Su Gui

Su Gui (蘇瓌 or 蘇瑰) (639 – 20 August 710[1]), courtesy name Changrong (昌容) or Tingshuo (廷碩),[2] formally Duke Wenzhen of Xu (許文貞公), was an official of the Chinese Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Zhongzong, Emperor Shang, and Emperor Ruizong.

  1. ^ (景云元年七月......庚午,太子少傅苏瑰薨。) Jiu Tang Shu, vol.07. (卒,年七十二) Xin Tang Shu, vol.125. However, Su Gui's biography in Old Book of Tang recorded that he died in the 11th month of that year, which corresponds to 26 Nov to 24 Dec 710 in the Julian calendar. (景雲元年,以老疾转太子少傅。是岁十一月薨,...)
  2. ^ According to Su's biographies in the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang, his 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.