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韋應物詩集
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[1]Dates and identityWei Yingwu was born in 737 and is identified as a Tang poet and literary figure. The sources give differing death datings: 791, 792, or approximately the ninth year of the Zhenyuan era.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The basic record gives the name Wei Yingwu, birth year 737, Tang affiliation, and the statuses poet, literary figure, and skilled writer; it does not supply a death year.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entries give differing datings of 737–791, 737–792, approximately 737–792, and 737–approximately 791, with another account placing his death around the ninth year of Zhenyuan; they also identify him as a Tang poet or literary figure.
WikidataWei Yingwu (Q1021828)The item supplies the English name and the description Tang Dynasty Chinese poet, together with date values for 737 and 792.
[2]Courtesy name, origin, and epithetsWei Yingwu’s courtesy name was Yibo. His origin is given as Wannian in Jingzhao, with Chang’an also listed, and he was ranked nineteenth in his family; his offices and postings gave rise to the epithets Wei the Left Department, Wei of Jiangzhou, and Wei of Suzhou.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The basic record identifies Yibo as the courtesy name and lists Chang’an and Wannian among the origin addresses.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical material identifies him with Jingzhao Wannian, gives the ranking nineteenth, and explains the epithets derived from his offices as left assistant director and governors of Jiangzhou and Suzhou.
WikidataWei Yingwu (Q1021828)The item supplies the English name and the Yibo alias, corroborating the courtesy name.
[3]Family and early yearsWei Yingwu came from a prominent Guanzhong family, was a great-grandson of Wei Daijia, and was the son of Wei Luan. In 751 he entered palace service as a sanwei lang through hereditary privilege; after the An Lushan rebellion he lost his position, turned to study, entered the Imperial Academy in 758, and later earned the jinshi degree.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The kinship data identifies Wei Luan as Wei Yingwu’s father.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entries describe him as Wei Daijia’s great-grandson, entering palace service through hereditary privilege in 751, losing his position when the rebels entered Chang’an, turning to study, entering the Imperial Academy in the Qianyuan period, and later passing the jinshi examination.
[4]Luoyang and travelIn 763 Wei Yingwu became magistrate of Luoyang, was accused after an upright administration that punished military riders, and left office in 766; he then travelled through the Huai region to Guangling.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The office data lists the Luoyang county magistracy.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entries give the Guangde and Yongtai chronology, the accusation arising from his administration, and his journey through Huaiyin and Baoying to Guangling.
[5]Dali offices and XizhaiIn 774 he served in the Jingzhao government, later held the Gaoling, Hu County, and Liyang magistracies, resigned because of illness in 779, and lived at Shanfusi in the place known as Xizhai, where he compiled the Fengshang Xizhai y draft collection.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The office data lists the 774 Jingzhao government post and the Gaoling, Hu County, and Liyang magistracies.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entry gives the Dali chronology, illness-related resignation, residence at Shanfusi and Xizhai, and the several-juan Fengshang Xizhai yingao draft.
[6]Jianzhong and Zhenyuan officesWei Yingwu held the Bibu assistant directorship in 781, governed Chuzhou and Jiangzhou, entered court as left assistant director in 787, governed Suzhou from 788, and after leaving office in 790 lived at Yongding Temple and died in Suzhou.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The office data lists the 781 Bibu post, the Chuzhou and Jiangzhou governorships, the 787 left assistant directorship, and the Suzhou governorship beginning in 788 and ending in 790.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entries describe the Jianzhong and Zhenyuan appointments, the withdrawal to Yongding Temple, and his death at Suzhou.
[7]Marriage and descendantsWei Yingwu’s wife was Yuan Ping and his father-in-law was Yuan Yi; his sons were Wei Qingfu and Wei Houfu, and his grandsons included Wei Shi and Wei Zhuang, with several birth and death dates preserved in the kinship data.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The kinship data identifies Yuan Yi as father-in-law, Yuan Ping as wife, Wei Qingfu and Wei Houfu as sons, and Wei Shi and Wei Zhuang as grandsons, with the listed birth and death years.
[8]AssociationsWei Yingwu exchanged verse and prose with Gu Kuang and Liu Changqing, and had verse-and-prose exchanges with Fang Rufu, Li Yi, and Xue Ju.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The biographical entry explicitly names Gu Kuang and Liu Changqing as poets with whom Wei Yingwu exchanged verse.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The association data names Fang Rufu, Li Yi, Xue Ju, and Gu Kuang, with the interaction type given as presentations of verse and prose.
[9]Poetic characteristicsWei Yingwu excelled in poetry and especially in five-character verse. His poetry was characterized as elegant, leisurely, and understated, his song poems as carrying admonitory satire, and he was identified as a landscape-and-pastoral poet.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The status data identifies him as a poet, literary figure, and skilled writer.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The literary entries describe his poetry, the elevated and leisurely character of his five-character verse, the satirical tendency of his song poems, and his standing as a landscape-and-pastoral poet.
WikidataWei Yingwu (Q1021828)The item describes Wei Yingwu as a Tang Dynasty Chinese poet.
[10]Literary groupingsLater literary tradition grouped Wei Yingwu with Tao Yuanming as Tao–Wei and with Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, and Liu Zongyuan as Wang–Meng–Wei–Liu.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The literary entries give both traditional groupings, Tao–Wei and Wang–Meng–Wei–Liu.
[11]Critical assessmentBai Juyi characterized Wei Yingwu’s five-character poetry as elegant and self-contained and its song poems as carrying admonitory satire; later criticism traced the ancient five-character style to Tao and the Three Xies and described its balance of plainness and ornament.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The literary commentary preserves Bai Juyi’s assessment of the five-character and song poetry and the later statement that the ancient five-character style derives from Tao and transforms the Three Xies.
[12]Collections and editionsWei Yingwu’s poetry collection is in ten juan; Wang Qinchen re-edited it in the Northern Song under the title Wei Suzhou ji, and the Complete Tang Poems also arranged his poetry in ten juan. Standard editions and an annotated edition are also named.
CBDBWei Yingwu (32822)The works data names the collections 《韋應物詩集》 and 《韋蘇州集》.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The literary entries give the collection lengths, Wang Qinchen’s re-editing, the arrangement in the Complete Tang Poems, standard editions, and the annotated edition.
[13]Extant worksThe Complete Tang Poems Supplement and Continuation add four poems, while one prose piece and four ci lyrics are extant.
Souyun韋應物 (21277)The literary entries state that the supplementary collections add four poems and that one prose piece and four ci lyrics are extant.
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