shuao | 孫叔敖 | Sun Shuao |
| Personal name | Sunshu Ao | 孫叔敖 | Sunshu Ao |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:031:s0030
- Sex: maleExplicit · zhoushu:026:s0070
- Value: maleStrongly inferred · shiji:119:s0004
Roles
- Hermit
- Official
- Statesman
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 叔敖辭沃壤 · Western Year: BC 600Explicit · zhoushu:026:s0070
- Source Date: Text: 孫叔敖 · Western Interval: Start: BC 630 · End: BC 593Explicit · shiji:083:s0213
- Source Date: Text: 楚莊王之世 · Western Interval: Start: BC 613 · End: BC 591Explicit event contextual date · houhanshu:031:s0030
- Source Date: Text: 楚莊王時 · Western Interval: Start: BC 599 · End: BC 593
Career and standing
- Label: reclusive scholar / 處士Explicit · shiji:119:s0004
- Label: Chancellor of Chu / 楚相 · Action: appointedExplicit · shiji:119:s0005, shiji:119:s0006
- Label: chancellor / 相 · Action: left · Note: three times without regretExplicit · shiji:083:s0213
- Status: dismissed · Action: removed · Count: 3Explicit · shiji:119:s0025
Places and affiliations
- Place: Chu / 楚 · Relation: fromExplicit · shiji:119:s0004
Works and attributed material
Events and relationships
- Kind: career · Role: chancellor · Action: appointed chancellor three times without elation; dismissed three times without regretExplicit · shiji:119:s0024, shiji:119:s0025
- Kind: policy · Role: chancellor · Action: had neighborhoods raise door thresholds so people raised carriages themselves · Other Person Id: King Zhuang of Chu (楚莊)
- Kind: administration · Role: chancellor · Action: implemented teachings and guided the people; superiors and subordinates harmonizedExplicit · shiji:119:s0006, shiji:119:s0007
- Kind: policy · Role: chancellor · Action: restored former currency after market disorder · Other Person Id: King Zhuang of Chu (楚莊)
- Kind: policy · Role: speaker · Action: spoke one word and the market of Ying was restored · Place: Ying / 郢Explicit · shiji:119:s0077
- Relation: successor-of · Person Id: Yu Qiu (虞丘)Explicit · shiji:119:s0005
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: transformed the people without frequent decrees; near and far modeled themselves after him · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgmentExplicit · shiji:119:s0023
Source notes
- Value: historicalExplicit · shiji:119:s0004
References in the histories
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