Su Ting (蘇頲; 670 – July 26, 727[1]), courtesy name Tingshuo (廷碩),[2] formally Duke Wenxian of Xu (許文憲公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. He was a capable supporting chancellor to Song Jing, and he was also immensely gifted literarily, ranking with Zhang Yue as the two great literary figures of their time. They were known in unison as 燕许大手笔 ("Immense pen-brushes from Yan and Xu").
- ^ ([开元十五年]秋七月甲戌，...礼部尚书苏颋卒。) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.08. (卒，年五十八。) Xin Tang Shu, vol.125
- ^ According to the biographies of Su Ting's father Su Gui in the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang, Su Gui's courtesy name was Changrong (昌容), but according to the table of the chancellors' family trees in the New Book of Tang, his courtesy name was Tingshuo -- but according to Su Ting's biography in the New Book of Tang, it was Su Ting whose courtesy name was Tingshuo. Compare Old Book of Tang, vol. 88 and New Book of Tang, vol. 125 with New Book of Tang, vol. 74 part 1 and part 2.