Wan Sitong

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• 季野 字
• 石園 室名、別號
• 石園先生 室名、別號
• 貞文 未詳
• 貞文先生 未詳

StatusCBDB

• [武官]
• 士人
• 主動放棄科舉
• 思想家

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Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and scholarly identity Wan Sitong lived from 1638 to 1702 and was a Qing-dynasty thinker whose expertise lay in historical studies.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The basic profile supplies Wan Sitong’s name, life dates, Qing affiliation, and classification as a thinker.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical profile gives his name, dates, dynasty, and says that he was accomplished in historical studies.
   • WikidataWan Sitong (Q11353853)The entity record supplies his English and traditional Chinese names, describes him as a Qing-dynasty person, and gives time values for 1638 and 1702.
2. [2] Names and native place His style name was Jiye, his studio name or sobriquet was Shiyuan, and the profiles place him in Yin County, Zhejiang, with variant character forms in some records.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The basic data identifies Jiye as his style name, Shiyuan as a studio name or sobriquet, and Yin County as his native place.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The profile and biographical entries give Jiye, Shiyuan, and Zhejiang Yin County, while the prose identifies the first two as style name and sobriquet.
   • WikidataWan Sitong (Q11353853)The name lists preserve the forms Jiye and Shiyuan in both romanized and traditional-character entries.
3. [3] Family Wan Tai was his father; the listed brothers were Wan Sinian, Wan Sizhen, Wan Sichang, Wan Sixuan, Wan Sida, and Wan Sibei, with dates supplied for four of them.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The kinship data identifies his father and six brothers, and gives the supplied life dates for Wan Tai, Wan Sinian, Wan Sixuan, and Wan Sida.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entry explicitly calls Wan Sida his younger brother.
4. [4] Children and grandchild The kinship data lists Wan Shikai and Wan Shibiao as sons and Wan Chenghu as a grandson.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The kinship data names two sons, Wan Shikai and Wan Shibiao, and one grandson, Wan Chenghu.
5. [5] Recommendation and refusal During the Kangxi period, Wan Sitong was recommended for the Boxue Hongci examination but declined it; the status data also classifies him as having voluntarily abandoned the civil examinations.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The status data classifies him as having voluntarily abandoned the civil examinations.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The profile names the Hongci examination, and the biographical entry says that he was recommended for the Boxue Hongci examination during Kangxi but declined it.
6. [6] Ming historical learning The biography says that he was especially well versed in Ming historical precedents.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entry says that he was highly familiar with Ming-era historical precedents.
7. [7] Teacher and friends He studied under Huang Zongxi and was friends with Xu Qianxue, Liu Xianting, Fang Bao, Wang Yuan, and Zhu Heling.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The association data identifies Huang Zongxi as his teacher and lists five friends: Xu Qianxue, Liu Xianting, Fang Bao, Wang Yuan, and Zhu Heling.
8. [8] Fellow student and students Chen Xigu was his fellow student and fellow disciple; Qian Mingshi was his student, and Chen Rudeng was taught by him.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The association data describes Chen Xigu as a fellow student or fellow disciple, names Qian Mingshi as his student, and records Chen Rudeng as a person he taught.
9. [9] Posthumous title and tomb texts After his death, his disciples privately gave him the posthumous title Zhenwen xiansheng; the association data attributes his tomb inscription and tomb tablet text to Fang Bao.
   • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entry says that after his death his disciples privately bestowed the posthumous title Zhenwen xiansheng on him.
   • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The association data attributes the tomb inscription and tomb tablet text to Fang Bao, while the name data lists Zhenwen and Zhenwen xiansheng.
   • WikidataWan Sitong (Q11353853)The English alias list preserves the forms Zhenwen and Zhenwen xiansheng.
10. [10] Compilation of the History of Ming He spent nineteen years participating in the compilation of the History of Ming, without an official title or salary.
    • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entry states that he participated in compiling the History of Ming for nineteen years without an official title or salary.
11. [11] Ming historical drafts and tables The 500-volume Ming History Draft was entirely settled by him; the associated titles also include the 200-volume Ming History Biographies and 13-volume Ming History Tables.
    • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biography says that the 500-volume Ming History Draft was entirely settled by his hand.
    • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The title data lists the Ming History Draft in 500 volumes, the Ming History Biographies in 200 volumes, and the Ming History Tables in 13 volumes.
12. [12] Principal works His principal works include five titles, with the volumes shown in the title data; the biographical entry also names the same works with variant forms for two titles.
    • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The title data lists the five works and their respective volumes.
    • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entry names Lidai Shibiao, Jiyuan Huikao, Rulin Zongpai, Qunshu Bianyi, and Shiyuan Shiwenji in their original titles.
13. [13] Variant titles The sources preserve differences between the titles Qunshu Yibian and Qunshu Bianyi, between two graph forms of Jiyuan Huikao, and between Shiyuan Shiwenji and Shiyuan Ji.
    • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The title data gives the forms Qunshu Yibian and Jiyuan Huikao in their original graphs.
    • Souyun萬斯同 (57162)The biographical entries give the alternate forms Qunshu Bianyi and Shiyuan Ji, as well as Jiyuan Huikao and Shiyuan Shiwenji.
14. [14] Other works I The title data lists further works on chronology, geography, ritual, classics, Song history, music, and calligraphy, with the stated volume counts.
    • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The title data lists these fifteen works and their stated volumes.
15. [15] Other works II The remaining title data covers works on government, waterways, stone classics, phonology, ritual learning, and history, with the stated volumes.
    • CBDBWan Sitong (34178)The title data lists these remaining works, their volumes, and separate one-volume title entries for three stone-classics works.