Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Judge and Official

Su Qiong 蘇瓊

Attested AD 550 - AD 577

Passages: 26
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Su Qiong was a Judge and Official.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Zhenzhi	珍之	Zhenzhi

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 550 to AD 559 天保中
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 166
AD 577 齊亡
Dated from the passage context · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 198

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Su Bei (蘇備)
father 父
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 129

Career and standing

administrator of Boling 博陵太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 198
administrator of southern Qinghe 南清河太守
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 138
director of the Court of Justice 大理卿
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 198
director of the Court of Justice 廷尉正
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 176
gentleman of the three offices 三公郎中
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 186
left vice director 左丞
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 192

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penal-affairs staff officer 刑獄參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 134
rectifier 司直
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 176
senior adjutant 府長流參軍
Appointed
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 133

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Qi 北齊 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 198
Polity Northern Zhou 北周 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 198
At Wuqiang 武強
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 128

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Cui Ang (崔昂)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 189
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 170

Events and relationships

Borrowed grain for hungry
AD 550 to AD 559 天保中 · Disaster relief · Administrator
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passages 166-167, 171
Cleared wrongful bandit case
Legal · Investigator · With Yuan Jingrong (元景融)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passages 136-137
Mediated land dispute
Legal · Judge · With Yi Puming (乙普明)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passages 159, 161
Relation Contrasted with · Person Pei Xianbo (裴獻伯)
Directly stated · Book of Northern Qi 46, passage 178

References in the histories

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History

26 passages

Book of Northern Qi, Chapter 46Volume 46 Biographies 38: Good Officials · 26 passages

張華原宋世良弟世軌郎基孟業崔伯謙蘇瓊房豹路去病 Zhang Huayuan, Song Shiliang, his younger brother Shigui, Lang Ji, Meng Ye, Cui Boqian, Su Qiong, Fang Bao, and Lu Qubing

時大理正蘇珍之亦以平幹知名。 At the time Court chief justice Su Zhenzhi was also known for balanced competence.

寺中為之語曰：「決定嫌疑蘇珍之，視表見裏宋世軌。」 In the ministry they said: "To decide doubtful guilt—Su Zhenzhi; to see inside from the table—Song Shigui."

蘇瓊，字珍之，武強人也。 Su Qiong, styled Zhenzhi, came from Wuqiang.

瓊幼時隨父在邊，嘗謁東荊州刺史曹芝。 As a boy Qiong followed his father to the frontier and once called on Eastern Jingzhou inspector Cao Zhi.

文襄付瓊更令窮審，乃別推得元景融等十餘人，並獲贓驗。 Gao Cheng put Qiong on a fresh exhaustive inquiry; he traced the case separately and found Yuan Jingrong and more than ten others, all with the loot recovered.

零陵縣民魏雙成失牛，疑其村人魏子賓，送至郡，一經窮問，知賓非盜者，卽便放之。 Wei Shuangcheng of Lingling county lost an ox and suspected Wei Zibin of his village; Zibin was sent to the commandery, and after one thorough inquiry Qiong knew he was not the thief and released him at once.

瓊不理，密走私訪，別獲盜者。 Qiong ignored him, sent private inquiries, and separately caught the real thieves.

有鄰郡富豪將財物寄置界內以避盜，為賊攻急，告曰：「我物已寄蘇公矣。」 A wealthy man from a neighboring commandery stored goods inside the border to escape thieves; when bandits pressed him he said, "My goods are already with Lord Su."

瓊所部人連接村居，無相染累。 Villages along Qiong's border that adjoined the bandits' territory suffered no infection or implicated cases.

瓊性清慎，不發私書。 Qiong was pure and cautious by nature and never sent private letters.

及欲求謁，度知其意，每見則談問玄理，應對肅敬，研雖為債數來，無由啟口。 When Daoyan wished to call on him, Qiong knew his intent; at each meeting he discussed abstruse principles with solemn respect—though Daoyan came repeatedly on debt business, he never found an opening.

潁恃年老，苦請，遂便為留，仍致於聽事梁上，竟不剖。 Ying, relying on his age, pressed hard; Qiong finally kept them and hung them on a beam in the reception hall without ever cutting them.

瓊召普明兄弟對衆人諭之曰：「天下難得者兄弟，易求者田地，假令得地失兄弟心如何？」 Qiong summoned the brothers before the crowd and said, "Brothers are what the world can scarcely obtain; fields are easy to find—if you gain land but lose your brothers' hearts, what then?"

瓊普集部中有粟家，自從貸粟以給付饑者。 Qiong gathered every household in the district that had grain and personally borrowed from them to feed the hungry.

瓊曰：「一身獲罪，且活千室，何所怨乎？」 Qiong said, "One body may bear guilt, yet a thousand households live—what is there to resent?"

初，瓊任清河太守，裴獻伯為濟州刺史，酷於用法，瓊恩於養人。 Earlier, when Qiong was administrator of Qinghe, Pei Xianbo was inspector of Jizhou, harsh in applying the law, while Qiong was kind in nurturing people.

裴以前言，恐為瓊陷，瓊申其枉滯，議者尚其公平。 Because of his earlier remark Pei feared Qiong would trap him; Qiong stated his wrongful detention, and commentators respected his fairness.

瓊推察務在公平，得雪者甚衆，寺署臺案，始自於瓊。 Qiong's investigations aimed at fairness; very many were cleared—court and censorate cases began with Qiong.

趙州及清河、南中有人頻告謀反，前後皆付瓊推撿，事多申雪。 In Zhao province, Qinghe, and southern Zhong people repeatedly reported rebellion; case after case went to Qiong for investigation, and many were cleared.

尚書崔昂謂瓊曰：「若欲立功名，當更思餘理，仍數雪反逆，身命何輕？」 Master of Writing Cui Ang told Qiong, "If you wish merit and fame, you should think of other principles; you still repeatedly clear treason cases—how lightly you hold your life?"

瓊正色曰：「所雪者怨枉，不放反逆。」 Qiong said sternly, "What I clear are wrongful grievances—I do not release real rebels."

京師為之語曰：「斷決無疑蘇珍之。」 The capital had a saying: "Judgment without doubt—Su Zhenzhi."

徐州城中五級寺忽被盜銅像一百軀，有司徵檢，四鄰防宿及蹤跡所疑，逮系數十人，瓊一時放遣。 In Xuzhou city the Five-Tier Temple was robbed of a hundred bronze statues; the authorities investigated neighbors on night watch and everyone suspicion touched—several tens were seized; Qiong released them all at once.

寺僧怨訴不為推賊，瓊遣僧，謝曰：「但且還寺，得像自送。」 The monks complained he did not pursue the thieves; Qiong sent them away, saying, "Just return to the temple—the statues will come back on their own."

舊制以淮禁不聽商販輒度，淮南歲儉，啟聽淮北取糴。 By old regulation the Huai crossing barred merchants at will; when Huainan had a lean year, Qiong memorialized to allow buying grain north of the Huai.