Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Reclusive Scholar

Sui Kua 眭夸

Attested AD 430 - AD 520

Passages: 20
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sui Kua was a Reclusive Scholar.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Alternate name	Chang	昶	Chang

Life and dates

Death

Age Value: 75 · Reckoning: Sui
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 47

Age

20
Reckoning Sui · Occasion father's death
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 17

Attested activity

AD 450 to AD 520 北魏隱逸
Uncertain · Book of Wei 96, passage 261
AD 450 及浩誅
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 40
AD 430 to AD 450 少與崔浩為莫逆之交…浩為司徒
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 96, passages 21-22

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Sui Sui (邃)
father 父 · paternal line
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 14
Spouse of Wife of Sui Kua
wife 婦
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 96, passage 43

Kinship Role sons · Count 0 · Negated true
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 49

Career and standing

Palace Gentleman 中郎
Refused
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 22
Maintained
Refused office
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 18

Places and affiliations

Polity Northern Wei 北魏 · Relation Under
Strongly inferred · Book of Wei 96, passage 261
Polity Northern Wei 魏 · Relation Lived under
Dated from the passage context · Book of Wei 96, passages 22, 40
At Gaoyi in Zhao commandery 趙郡高邑
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 12

Learning and skills

Skill wine-drinking 飲酒 · Level fond
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 16

Works and attributed material

On Accepting Fate 知命論
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 46
On Friendship 朋友篇
Relation Author
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 42
Speech · Speaker · With Cui Hao (崔浩)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passages 28-29
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 41

Events and relationships

Refused then entered capital
Political · Summoned subject · With Cui Hao (崔浩)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passages 22-23
Slipped through pass as driver
Escape · Fugitive
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 33
Relation Friend of · Person Cui Hao (崔浩)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 21

Assessments and attributes

Assessment forgot official regalia; fulfilled will in gardens and fields · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 261
Assessment 独行士 / walked alone · Mode named-speech Speaker Cui Hao (崔浩)
Directly stated · Book of Wei 96, passage 34

References in the histories

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History

20 passages

Book of Wei, Chapter 96Volume 90: Retired Officals: Sui Kua, Feng Liang, Li Mi, Zheng Xiu · 20 passages

眭夸馮亮李謐鄭脩 Sui Kua, Feng Liang, Li Mi, and Zheng Xiu

今錄眭夸等為逸士傳。 Here Sui Kua and the others are entered in a Biography of Reclusive Scholars.

眭夸，一名昶，趙郡高邑人也。 Sui Kua, also called Chang, came from Gaoyi in Zhao commandery.

夸少有大度，不拘小節，耽志書傳，未曾以世務經心。 Kua was broad-minded from youth, careless of small proprieties, absorbed in books and histories, and never gave worldly business a thought.

同郡李順願與之交，夸拒而不許。 Li Shun of his commandery wished to associate with him; Kua declined.

浩為司徒，奏徵為其中郎，辭疾不赴。 When Hao became Minister of Works he recommended Kua as Palace Gentleman; Kua pleaded illness and stayed away.

浩後遂投詔書於夸懷，亦不開口。 Hao then thrust the imperial edict into Kua's robe; Kua still would not speak.

夸曰：「桃簡，卿已為司徒，何足以此勞國士也。 Kua said, "Taojian, you are already Minister of Works—what need is there to weary a man of the realm with such a thing?

浩慮夸即還。 Hao feared Kua would return home at once.

時乘一騾，更無兼騎，浩乃以夸騾內之廐中，冀相維縶。 Kua had come on a single mule with no second mount; Hao stabled the mule in his own stable, hoping to hold him back.

夸遂託鄉人輸租者，謬為御車，乃得出關。 Kua then joined a townsman delivering rent grain, passed himself off as the driver, and so slipped through the pass.

浩知而歎曰：「眭夸獨行士，本不應以小職辱之。 Learning this, Hao sighed: "Sui Kua is a man who walks alone; he should never have been pressed with a petty office.

時朝法甚峻，夸既私還，將有私歸之咎。 Court law was severe; Kua's unauthorized return would have brought punishment for leaving without leave.

經年，送夸本騾，兼遺以所乘馬，為書謝之。 A year later he returned Kua's mule, sent the horse he had ridden, and wrote to apologize.

夸更不受其騾馬，亦不復書。 Kua again refused mule and horse and sent no letter in return.

及浩誅，為之素服，受鄉人弔唁，經一時乃止。 When Hao was put to death, Kua wore plain mourning, received condolences from his neighbors, and only after a time laid it aside.

歎曰：「崔公既死，誰能更容眭夸！」 He sighed, "Lord Cui is dead—who will shelter Sui Kua now?"

或人謂夸曰：「吾聞有大才者必居貴仕，子何獨在桑榆乎？」 Someone said to Kua, "Men of great talent, I am told, must hold high office—why do you alone linger in life's evening?"

眭夸輩忘懷纓冕，畢志丘園。 Sui Kua and his kind forgot rank and fulfilled their will in garden and field.

唯眭夸傳有溢出語，或採之他書。 Only Sui Kua's biography has extra language, perhaps drawn from another book.