苏定 / Su Ding (Jiaozhi governor)

Overview

苏定 / Su Ding is synthesized as the Jiaozhi governor whose punitive handling of 征侧 becomes the immediate trigger in the current wiki’s 40 CE Jiaozhi revolt branch. His page is intentionally narrow because Hanji 718 supplies only his role in the revolt’s opening, not a full official biography.

Current Profile

Hanji 718 places Su Ding at the fault line between imperial law and local Jiaozhi power. Zheng Ce is introduced as a fierce and brave daughter of a Miling Lac lord, and Su Ding wants to punish her according to court law. The source says this produces Zheng Ce’s resentment, after which Zheng Ce and 征贰 revolt.

Su Ding therefore matters less as a developed personality than as the official-pressure node in the revolt. The episode’s later management frame about law and human feeling should not be retrofitted into a full explanation of Su Ding’s motives; the durable claim is only that the punitive action is narrated as the immediate trigger for rebellion.

Key Characteristics

• Jiaozhi governor appearing at the start of the 40 CE revolt branch.
• Official actor representing court-law enforcement against a local elite woman.
• Trigger figure whose punitive action precedes Zheng Ce and Zheng Er’s rebellion.
• Source-bounded official with no current independent biography beyond this crisis role.

Evidence

• Office and action: Hanji 718 identifies Su Ding as the Jiaozhi governor who wants to punish Zheng Ce according to court law.
• Revolt trigger: Hanji 718 says Zheng Ce resents Su Ding and then revolts with Zheng Er in spring 40 CE.
• Administrative weakness: Hanji 718 says Han officials in Jiaozhi can only defend themselves after the revolt spreads.

Qualifications

The current source does not prove whether Su Ding’s action was unusually harsh, legally required, personally motivated, or structurally typical of Jiaozhi administration. Later sources may connect him to extraction, ethnic tension, or administrative failure, but this page only records the current source-bounded trigger role.

What Changed

• Created a disambiguated Su Ding page for the 40 CE Jiaozhi revolt trigger.

Relationships

• 征侧 - local elite woman whom Su Ding attempts to punish.
• 征贰 - co-leader of the revolt triggered by Su Ding’s action against Zheng Ce.
• 交趾郡 - commandery where Su Ding holds office and where the revolt begins.
• 光武帝刘秀 - emperor whose southern administration faces the revolt after Su Ding’s trigger role.