You Mao

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1. 1175 承議郎
2. 1175 知某州軍州事
3. 1181 直秘閣
4. 1181 知某州軍州事
5. 1181 轉運使
6. 1190 正議大夫
7. 1190 知某軍事

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FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 季良 賜號
• 延之 字
• 文簡 諡號
• 盤郎 小名
• 第百九 行第
• 遂初居士 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 富豪
• [為官者：文]

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Citations

1. [1] Name and dates You Mao is given as born in 1127 and deceased in 1194, while another birth-date claim gives 1125.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The basic record gives the name You Mao and the years 1127 and 1194.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)All four biographical entries give 1127–1194 as the life span.
   • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The date claims include two 1127 birth values, an alternative 1125 birth value, and a 1194 death value.
2. [2] Identity You Mao was a Southern Song official and poet.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The profile identifies the Southern Song period, while the biographical text describes his office-holding career and poetry and prose.
   • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The English description identifies him as a Chinese poet.
3. [3] Courtesy name and sobriquets His courtesy name was Yanzhi, and his sobriquets included Suichu Jushi and Liangxi Jushi.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The name entries identify Yanzhi as the courtesy name and Suichu Jushi as a sobriquet.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give Yanzhi, Suichu Jushi, and Liangxi Jushi.
   • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The English name list and title claims include Yanzhi and Suichu jushi.
4. [4] Other designations Jiliang and Panlang were other designations, and Dibaijiu indicated his birth order.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The name entries classify Jiliang as an honorific, Panlang as a childhood name, and Dibaijiu as a birth-order designation.
   • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The English alias list includes Jiliang, Panlang, and Dibaijiu.
5. [5] Native place You Mao was from Wuxi in Changzhou, now Wuxi, Jiangsu.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The address entry identifies Wuxi as his basic native-place address.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The profile and biographical entries identify Changzhou Wuxi and present-day Wuxi in Jiangsu.
6. [6] Jinshi degree In 1148, during the eighteenth year of the Shaoxing reign, You Mao earned the jinshi degree.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries connect the eighteenth year of Shaoxing, 1148, with the jinshi degree.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The examination entry identifies the jinshi qualification.
7. [7] Examination rank He placed thirty-seventh in the third class.
   • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The examination rank is given as third class, place 37.
8. [8] Early career He became magistrate of Taixing, served as professor of Jiangyin Military Prefecture, and waited seven years for appointment.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry lists the Taixing magistracy, the Jiangyin professorship, and the seven-year waiting period.
9. [9] Palace and history offices His early central-government career included the Directorate of Palace Construction, the Palace Library, the Academy for the Veritable Records, the National History Academy, and the Literary Prose Office.
   • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The two biographical entries give the Qiandao appointments and the later National History and Literary Prose offices.
10. [10] Taizhou He became prefect of Taizhou in 1175 and served there through 1177.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the second year of Chunxi, 1175, for the Taizhou appointment.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entry gives the Taizhou posting as running from 1175 through 1177.
11. [11] Circuit appointments He served as Salt and Grain Commissioner for the Huainan East Circuit and later transferred to the Jiangnan East Circuit.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the Huainan East appointment and the subsequent transfer to Jiangnan East.
12. [12] Transport Commissioner He became Transport Commissioner of the Jiangnan West Circuit and was later promoted while concurrently serving as prefect of Longxing Prefecture.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the Jiangnan West transport appointment and the concurrent Longxing prefecture appointment.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entry records the 1181 Jiangnan West Transport Commissioner post.
13. [13] Personnel and Eastern Palace offices He was summoned as Vice Director of the Ministry of Personnel and Lecturer to the Heir Apparent, then became Left Admonisher to the Heir Apparent and Junior Remonstrant of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the tenth- and fourteenth-year personnel and Eastern Palace appointments.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entry includes Junior Remonstrant of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices.
14. [14] Conduct and dismissal He was characterized as outspoken at court and unwilling to bend the law, and was later dismissed after remonstrating against Jiang Teli.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries describe his conduct at court and connect his dismissal with his criticism of Jiang Teli.
15. [15] Alternative dismissal account A separate account links his removal to factional suspicion after Guangzong’s accession and to assignment to a retirement sinecure.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The association entry links You Mao with Zhou Bida as a factional associate and describes his being sent to a retirement sinecure after Guangzong’s accession.
16. [16] Shaoxi prefectures In 1190 he became prefect of Wuzhou and was transferred to Taiping Prefecture; the same year he held the Nanping Army prefecture.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the 1190 Wuzhou and Taiping appointments.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entries list Wuzhou, Taiping, and 1190 Nanping Army appointments.
17. [17] Giving Commissioner and Lecturer He was summoned as a Giving Commissioner and concurrently served as a Lecturer.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the Giving Commissioner and Lecturer appointments.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entry includes the Giving Commissioner post.
18. [18] Minister of Rites and retirement He became Minister of Rites and Reader-in-Waiting in the fourth year of Shaoxi, then sought retirement because of illness.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the Shaoxi fourth-year appointment and the request for retirement because of illness.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entry includes Reader-in-Waiting.
19. [19] Other offices Other recorded offices included Hongzhou, Qiduwei, Chengyi Lang, Zhengyi Dafu, and Zhimi Ge.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The office entries list the Hongzhou posting, Qiduwei, Chengyi Lang, Zhengyi Dafu, and Zhimi Ge.
20. [20] Death He died in 1194, the fifth year of Shaoxi, at the age of sixty-eight, and received the posthumous name Wenjian.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give death in the fifth year of Shaoxi at age sixty-eight and the posthumous name Wenjian.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The basic record gives 1194 and the name entry identifies Wenjian as a posthumous title.
    • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The claims give the 1194 death date and Wenjian as a recorded designation.
21. [21] Family His father was 尤時亨, his mother 耿氏, and his wife 唐氏.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The kinship entries list his father, mother, and wife by these names.
22. [22] Descendants His recorded descendants included two sons, two grandsons, and one great-grandson.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The kinship entries list You Mao’s two sons, two grandsons, and one great-grandson.
23. [23] Friendships The association entries identify Zhu Xi, Lu You, Zhou Bida, and Yang Wanli as his friends.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The association entries classify Zhu Xi, Lu You, Zhou Bida, and Yang Wanli as friends.
24. [24] Four Great Masters He was ranked with Yang Wanli, Fan Chengda, and Lu You as one of the Four Great Masters of the Southern Song.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry ranks him with Yang Wanli, Fan Chengda, and Lu You among the Southern Song’s four great masters.
    • WikidataYou Mao (Q1678515)The Chinese description calls him one of the four great masters of the Southern Song revival.
25. [25] Poetry and prose You Mao was accomplished in poetry and prose.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry explicitly describes him as accomplished in poetry and prose.
26. [26] Suichu Hall and library He took the name of Suichu Hall from Sun Chuo’s Fu on Suichu, built the hall at Jiulong Mountain, and assembled a library of more than 30,000 juan.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry gives the inspiration from Sun Chuo, the location of Suichu Hall, and the size of the library.
27. [27] Catalogue The Catalogue of the Suichu Hall was one juan and is described as one of China’s earliest bibliographic catalogues by edition.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the title, volume, and early place of the catalogue in the history of edition bibliographies.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The book list gives the Catalogue of the Suichu Hall as one juan.
28. [28] Suichu Xiaogao Suichu Xiaogao is given as sixty juan, with Liangxi Ji as an alternative fifty-juan title.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The book discussion gives Suichu Xiaogao as sixty juan and notes Liangxi Ji in fifty juan as an alternative.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The book list gives Suichu Xiaogao as sixty juan.
29. [29] Inner and Outer Proclamations Inner and Outer Proclamations comprised thirty juan and, like Suichu Xiaogao, are described as lost.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the thirty-juan work and state that these works are lost.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The book list gives Inner and Outer Proclamations as thirty juan.
30. [30] Later compilations You Tong compiled and printed Liangxi Yigao in the Kangxi era, and You Tong continued the publication in the Republican period with the supplement to the poetry manuscript.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the Kangxi compilation, the Republican continuation, and the titles of the two posthumous compilations.
31. [31] Variant volume counts The surviving Liangxi Yigao is associated with both two-juan and one-juan counts in the evidence.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entries give the two-juan form.
    • CBDBYou Mao (14856)The book list also gives a one-juan Liangxi Yigao entry, producing the volume-count discrepancy.
32. [32] Collected poems You Mao’s poems are now collected in one juan.
    • Souyun尤袤 (25130)The biographical entry states that You Mao’s poems were compiled into one juan.