[1]Identity and datesHuo Tao lived from 1487 to 1540 and was a Ming official, historian, and scholar of the Confucian classics.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The main profile gives Huo Tao's name, life dates, Ming affiliation, and the classifications historian and scholar of the Classics.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical entries identify him as a Ming man from Nanhai and give the dates 1487–1540.
WikidataHuo Tao (Q15903781)The entity is labeled Huo Tao and described as a Ming-dynasty politician who died in 1540.
[2]Courtesy name and sobriquetsHis courtesy name was Weixian; his sobriquets and variant forms include Wuya, Weiya, Wuyashanren, Fanya, Weiya written with either 崖 or 涯, and Weiyaxiansheng.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The alternate-name list gives the pinyin forms Wuya, Fanya, Weixian, Weiya, Weiyaxiansheng, and the variant Weiya spellings.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical texts give the courtesy name Weixian and the sobriquets Wuya, Weiya, and Wuyashanren.
WikidataHuo Tao (Q15903781)The name data supplies the English romanizations and the corresponding traditional Chinese aliases.
[3]Native place and posthumous nameHuo Tao was from Nanhai in Guangdong and received the posthumous name Wenmin.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The address entries give Nanhai as both native place and household registration place, while the alternate-name entry identifies Wenmin as the posthumous name.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)Both biographical texts call him a native of Nanhai and give the posthumous name Wenmin.
[4]Examination successIn 1514 he was huiyuan and placed first in the second class at the palace examination; another formulation calls him the first-ranked jinshi of the ninth Zhengde year.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)One biographical text calls him the first jinshi of the ninth Zhengde year, while another specifies the 1514 huiyuan result and second-class first place at the palace examination.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi and gives the rank second class, first place.
[5]Marriage and studyAfter passing the examination, he returned home to marry and studied on Xiqiao Mountain.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical entry says that after passing the examination he returned to marry and studied on Xiqiao Mountain.
[6]Ministry of War appointmentAfter the Jiajing Emperor's accession, he received the Ministry of War post in 1521 and held it through 1526.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)Both biographical texts place his appointment as a Ministry of War official after the emperor's accession.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The office entry names the post as 兵部職方司主事 and dates it from 1521 to 1526, from Zhengde 16 to Jiajing 5.
[7]Memorials and the Great RitesThe emperor favorably received his repeated memorials, and Huo's position in the Great Rites controversy accorded with imperial wishes and brought repeated promotions.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical texts state that his repeated memorials were accepted and that his view in the Great Rites controversy pleased the emperor, leading to several promotions.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The associated-title list includes 大禮議, matching the Great Rites controversy mentioned here.
[8]Jiajing promotions and court dutiesHe became Junior Expositor and Attendant Lecturer in 1525, Expositor and Hanlin Academician in 1527, and also held several lecturing, compilation, and examination posts.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The second biographical text gives the Jiajing fourth-year and sixth-year promotions and their titles.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The office list includes the Hanlin lecturer, daily Classics-Banquet lecturer, deputy chief compiler, metropolitan examiner, three compiler appointments, and the two Zhanshifu offices.
[9]Minister of Rites and the Directorate of the Heir ApparentAfter the Great Rites book was completed, he was elevated to Minister of Rites and placed in charge of the Directorate of the Heir Apparent, but declined the appointment.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical texts say that completion of the Great Rites work led to his elevation to Minister of Rites and responsibility for the Directorate of the Heir Apparent; the second text adds that he declined it.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The office entry records him as Minister of Rites from the seventh year of Jiajing.
[10]Impeachment and imprisonmentIn 1530 he was impeached by Xia Yan for remonstrating over the suburban rites, imprisoned, and soon restored to office.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical text directly gives the impeachment by Xia Yan, imprisonment, and subsequent restoration after the remonstrance over suburban rites.
[11]Personnel and Nanjing appointmentsAfter mourning, Huo returned to office, served as Left and Right Vice Ministers of Personnel, and later became Nanjing Minister of Rites.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical texts give his return after mourning, service as the Left and Right Vice Ministers of Personnel, and later Nanjing Minister of Rites.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The office list includes the Right and Left Vice Ministers of Personnel and a Nanjing address for the Ministry of Rites post.
[12]Policy and public opinion in NanjingHis rivalry with others displeased the emperor; in Nanjing he made ritual teaching central to policy, while his conduct often failed to satisfy public opinion.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical entry describes his contentious behavior, the emperor's dislike, his ritual-focused policy in Nanjing, and his lack of accord with public opinion.
[13]Late officesHe held the Nanjing Ministry of Rites from 1536 to 1539, served again as Minister of Rites from 1539 to 1540, and held the title Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent in the latter period.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical text lists Nanjing Minister of Rites, Minister of Rites, and Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent among his later offices.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The office entries provide the 1536–1540 dates and Nanjing location for these Ministry of Rites and Junior Guardian appointments.
[14]Death and posthumous honorsHe died in office in the tenth month of Jiajing 19 at age fifty-four, received the posthumous title Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent, and was named Wenmin.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical text gives the month, office, age, posthumous Grand Guardian title, and posthumous name Wenmin.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The alternate-name entry identifies Wenmin as the posthumous name.
[15]Ancestry and sonsHis great-grandfather was Huo Xuanzhen, his grandfather Huo Houyi, and the listed sons were Huo Yuxia, Huo Yuwei, and Huo Yupu; Yuxia was third-class, 101st place in the Jiajing 38 examination register.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The kinship entries list great-grandfather Huo Xuanzhen, grandfather Huo Houyi, sons Huo Yuxia, Huo Yuwei, and Huo Yupu, and Yuxia's third-class 101st-place examination entry.
[16]Variant son list and compilationThe kinship list gives Yuwei and Yupu, whereas the biographical text names Yuxia and Yuqi as the compilers of Weiya wenji; the two lists therefore differ.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The kinship list names the sons Huo Yuxia, Huo Yuwei, and Huo Yupu.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The poetry entry names Yuxia and Yuqi as the sons who compiled the ten-juan Weiya wenji, creating the stated discrepancy in the son lists.
[17]RecommendationsHuo recommended Huang Zhengse and Wang Zhongcheng; the Huang entry also describes an examination-patron relationship, an unlawful act by a kinsman, Huo's continued esteem, and Huang's recommendation as Nanjing Censor.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The association entries record recommendations of Huang Zhengse and Wang Zhongcheng; the note for Huang describes the patron relationship, the kinsman's offense, Huo's esteem, and the recommendation to Nanjing Censor.
[18]Prefaces and epitaphsHuo wrote prefaces for works by Wang Ao, Xu Jin, Zhang Cong, Li Xishuo, and Gu Heng; he wrote epitaphs for Hou Yiyuan and Liu Shuxiang, while Li Kaixian and Jiang Yida wrote his epitaph.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The association entries connect Huo with prefaces for works by Wang Ao, Xu Jin, Zhang Cong, Li Xishuo, and Gu Heng; epitaphs for Hou Yiyuan and Liu Shuxiang; and epitaphs by Li Kaixian and Jiang Yida.
[19]Fields of scholarshipHuo's listed scholarly fields are classical learning and historiography.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The status classifications identify him as a historian and a scholar of the Classics.
[20]Classical and historical writingsThe writings associated with Huo include the listed works and variant titles for the Classic of Poetry and Western Han history works.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The biographical texts name Shijing jie, Xiangshan xue bian, Cheng-Zhu xunshi, Xihan biping, and Weiya ji among his works.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The title list contains Weiya ji, Cheng-Zhu xunshi, Jingjie xuebian, Xihan shu zuanping, Shishu xulüe, Shishu zhijie, Shijing jie zhu, and Xiangshan xue bian.
[21]Other titlesOther associated titles include the listed historical, political, educational, collected, and family works; Jiaxun in one juan is explicitly marked as authored.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The title entries list these works and identify the one-juan Jiaxun as a work for which he is the author.
[22]Weiya wenji compilation and arrangementThe ten-juan Weiya wenji was compiled and printed by Yuxia and Yuqi in the fourth year of Wanli; its seventh juan contained poetry and ci alongside prose, and a later arrangement removed the prose and ci, added lost poems, and formed one juan.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The poetry entry details the Wanli-fourth-year compilation of the ten-juan Weiya wenji by Yuxia and Yuqi and the contents and later arrangement of juan 7.
CBDBHuo Tao (68236)The title entries include Weiya wenji and the ten-juan Hu Wenmin gong quanji.
[23]Collation of the anthologyThe arrangement of the poetry also consulted an eighteenth-Jiaqing-year edition of Yuedong shihai and a ten-juan edition of Hu Wenmin gong quanji carved by the Nanhai Shitou Academy in the first Tongzhi year.
Souyun霍韜 (50848)The text explicitly says that the collation consulted the Jiaqing-eighteenth-year Yuedong shihai and the Nanhai Shitou Academy's first-Tongzhi-year ten-juan Hu Wenmin gong quanji.
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