Su Ting

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1. 706 中書舍人 神龍
2. 706 修文館學士 神龍
3. 706 給事中 神龍
4. 710 太常少卿 景雲
5. 716 同紫微黃門平章事 開元
6. 716 紫微侍郎 開元
7. 720 州刺史 開元
8. 720 禮部尚書 開元
9. 723 州刺史 開元
10. 725 知吏部選事 開元
11. 710 太常少卿

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• 廷碩 字
• 文憲 諡號
• 蘇五 行第

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• 詩人
• 工於文
• [宰相]

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1. [1] Name and dates The person is named Su Ting; 670–727 is the usual chronology in the evidence, while another value gives 680–737.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The main person value gives the name Su Ting and the years 670 and 727.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts identify Su Ting and give 670–727.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The authority values name Su Ting, place his birth in 670, and place his death in 727.
   • WikidataSu Ting (Q5956587)The alternative chronology gives 680 as the birth year and 737 as the death year.
2. [2] Identity Su Ting was a Tang official and writer who served as a chancellor under Xuanzong.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts describe him as a Tang official and writer and place his chancellorship in the Kaiyuan period.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The authority values identify the dynasty as Tang and call him a Tang official and writer who served as a chancellor under Xuanzong.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The classification values identify him with the Tang, poetry, literary accomplishment, and the chancellorship.
   • WikidataSu Ting (Q5956587)The English description calls him a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong.
3. [3] Courtesy name and birth order His courtesy name was Tingshuo, and he was fifth in birth order.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The alternative-name values give Tingshuo as his courtesy name and Su Wu as his birth-order name.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical text gives the courtesy name Ting-shuo and says that he was fifth in birth order.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The authority aliases give Su Tingshuo and Su Wu.
   • WikidataSu Ting (Q5956587)The name values include Tingshuo as an alias.
4. [4] Ancestral place His place of origin is given as Wugong in Jingzhao, modern Wugong in Shaanxi, with Fufeng as an alternative.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts give Jingzhao Wugong and identify it with modern Wugong in Shaanxi.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The birthplace value is Wugong.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The address values give Fufeng as the basic place and Wugong as another place.
5. [5] Family and titles Su Gui was Su Ting's father and a chancellor. Su Ting inherited the title Xuguo Gong, was known as Su Xugong and Little Duke Xu, and received the posthumous name Wenxian.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts identify Su Gui as a chancellor and Su Ting as his son, describe the inherited Xuguo title and the names Su Xugong and Little Duke Xu, and give Wenxian as the posthumous name.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The kinship, alternative-name, and title values identify Su Gui as father, Wenxian as the posthumous name, and Guogong as the inherited rank.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The authority aliases include Xuguo Gong.
6. [6] Early career Su Ting was intelligent and had a strong memory, passed the jinshi examination in early adulthood, and became magistrate of Wucheng.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts describe his early intelligence and memory, his jinshi success, and his appointment at Wucheng.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The examination and office values identify the jinshi qualification and the Wucheng county magistracy.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The biographical note says that he passed the jinshi examination in early adulthood and was assigned to Wucheng.
7. [7] Wu Zetian era offices During Wu Zetian's reign he passed the exceptional Worthy and Upright examination, entered office in the Left Guard Command, and became an Investigating Censor.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The note gives the exceptional Worthy and Upright examination and the subsequent appointments.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The office values identify the Left Guard Command military post and the Investigating Censor post.
8. [8] Shenlong and Jingyun offices The career sequence includes Jishizhong, Xiuwen Academy Scholar, Zhongshu Sheren, drafter of edicts, Vice Minister of Works, and Vice Director of the Secretariat, with an interruption for his father's death and a subsequent inheritance of the Xuguo title.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts give the Shenlong offices, the appointment as drafter of edicts, the Jingyun leave for mourning, the restoration as Vice Minister of Works, the inherited title, and the move to Vice Director of the Secretariat.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The office values list Jishizhong, Xiuwen Academy Scholar, Zhongshu Sheren, Vice Minister of Works, and Vice Director of the Secretariat.
9. [9] Chancellorship In 716 he became Ziwei Shilang and Tong Ziwei Huangmen Pingzhangshi and served as chancellor for four years.
   • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts date the promotion to 716 and state that he served as chancellor for four years.
   • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The office values give the two chancellery posts and 716 as their starting year.
10. [10] Shared administration Su Ting shared responsibility for state affairs with Song Jing.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical text says that he and Song Jing jointly handled state affairs.
11. [11] Later offices In 720 he became Minister of Rites and held offices in Yizhou, Jiannan, Chengdu Fu, and the Ministry of Personnel selections; the office values give the specific ranges 720–721, 723–724, and 725.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts describe the 720 appointment as Minister of Rites, the Yizhou chief administrator, and the Jiannan inspector.
    • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The office values list the Minister of Rites, chief administrator, Chengdu Fu zhou cishi appointments, and the Ministry of Personnel selection duty, with the relevant years.
12. [12] Death and posthumous honors Su Ting died in 727 at the age of fifty-eight and received a posthumous presentation and the name Wenxian.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The text gives his death in 727 at age fifty-eight, the posthumous presentation of Right Vice Director of the Secretariat, and the name Wenxian.
    • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The values give 727 as the death year and Wenxian as the posthumous name.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The death date falls in 727.
13. [13] Prose and poetry The prose, court-edict, poetry, and comparative literary assessments are supported by the biographical descriptions.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts describe his prose, the court edicts written by him, the refined and richly sustained poetry, and its lesser reputation.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The note praises his poetry and describes its high structural strength.
14. [14] Calligraphy Su Ting was also a calligrapher and composed and wrote the inscription for the stele of Guo Zhiyun, military commissioner of Longyou.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The note says that he was skilled in calligraphy and composed and wrote the Guo Zhiyun stele inscription.
15. [15] Yan–Xu great stylists Su Ting and Zhang Yue were celebrated together for their literary writing as the Yan–Xu great stylists.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts repeatedly pair him with Zhang Yue and apply the expression Yan–Xu great stylists.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The group and note values preserve the Yan–Xu designation.
16. [16] Li Bai encounter In 720, while serving in Yizhou, Su Ting received Li Bai, praised his talent, and said that further learning could make him comparable to Sima Xiangru.
    • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The association values identify Li Bai, the Kaiyuan eighth year, the Yizhou appointment, the appreciative relationship, and the preserved account of the visit and praise.
17. [17] Epitaph Su Ting also wrote an epitaph for Tang Xiujing.
    • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The association values identify Tang Xiujing as the subject of an epitaph written by Su Ting.
18. [18] Lost original collection The original thirty-scroll collection is said to have been lost, while the complete-poetry anthologies preserve two scrolls and add one poem.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The biographical texts give the lost thirty-scroll collection, two scrolls in Complete Tang Poems, and one poem added by its supplement.
19. [19] Later compilations The evidence preserves differing statements about later compilations: a two-scroll Su Tingshuo collection associated with a Ming compiler and an eleven-scroll Su Xugong collection associated with the Qing compiler Su Tingyu.
    • Souyun蘇頲 (19372)The texts give the two-scroll Su Tingshuo collection as a Ming compilation and the eleven-scroll Su Xugong collection as compiled by Qing Su Tingyu.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database蘇頲 (A009912)The note also names a later Su Tingshuo collection.
20. [20] Other titles The bibliographical values also list Longshang ji in one scroll and a collection titled Wenji (Su Ting).
    • CBDBSu Ting (11605)The text-title values list Wenji (Su Ting) and Longshang ji, one scroll, with the latter marked as authored by him.