[1]Identity, date, courtesy name, and native-place variantsYuan Hua was born in 1316, used the courtesy name Ziying, and was a poet spanning the late Yuan and early Ming; his native place appears as Kunshan Zhou, Kunshan in Suzhou Prefecture, or Ruyang.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)These values give the name Yuan Hua, birth year 1316, courtesy name Ziying, Yuan classification, poet status, and Kunshan Zhou as native place.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The profile and biographical prose give the name and courtesy name, place him in Ming Suzhou Prefecture’s Kunshan, describe him as a poet, and preserve the Ruyang variant.
WikidataYuan Hua (Q45424267)The name and alias values are Yuan Hua and Ziying, while the birth-time value gives 1316.
[2]Early talent and poetic reputationThe biographical prose places Yuan Hua’s birth in the final years of the Yuan, describes his exceptional memory and early reputation among the gentry, and emphasizes his skill in yuefu; it also preserves the two celebrated lines.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The poet-status value supports the description of Yuan Hua as a poet.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical prose describes his talent, memory, early reputation among the gentry, skill in poetry and yuefu, and the two celebrated lines.
[3]Official careerThe biographical prose places his appointment at the Suzhou Prefectural School in the early Hongwu era, while the office values list an instructor in a regional general-governor’s Confucian school from 1368 and a clerkship.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The office values list the instructor post in the regional general-governor’s Confucian school, a 1368 start year for that post, and a clerkship.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical prose consistently places Yuan Hua at the Suzhou Prefectural School in the early Hongwu era.
[4]Late life and deathTwo biographical passages give complementary accounts: one says that Yuan Hua was arrested after becoming implicated and died in the capital, while the other names his son Shengshen as a county clerk and says that father and son were transferred to Nanjing, where Yuan died; Nanjing also appears as a related address.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The prose gives both the arrest-and-death-in-the-capital account and the account naming Shengshen as a county clerk and placing the father and son’s transfer in Nanjing.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)A related-address value is Nanjing, corresponding to the stated transfer.
[5]Works and volumesThe works listed for Yuan Hua include *Gengxuezhai shiji* in twelve juan and *Kechuan ji* in one juan; the former has seven juan of old-style verse and five of regulated verse.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The work-title values list *耕學齋詩集* and *可傳集*.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical prose specifies twelve juan for *耕學齋詩集*, divided into seven juan of old-style verse and five of regulated verse, and one juan for *可傳集*.
[6]Compilation and dating of the poetryThe biographical discussion says that the collection was not listed in the Ming bibliography, that its compiler is unknown and its poems are mostly from the Yuan, and that Yang Weizhen’s preface reports more than a thousand poems accumulated over thirty years and possibly collected later for transmission.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical discussion supplies the bibliography statement, unknown compiler, predominance of Yuan-period poems, and Yang Weizhen’s preface with its account of more than a thousand poems and their possible later compilation.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The related-work values connect Yang Weizhen with the preface to *可傳集* and confirm the two work titles.
[7]Poetic themes and receptionThe collection discussion dates “癸丑正月風雨中偶成” to Hongwu 6, describes its mournful tone and apparent identification with Yuan adherents, and says that Yuan Hua was overshadowed in the crowded early-Ming literary field despite the exemplary quality attributed to his poetry.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The same passages provide the poem title and Hongwu-6 date, its mournful and Yuan-adherent tone, and the assessment that early-Ming competition obscured a poet whose work was substantial and exemplary.
[8]Literary associationsThe biographical prose calls Yuan Hua a friend of Gu Aying, while the association values document farewell poems, poetic exchanges, sacrificial texts, elegies, Yang Weizhen’s preface, and exchanges with Xie Yingfang and others.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical prose explicitly says that Yuan Hua was friendly with Gu Aying.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The association values list Yang Weizhen’s preface, poetic exchanges, sacrificial texts, farewell pieces, elegies, and related poetry and prose exchanges involving Xie Yingfang.
[9]Calligraphy and painting connoisseurshipThe biographical prose describes Yuan Hua as skilled in appraising and inscribing calligraphy and painting, while the association values identify a portrait of Gu Aying, Huang Gongwang’s cloud-mountain painting, works associated with Ni Zan, and multiple postscripts.
Souyun袁華 (52617)The biographical prose says that Yuan Hua was skilled in appraising calligraphy and painting and gives an example involving a landscape associated with Ni Zan.
CBDBYuan Hua (33392)The association values identify the portrait of Gu Aying, Huang Gongwang’s cloud-mountain painting, a work associated with Ni Zan, and postscripts on calligraphy, painting, and poetry.
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