[1]Identity and datesPu Daoyuan lived from 1260 to 1336 and was a Yuan-dynasty Confucian scholar.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The principal record gives the name Pu Daoyuan, birth year 1260, death year 1336, and Yuan dynasty affiliation.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries place Pu Daoyuan in 1260–1336, identify him with the Yuan, and describe his study of the Lian–Luo tradition.
WikidataPu Daoyuan (Q45415270)The entity is labeled Pu Daoyuan, described as a Yuan-dynasty person, and assigned dates corresponding to 1260 and 1336.
[2]Style name and sobriquetPu Daoyuan's style name was Dezhi and his sobriquet was Shunzhai.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The principal record classifies Dezhi as the style name and Shunzhai as a studio name or sobriquet.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)Both biographical entries give the style name as Dezhi and the sobriquet or alternate sobriquet as Shunzhai.
WikidataPu Daoyuan (Q45415270)The name records and claims list Dezhi and Shunzhai as his alternate names.
[3]Native place and relocationOne tradition gives Nanzheng as his native place, while another identifies him with Qingshen in Meizhou and says that his household moved to Xingyuan.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The address field gives Nanzheng as his basic native-place entry.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical material identifies him with Qingshen in Meizhou and says that the family moved to Xingyuan.
[4]Early teaching officeEarly in his career, Pu Daoyuan served as a commandery school director.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries say that he first served as a commandery school director, and the title list includes school director.
[5]Withdrawal from officeAfter leaving the post, Pu Daoyuan returned home and refused to discuss pursuing office.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical account says that after returning home he never spoke of seeking office.
[6]Summons to the Hanlin AcademyIn later life, Pu Daoyuan was summoned as a recluse to the Hanlin Academy.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The appointment classification includes recruitment by summons.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries say that he was summoned to the Hanlin Academy in his later years as a recluse of distinction.
[7]National Academy appointmentHe was transferred to the post of Doctor at the National Academy and withdrew after a little more than a year.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The office list includes the doctorate of the National Academy.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries say that he was changed to National Academy Doctor and left after more than a year.
[8]Shaanxi appointment declinedHe was appointed Educational Intendant of Confucian Studies in Shaanxi but declined the appointment and lived at leisure in the countryside.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries say that he was raised to the Shaanxi educational intendancy but did not take it up and then lived at leisure in the forests and springs; the title list also includes the educational intendancy.
[9]Recorded officesHis official career included the Compiler post in the Hanlin Academy's National History Institute, an attendant post for Hanlin literary affairs, and the National Academy doctorate.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The office list gives the Hanlin National History Institute compiler, Hanlin literary service, and National Academy doctorate.
[10]Huangqing dateThe Compiler post in the Hanlin Academy's National History Institute began in the second year of Huangqing, 1313.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The office record assigns the post's starting year as 1313, in Huangqing year two.
[11]DeathWhen ill, Pu Daoyuan refused medicine, drank wine, and died while composing poetry.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)Both biographical entries say that in illness he refused medicine, drank wine, composed poetry, and died.
[12]Posthumous grantAfter his second son Pu Ji became prominent, Pu Daoyuan received the posthumous grant of Junior Supervisor in the Secretariat.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical account says that when his second son became prominent, he was granted the post of Secretariat Junior Supervisor.
[13]FamilyPu Daoyuan's father was Pu Zhengze, his father-in-law was He Kunzhi, his wife was He (1262–1331), and his sons included Pu Ji and the second son Pu Shu.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The kinship records list his father Pu Zhengze, father-in-law He Kunzhi, wife He and two sons, Pu Ji and Pu Shu, with He's birth and death years.
[14]LearningPu Daoyuan was known for an exceptional memory and devoted himself to the learning of the Lian–Luo Confucians.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries describe his exceptional memory and his study of the Lian–Luo Confucian tradition.
[15]Learning of principleHis scholarship brought the learning of principle into the prose of the court.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The preface describes him as bringing the learning of principle into court and official prose.
[16]Xianju conggaoHis remaining writings were compiled by his second son Pu Ji as the 26-juan Xianju conggao.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The biographical entries mention Xianju conggao and state that Pu Ji compiled the remaining writings in twenty-six juan.
[17]GenresThe recorded works range across prefaces, biographies, epitaph inscriptions, accounts of conduct, colophons, farewell poems and prefaces, and elegiac poems and lyrics.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The work associations classify items as prefaces, epitaph inscriptions, biographies, accounts of conduct, book and painting colophons, farewell poems and prefaces, and elegiac poems and lyrics.
[18]Huang Jin's prefaceHuang Jin wrote a preface to Pu Daoyuan's collected writings, praising his use of the learning of principle in court prose and comparing it to fine gold and beautiful jade whose radiance needed no forging or carving to appear.
CBDBPu Daoyuan (29055)The work association identifies Huang Jin as the author of a preface to the Shunzhai collection.
Souyun蒲道源 (40310)The preface says that he brought the learning of principle into court prose and compares the result to fine gold and beautiful jade whose radiance is not concealed without forging or carving.