Yuan Yueyou

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1. 1179 知某州軍州事
2. 1188 朝請大夫
3. 1188 知某州軍州事
4. 1190 朝議大夫
5. 1190 直秘閣
6. 1190 知某府軍府事
7. 1192 中奉大夫
8. 1192 直顯謨閣
9. 1192 知某府軍府事
10. 1196 制置使
11. 1196 敷文閣學士
12. 1196 知某府軍府事
13. 1201 寶文閣學士
14. 1201 知某府軍府事
15. 1201 通奉大夫
16. 1203 同知樞密院事 嘉泰

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AliasesCBDB

• 東塘居士 室名、別號
• 起巖 字

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• [財政官員]
• [宰執]

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1. [1] Name, dates, and identity Yuan Yueyou lived from 1140 to 1204 and is identified as a Song-period person whose career and literary work place him among Southern Song officials and men of letters.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The biographical record supplies the personal name, birth and death years, and Song dynasty affiliation, while its offices and texts support his official and literary identity.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The biographical profile and notices give his dates and Southern Song setting, and describe his offices, poetry, and prose.
   • WikidataYuan Yueyou (Q17010451)The linked entity identifies him as Yuan Yueyou, a Song-dynasty person, and gives the 1140 and 1204 date values.
2. [2] Courtesy name, sobriquet, and residence He used Qiyan as his courtesy name, with Qiyan also written as 起嚴, took Dongtang jushi as his sobriquet, came from Jian'an, and later lived in Huzhou.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The biographical record gives the courtesy name, sobriquet, Jian'an as his basic native place, and Huzhou as his later residence.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The notices identify Jian'an as modern Jian'ou, state that he lived in Huzhou, and preserve both 起巖 and 起嚴 forms of the courtesy name.
   • WikidataYuan Yueyou (Q17010451)The name data supplies the Romanized aliases Dongtang jushi and Qiyan and the corresponding Chinese aliases 東塘居士 and 起巖.
3. [3] Jinshi examination and first appointment In 1163 he passed the jinshi examination and received an appointment as zhubu of Liyang.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The notices describe him as a Longxing first-year jinshi and as receiving or being transferred to the post of Liyang zhubu.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The examination entry confirms the jinshi status, and the office list includes the county zhubu post.
4. [4] Chunxi career During Chunxi he held posts in the Xingbu and Gongbu archives, the National Academy, the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Privy Council, and the Palace Library, and later governed Chizhou and Quzhou.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The career notices list the successive central offices, date Mishucheng to the fourth year of Chunxi, and mention the governorships of Chizhou and Quzhou.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The office data separately lists the Chizhou and Quzhou governorships and gives their associated locations and dates.
5. [5] Shaoxi provincial appointments In 1190 he moved from western Zhejiang judicial surveillance to the provincial office supervising regularization and salt administration, then governed Pingjiang and Lin'an in the following two years.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The chronology dates the transfer to the first year of Shaoxi and the Pingjiang and Lin'an appointments to the second and third years; the title list gives the related Zhejiang offices.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The office data lists Pingjiang and Lin'an and includes dates for those prefectural and supervisory appointments.
6. [6] Qingyuan appointment discrepancy He became Vice Minister of Revenue and acting Minister in 1195; the date of his Sichuan appointment is given as 1196 or 1197, with the office data listing 1196.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The two career notices date the Sichuan appointment to Qingyuan year two or year three and both list the Revenue and Sichuan offices.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The office data dates the Sichuan military commission from 1196 and separately associates the office with Sichuan and Chengdu.
7. [7] Privy Council and chief councillor He later served as Minister of Personnel and reader-in-waiting, governed Shaoxing while pacification commissioner of eastern Zhejiang, became Associate Director of the Privy Council, and then Vice Chief Councillor; the Associate Director date is disputed between 1202 and 1203.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The biographical notices and title list give the Personnel, reader-in-waiting, Shaoxing, eastern Zhejiang, Privy Council, and chief councillor appointments and date the promotions to Jiatai years two and three.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The office data lists Associate Director of the Privy Council in 1203, as well as Vice Chief Councillor and Shaoxing, creating the stated date variation.
8. [8] Retirement and death The accounts differ over whether he simply retired with a grand academician title or first governed Zhenjiang and served as a shrine official; they agree on his death in 1204 at age sixty-five.
   • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The three notices describe the end of his career differently: one gives retirement with a grand academician title, while the others add Zhenjiang, the Palace of Preserving Cultural Virtue title, and shrine service; the latter two give 1204 and age sixty-five.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The main record confirms the death year and the office data lists Zhenjiang and the Palace of Preserving Cultural Virtue academicianship.
   • WikidataYuan Yueyou (Q17010451)The date claim supplies 1204 as the death year.
9. [9] Family His family included his father Yuan Yanru, brother Yuan Zhiyou, wife Hui Daosu, eldest son Yuan Shenru, clan relative Yuan Shu, and his wife's kin Hui Junmin.
   • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The kinship data identifies his father, wife's kin, brother, wife, eldest son, and clan relative, and gives dates for Yuan Zhiyou, Hui Daosu, and Yuan Shu.
10. [10] Friendships The association data identifies Yang Wanli as his friend and records correspondence with him, while also recording poetic exchanges with Huang Renjie.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The association entries describe Yang Wanli as a friend and show correspondence, and identify Huang Renjie as a poetic exchange partner.
11. [11] Learning and style His learning was described as broad, his memorials as responsive to contemporary problems, and his poetry and prose as fresh in style.
    • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The biographical notice directly characterizes his learning, memorials, and literary style in these terms.
12. [12] Chengdu wenlei While serving in Sichuan, he ordered the compilation of regional poetry and prose into the extant fifty-juan Chengdu wenlei.
    • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The notices say that, while serving in Sichuan, he ordered subordinates to compile regional poetry and prose into the extant fifty-juan Chengdu wenlei.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The associated-text list includes the Chengdu regional work alongside his Sichuan literary activity.
13. [13] Postfaces to earlier writers He wrote postfaces to works by Han Qi, Sima Guang, Chen Yuan, Mi Fu, Su Shi, and Huang Tingjian.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The literary-association entries pair the names Han Qi, Sima Guang, Chen Yuan, Mi Fu, Su Shi, and Huang Tingjian with postfaces written for their works.
14. [14] Postfaces and calligraphy He wrote postfaces to works by Fan Chengda, Deng Xunwu, and Yu Jing, and to calligraphic and pictorial works by Mi Fu and Fan Chengda.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The entries record postfaces for works by Fan Chengda, Deng Xunwu, and Yu Jing, and postfaces for calligraphic or pictorial works by Mi Fu and Fan Chengda.
15. [15] Other writings His other writings included a zi-shuo and ming-shu, sacrificial texts, an ai-ci, a biography, and a Buddhist temple record for the named individuals.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The association entries list the zi-shuo, ming-shu, sacrificial texts, ai-ci, biography, and Buddhist temple record with their associated persons.
16. [16] Building inscriptions He also composed inscriptions, records, or names for buildings associated with Wang Xilü, Hui Buzhi, and Fan Chengda.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The entries associate Wang Xilü, Hui Buzhi, and Fan Chengda with building inscriptions, records, and naming by Yuan Yueyou.
17. [17] Works His works included Zeshan yijie and Dongtang ji, and Dongtang ji was later lost before being reconstructed in twenty juan.
    • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The literary notices name Zeshan yijie and Dongtang ji, state that Dongtang ji was lost, and describe its twenty-juan reconstruction from the Yongle dadian by Qing Siku editors.
    • CBDBYuan Yueyou (14881)The associated-text list contains Dongtang ji and Zeshan yijie.
18. [18] Poetry reconstruction The reconstructed collection contains seven juan of poetry, with twelve poems omitted by the editors appended at the end.
    • Souyun袁說友 (31386)The poetry note gives seven juan of poetry and says that twelve poems omitted in the compilation were appended at the end.