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Su Ting
High Tang chancellor from Wugong in Jingzhao, courtesy name Tingshuo, Duke of Xu, paired with Zhang Shuo as the 'great pens of Yan and Xu'.
In a council hall, a long table holds an unrolled map scroll, a brass-cornered chest and a brush pot, with tall-backed chairs around it and a bronze lamp at the left; a figure stands with their back turned on the balcony at the right, with palace roofs beyond.
Also known as Tingshuo
Su Ting, courtesy name Tingshuo, was from Wugong in Jingzhao and the son of Su Gui; he lived from 670 to 727. He passed the jinshi young and under Empress Wu served as censor, drafter in the Secretariat and scholar of the Xiuwen Academy. Under Xuanzong he inherited the title Duke of Xu and became chancellor as Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi. Famed for imperial edicts and state documents, he was paired with Zhang Shuo, Duke of Yan, as the 'great pens of Yan and Xu'. His career is in the Old Tang History.
Life and times
Dates 670 CE–727 CE