Sui and Tang · Musician

Sujiva 蘇祗婆

Attested AD 581 - AD 604

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sujiva was a Musician.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 604 鄭譯得西域蘇祗婆七旦之聲
Directly stated · History of Liao 54, passage 70

Places and affiliations

At Kuche 龜茲 · Relation Native of
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 54, passage 70
At Western Regions 西域 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Liao 54, passage 70

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 24: Music · 1 passage

至隋高祖詔求知音者，鄭譯得西域蘇祗婆七旦之聲，求合七音八十四調之說，由是雅俗之樂，皆此聲矣。 When Sui Gaozu issued an edict seeking masters of music, Zheng Yi obtained from the Western Regions the seven-mode system of the Kuchean musician Sujiva and sought to align it with the theory of seven tones and eighty-four modes; from that point, both court ritual and popular music drew on these sounds.