Yuan · Scholar and Hermit

Sun Che 孫轍

c. AD 1262 - AD 1334

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sun Che was a scholar and Hermit.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Courtesy name	Lüchang	履常	Lüchang

Life and dates

Death

AD 1334 元統二年
At at home 於家
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 115

Age

73
Reckoning Sui
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 115

Attested activity

AD 1334 元統二年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 115

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Father of Sun Che
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 199, passage 102
Child of Lady Cai (蔡氏)
mother 母
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 102

Career and standing

private teacher 家居教授
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 104
Lost father young
Orphaned of father
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 102

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Subject
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 111
At Linchuan 臨川 · Relation Family moved to
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 101

Events and relationships

Declined surveillance commission
Appointment · Nominee
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 110
Nominated as recluse by Jiangxi
Recommendation · Nominee
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 111
Relation Praised by · Person Wu Cheng (吳澄)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passages 112-113

Assessments and attributes

Assessment filial and pure in learning · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Yuan 199, passage 103

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 199Volume 199 Biographies 86: Recluses · 7 passages

孫轍，字履常，其先自金陵徙家臨川。 Sun Che, courtesy name Lüchang, came from a family that had moved from Jinling to Linchuan.

轍幼孤，母蔡氏教之，知警策自樹立。 Che lost his father young; his mother, Lady Cai, raised him, and he learned early to discipline himself and stand on his own.

轍與人言，一以孝弟忠信為本，辭溫氣和，聞者莫不油然感悟。 In conversation Che always grounded his words in filial piety, fraternity, loyalty, and trust; his tone was gentle and harmonious, and listeners were invariably moved.

轍樂易莊敬，接之以禮，言不及官府。 Che was affable yet dignified, received guests with proper courtesy, and never spoke of official affairs.

江西行省特以遺逸舉轍一人。 The Jiangxi Branch Secretariat specially nominated Che as a recluse.

轍善為文章，吳澄嘗敘其集曰； Che was a fine writer; Wu Cheng once wrote in the preface to his collected works:

定翁幼歲儼如成人，寒暑衣冠不少懈，清修文雅，與孫轍齊名。 From childhood Dingweng conducted himself like an adult, never neglecting proper dress in any season; pure and refined, he was famed alongside Sun Che.