Shi Ju (石琚) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shi Ju was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1171 大定十一年
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17
AD 1166 六年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 19, passages 66, 73

Key source chapters

History of Jin, Chapter 19 Volume 19 Annals 19: Ancenstral Records: Emperor Jingxuan Zongjun, Ruizong, Zongyao, Xianzong, Yungong 1 passage
History of Jin, Chapter 42 Volume 42 Treatises 23: Ceremonial Guards 2: Guards for the Emperor, Guards for the Empress Dowager, Guards for the Crown Prince, Attendants for Princes, Guides for Imperial Concubines, Ceremonial Attendants for Officials 1 passage

Career and standing

right vice councillor 右丞
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17
Right Vice Councillor 右丞
AD 1171 大定十一年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17
Participating Councillor 參政
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 19, passage 73

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 42, passage 17

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Author · With Emperor Shizong (世宗) · presented the ritual program for the Southern Suburb and temple offering
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17

Events and relationships

Presented ritual program
AD 1171 大定十一年 · Ritual · Presenter · With Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17
Relation Minister of · Person Emperor Shizong (世宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 17

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 19Volume 19 Annals 19: Ancenstral Records: Emperor Jingxuan Zongjun, Ruizong, Zongyao, Xianzong, Yungong · 1 passage

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又曰：「右丞蘇保衡雖漢人不通經史，參政石琚通經史而不言，前日禮官既已削奪，猶不懼邪？ He added, "Right Vice Director Su Baoheng, a Han man, knows no classics; Participating Councillor Shi Ju knows them yet stays silent; ritual officers were demoted only yesterday—are you still unafraid?

History of Jin, Chapter 42Volume 42 Treatises 23: Ceremonial Guards 2: Guards for the Emperor, Guards for the Empress Dowager, Guards for the Crown Prince, Attendants for Princes, Guides for Imperial Concubines, Ceremonial Attendants for Officials · 1 passage

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大定十一年，將有事於南郊，朝享太廟，右丞石琚奏其禮，上曰：「前朝漢人祭天，惟務整肅儀仗，此自奉耳，非敬天也。 In Dading 11 (1171), as the court prepared for the Southern Suburb sacrifice and an offering at the Grand Ancestral Temple, Right Vice Councillor Shi Jue presented the ritual program. The emperor said, "Under the previous dynasty, the Han worshiped Heaven by striving only to make the ceremonial escort imposing. That was self-display, not reverence for Heaven.