[1]Name, dates, and statusBao Hui lived from 1182 to 1268 and was a Southern Song official and Neo-Confucian scholar.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The biographical fields provide Bao Hui’s name, life dates, Song affiliation, and official and Neo-Confucian classifications.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The profile and biographical passages jointly identify Bao Hui’s dates, Southern Song setting, and official career.
WikidataBao Hui (Q10901590)The entity label and date claims independently confirm the identity and the 1182–1268 lifespan.
[2]Courtesy name and sobriquetBao Hui’s courtesy name was Hongfu, also written with the character 甫, and he also used Daofu as a courtesy name and Hongzhai as a sobriquet.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The alternative-name entries give the forms 宏父 and 宏甫 as courtesy names and 宏齋 as a sobriquet.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The profile lists Daofu among his aliases, while the biographical passage identifies it as another courtesy name and gives Hongfu and Hongzhai.
[3]Origin and familyBao Hui came from Nancheng in Jianchang Army, in present-day Nancheng, Jiangxi, and was the son of Bao Yang.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The address and kinship entries give Nancheng as his native place and Bao Yang as his father.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The profile specifies Jianchang Nancheng in modern Jiangxi, and the biographical passages identify Bao Yang as his father.
[4]Civil examinationIn 1220, the thirteenth year of the Jiading era, Bao Hui passed the jinshi examination and began as registrar of Jinxi.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi, while the associated biographical wording gives the thirteenth year of Jiading.
Souyun包恢 (25247)Both biographical passages state that he passed in the thirteenth year of Jiading; one also gives the equivalent year 1220 and his appointment as registrar of Jinxi.
[5]Early officesBao Hui served as registrar of Guangze, professor at the Jianning Prefectural School, staff officer of the Along-the-River Military Commission, assistant prefect of Taizhou and Lin’an, prefect of Taizhou, judicial commissioner of Fujian concurrently prefect of Jianning, transport judge of Guangdong, judicial commissioner of Western Zhejiang, prefect of Longxing concurrently transport commissioner of Jiangxi, and transport commissioner of Hunan.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The biographical passage gives the sequence of Bao Hui’s county, prefectural, military-commission, judicial, and transport offices.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The office entries independently corroborate posts including prefect of Taizhou, transport commissioner, prefect of Jianning, Fujian judicial commissioner, county registrar, and judge.
[6]Administrative reputationHe served in prefectural and county offices and as a circuit inspector; in office he curbed local bullies and illicit profiteering, acquiring a conspicuous administrative reputation.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The biographical passages describe his service in prefectures, counties, and circuit-supervisory offices and directly praise his suppression of local bullies, removal of illicit profiteering, and administrative reputation.
[7]Jingding officesEarly in Jingding, Bao Hui held the offices of da li qing, director of the Privy Council Secretariat, acting vice minister of rites, drafter in the Central Secretariat, and acting vice minister of justice; he then governed Pingjiang and Shaoxing, and in 1263 governed Pingjiang while also serving as transport commissioner.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The biographical passages give the sequence of central and local appointments from early Jingding through the fourth year of the era, including the 1263 Pingjiang appointment.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The office entries list the Privy Council Secretariat, acting judicial minister, and the prefectures of Shaoxing and Pingjiang, corroborating the central and local posts.
[8]Late career and retirementAfter Duzong’s accession, Bao Hui was summoned as Minister of Justice, entered the Privy Council in 1266, and retired in the third year of Xianchun as Grand Academician of the Palace of Universal Governance.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The three biographical passages record his summons as Minister of Justice, his 1266 Privy Council appointment, and retirement as Grand Academician of the Palace of Universal Governance.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The office entries list Minister of Justice and Grand Academician of the Palace of Universal Governance among his posts.
[9]Death and posthumous nameBao Hui died in the fourth year of Xianchun, 1268, at age eighty-seven and received Wensu as his posthumous name.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The biographical fields give 1268 as the death year and Wensu as the posthumous name.
Souyun包恢 (25247)All three biographical passages state that he died in the fourth year and had the posthumous name Wensu; two also give his age as eighty-seven.
WikidataBao Hui (Q10901590)The claims independently provide Wensu and the 1268 death year.
[10]Family learningIn his youth Bao Hui was a disciple of his paternal uncles Bao Yue and Bao Xun, who had studied under Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The association wording explicitly says that Bao Hui was a young disciple of his paternal uncles and that Bao Yue and Bao Xun studied under Zhu Xi and Lu Jiuyuan; the kinship entries identify the two relatives.
[11]Prefaces and epitaphsBao Hui wrote prefaces for works by Lu Jiuyuan and Yuan Xie and epitaphs for Li Pu, Wu Ju, Wu Yan, Chen Yongzhi, and Feng Tingjian.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The association entries list prefaces for works by Lu Jiuyuan and Yuan Xie and epitaphs for Li Pu, Wu Ju, Wu Yan, Chen Yongzhi, and Feng Tingjian; Li Pu and Wu Ju each have duplicate entries.
[12]Sacrificial and farewell writingsBao Hui composed sacrificial texts for Wang Sui, Zhao Yifu, and Zhao Chongbo, a farewell piece for Wu Ju, and a portrait eulogy for Lu Jiuyuan.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The association entries list sacrificial texts for Wang Sui, Zhao Yifu, and Zhao Chongbo, a farewell composition for Wu Ju, and a portrait eulogy for Lu Jiuyuan.
[13]Inscriptions and shrine recordsBao Hui inscribed, commemorated, or named buildings for Wu Yankui and Lei Yizhong, and wrote shrine records for Zhou Dunyi, Bao Zheng, Lu Jiushao, Lu Jiuling, and Fu Mengquan.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The association entries list building inscriptions, commemorative texts, or names for two patrons and shrine records for five figures.
[14]Postscripts and correspondenceLiu Kezhuang and Ouyang Shoudao wrote postscripts associated with Bao Hui’s writings, Fang Hui commented on his works, and Fang Fengchen, Wen Tianxiang, and Ouyang Shoudao sent him letters.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The association entries identify postscripts by Liu Kezhuang and Ouyang Shoudao, criticism by Fang Hui, and letters sent by Fang Fengchen, Wen Tianxiang, and Ouyang Shoudao.
[15]WorksBao Hui’s Baizhou ji was lost; during the Qing, the Four Treasuries editors compiled the eight-volume Baizhou gaolüe from the Yongle dadian.
Souyun包恢 (25247)The works passages state that Baizhou ji was lost and that Qing editors compiled the eight-volume Baizhou gaolüe from the Yongle dadian.
CBDBBao Hui (10767)The works entry also lists the title Baizhou gaolüe.
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