[1]Identity, dates, and originThe person was a Tang-dynasty official, poet, and chancellor who lived from 758 to 815; his courtesy name was Bocang, his home was Gou County in Henan, and his ancestral origin was Wenshui in Bingzhou.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The structured record supplies his name, dates, poet and chancellor statuses, courtesy name, and the Wenshui and Gou County place entries.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries give his dates, courtesy name, Gou County origin, Wenshui ancestry, and status as a Tang official and poet.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority record supplies his name, life dates, Gou County birthplace, courtesy name, and description as a Tang chancellor and poet.
WikidataWu Yuanheng (Q1017980)The English label and description, alias, and date statements support the English name, chancellorship, courtesy name, and life dates.
[2]Lineage and familyThe lineage traditions differ: one gives Wu Pingyi and Wu Zaide as ancestors and connects Wu Zaide to Wu Zetian, while another calls him a great-grandnephew of Wu Zetian; the family list gives his grandfather, father, agnatic cousin, clan relative, and son.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries give the Wu Pingyi–Wu Zaide lineage, Wu Zaide’s relation to Wu Zetian, and the description of Wu Yuanheng as Wu Zetian’s great-grandnephew.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority note also describes him as a great-grandnephew of Wu Zetian.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The kinship entries list Wu Zhen, Wu Jiu with his dates, Wu Ruheng with his dates, Wu Shaoyi, and Wu Yihuang.
[3]Examination and early officesIn 783 he passed the presented-scholar examination and held the listed early and middle-career offices, with variant forms for the langzhong post and later service as Right Junior Companion, Censor-in-Chief, and Vice Minister of Revenue.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The examination and office entries list the presented-scholar degree, envoy staff, Investigating Censor, Huayuan magistrate, Vice Director of the Court of Judicial Review, Left Bureau langzhong, Censor-in-Chief, Right Junior Companion, and Vice Minister of Revenue.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries date the examination to 783 and give the Zhenyuan and Yongzhen career sequence; the profile directly lists Right Bureau langzhong.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority note records the examination and the progression through Investigating Censor, Huayuan magistrate, Vice Director of the Court of Judicial Review, Right Bureau langzhong, Censor-in-Chief, and Vice Minister of Revenue.
[4]Chancellorship and XichuanIn 807 he entered the central government, received the title Duke of Linhuai, and became military governor of Xichuan; his frugality and lenient administration were followed by a return to court and renewed chancellorship in 813.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries describe the Yuanhe second-year appointments, concurrent Revenue administration, enfeoffment, October appointment to Xichuan, the Xichuan administration, and the return to the chancellorship in the eighth year.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The office entries date the Revenue, Menxia, Pingzhangshi, and Xichuan appointments to 807 and the renewed chancellorship to 813.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority note confirms the Yuanhe second-year appointment as Menxia Shilang and Pingzhangshi and the Xichuan military governorship.
[5]Literary connectionsHe exchanged poems and prose with Li Zongmin, while the association record preserves the statement that Liu Zongyuan was displeased with him.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The association entries record Liu Zongyuan’s displeasure and an exchange of poems and prose with Li Zongmin.
[6]Policy, assassination, and posthumous honorsHe advocated curbing the regional military governors, was involved in the Huaixi crisis, was assassinated by a killer sent by Li Shidao in 815, and received the posthumous title Situ and name Zhongmin, with a variant written form.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries cover his anti-warlord policy, the Huaixi campaign, Wang Chengzong’s request, the assassination by Li Shidao’s agent, his age, and the grant of Situ and Zhongmin.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority record gives the 815 death, the third day of the sixth month and Li Shidao’s assassin, and the Zhongmin posthumous name.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The structured entries give the death year 815, the posthumous office Situ, and the Zhongmin posthumous name.
WikidataWu Yuanheng (Q1017980)The date and name statements supply 815 and the two written forms Zhongmin.
[7]Poetry and critical receptionHis five-character poetry was praised for its ornate imagination, refined diction, wide circulation, and musical performance; later criticism called the long five-character poems consummate art, preferred his regulated verse and five-character lines, and named him the Master of Rare and Extraordinary Beauty.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The poetry entries describe his five-character verse, ornate imagination, fine diction, circulation and musical performance, and preserve the later assessments of his long poems, regulated verse, five- and seven-character lines, and the Master of Rare and Extraordinary Beauty designation.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The status entries identify him as a poet and as skilled in prose.
[8]Works and surviving poemsThe surviving titles, variant title, lost ten-scroll collection, differing poem counts, and the poem preserved on the Ezhou stele are all attested in the cited records.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority note gives the ten-scroll Linhuai collection.
CBDBWu Yuanheng (24654)The text entries list the Linhuai and Wu Yuanheng collections.
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries give the variant collection titles, the ten-scroll lost Wu Yuanheng collection, the two-scroll and two-poem-supplement figures, the 197-poem figure, and the poem preserved on the Ezhou stele.
CBDB
Souyun武元衡 (17734)The biographical entries give his dates, courtesy name, Gou County origin, Wenshui ancestry, and status as a Tang official and poet.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database武元衡 (A009534)The authority record supplies his name, life dates, Gou County birthplace, courtesy name, and description as a Tang chancellor and poet.
WikidataWu Yuanheng (Q1017980)The English label and description, alias, and date statements support the English name, chancellorship, courtesy name, and life dates.