[1]Birth and deathThe records give three different birth years—1418, 1420, and 1421—but consistently give 1495 as the death year.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)Provides 1420 as the birth year and 1495 as the death year.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographical entries give 1418–1495, 1420–1495, and 1421–1495 respectively.
WikidataQiu Jun (Q10869241)The date properties give 1421 as the birth year and 1495 as the death year.
[2]IdentityQiu Jun is identified as a Ming politician, scholar, and literary and dramatic author.
WikidataQiu Jun (Q10869241)The description identifies him as a Chinese politician during the Ming dynasty.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The classifications include dramatist, learned person, statecraft scholar, and diligent learner.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biography describes his broad learning, poetry, and chuanqi plays.
[3]Names and native placeHis courtesy name, sobriquets, alternate form of the name, native place, and disputed ancestral origin are all represented.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The name and address entries list his courtesy names, sobriquets, alternate form 邱濬, and Qiongshan as his native place.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies and hometown field locate him in present-day Haikou, Hainan, and give Jinjiang, Fujian as an ancestral origin in one account.
WikidataQiu Jun (Q10869241)The names list includes Zhong, Zhongshen, Boshen, Qiongtai, and the alternate Chinese form 邱濬.
[4]Early life and familyThe biographies describe his early education and poverty, while the kinship entries provide his family names.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies describe his orphaned childhood, his mother’s teaching, his poverty and book borrowing, and his later learning.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The kinship entries name his ancestors, mother, brother, wives, and four sons.
[5]ExaminationsHe became the Guangdong jieyuan, entered the Imperial Academy, and passed the 1454 examination, whose placement is reported in different ways.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies confirm the 1454 jinshi degree and provide the jieyuan, Imperial Academy, and chuanlu details.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The examination entries give first in the second class and thirty-fourth among provincial recommended candidates.
[6]Official careerHis official career moved from the Hanlin to the Imperial Academy, the Ministry of Rites, and the inner cabinet.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The office entries list his Hanlin, Imperial Academy, Ministry of Rites, and deputy-chief-compiler appointments.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies trace his promotion from compiler to minister of rites, his 1491 entry into the Wenyuan Pavilion, and his later offices.
[7]Later years and posthumous honorsHe was excused from court because of eye disease, survived an impeachment, and received posthumous honors after dying in office.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies record the eye disease, impeachment, death in office, stated age, Grand Tutor title, and posthumous name.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The office and alternate-name entries provide Grand Tutor and Wenzhuang.
[8]Scholarship and compilationHis learning joined statecraft, practical use, and historical inquiry, and he worked on major historical compilations.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies describe his learning, statecraft principle, work on the Yingzong records, and participation in the other compilations.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The classifications identify him as a statecraft scholar, while the office and book entries supply the deputy compiler role and related titles.
[9]Teacher and associatesHis recorded relationships include Wang Zuo as a student and Chen Xuan as a person he praised.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The association entries identify Wang Zuo in a student relationship and preserve the praise of Chen Xuan.
[10]Poetry and reputationHis poetry, poetic reputation, and contemporary responses to his verse are described in the literary materials.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The literary entries describe his poems, the Korean response, his reputation in the Hanlin and Imperial Academy, and the assessment of his poetic style.
[11]Plays and collectionsHe wrote four chuanqi plays and several poetry and prose collections, with 《羅囊記》 lost and a twenty-four-juan recension of 《瓊臺會稿》.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies list the four plays, note the loss of 《羅囊記》, and identify the Qiongtai collections and the twenty-four-juan recension.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The book entries list the Qiongtai collections and the twenty-four-juan collected edition.
[12]Major works《大學衍義補》 is a 160-juan expansion of Zhen Dexiu’s work, and 《朱子學的》 is listed as his compilation.
Souyun丘濬 (41793)The biographies explain that he supplemented Zhen Dexiu’s work by drawing on many books.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The book entries give the 160-juan extent and list him as compiler of 《朱子學的》.
[13]Other worksThe catalogue also lists a broad range of historical, ritual, administrative, and literary works with their recorded extents.
CBDBQiu Jun (33202)The catalogue lists these works and gives the recorded extents of thirty-two, eight, one, fifty-two, and twenty-four juan.
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