Xue Xuan

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• 德溫 字
• 敬軒 室名、別號
• 文淸 諡號

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• [為官者：文]
• 思想家

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1. [1] Identity and dates Xue Xuan’s birth year is given as either 1389 or 1392, while his death year is 1464; he is identified as both a Ming political figure and a Neo-Confucian thinker.
   • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)These values provide Xue Xuan’s name, birth and death years, Ming affiliation, and classification as a thinker; this record uses 1389 as the birth year.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The biographical passages give the birth-year alternatives 1389 and 1392, the death year 1464, and identify Xue Xuan as a Neo-Confucian scholar.
   • WikidataXue Xuan (Q15623910)The entity label identifies Xue Xuan, the description calls him a Ming-dynasty politician, and the date claims give 1389 and 1464.
2. [2] Names and birthplace Xue Xuan’s courtesy name was Dewen, his hao was Jingxuan, his posthumous name was Wenqing, and his birthplace was Hejin; Dewen also appears in the form 德蕴.
   • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)These values give the courtesy name Dewen, the hao Jingxuan, the posthumous name Wenqing, and the Hejin籍貫.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The biographical passages repeatedly give Dewen, Jingxuan, Hejin, and Wenqing, with one passage recording the variant courtesy name 德蕴.
   • WikidataXue Xuan (Q15623910)The name and claim values list the English and Chinese forms of Dewen, Jingxuan, and Wenqing.
3. [3] Family Xue Xuan came from a scholarly family; his grandfather Xue Zhongyi was versed in the Classics and taught locally after declining Yuan service, his father Xue Zhen was a county instructor, and his grandson Xue Qi was born in 1435.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This biographical passage describes the scholarly family, Xue Zhongyi’s learning and teaching, and Xue Zhen’s service as an instructor at the Yuan County school.
   • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The kinship values identify Xue Zhen as father, give 1355–1425 for his life dates, and identify Xue Qi as a grandson born in 1435.
4. [4] Early education As a child, Xue Xuan studied the Book of Songs and the Book of Documents at a private school, recorded a thousand or more words a day, and became a county student after his father’s transfer to Yanling.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This passage supplies the private-school education, the study of the two Classics, the daily record of a thousand or more words, and the transfer to Yanling followed by county-student status.
5. [5] Teachers and early learning Xue Xuan excelled at poetry and fu, studied Neo-Confucian learning with Wei Xiwen and Fan Ruzhou, and burned his earlier compositions.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passage describes his early skill in poetry and fu, his study with Wei Xiwen and Fan Ruzhou, and his burning of earlier compositions.
   • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The relationship values identify Fan Ruzhou and Wei Xiwen as teachers in a student–teacher relationship with Xue Xuan.
6. [6] Examinations Xue Xuan was first in the Henan provincial examination in 1420, passed the Xin-chou examination as a jinshi in 1421, and is assigned fourteenth place in the second class.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The biographical passages give the Yongle nineteenth-year jinshi degree, while one passage specifies first place in the 1420 Henan examination and the following year’s Xin-chou jinshi degree.
   • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The examination values confirm the jinshi status and give the second-class, fourteenth-place ranking.
7. [7] Mourning and first office After the examination Xue Xuan observed mourning for his father and the ancient rites; after the mourning period he was appointed an investigating censor during the Xuande era.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This passage gives the mourning observance, adherence to ancient rites, appointment as censor after the mourning period, and refusal to meet the Three Yangs.
8. [8] Huguang service From 1429 to 1432 Xue Xuan served as an investigating censor in Huguang, went to Chenzhou as an envoy, supervised the Yuanzhou silver works, prosecuted corruption, and returned home after his stepmother’s death.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This passage details the 1429–1432 Huguang censorate, the Chenzhou mission, supervision of the Yuanzhou silver works, action against corruption, praise for good government, and return after his stepmother’s death.
9. [9] Shandong educational office Early in the Zhengtong era Xue Xuan served as Shandong educational commission associate commissioner, taught with the Bailudong regulations, and was later promoted to Left Vice Minister of the Dali Court.
   • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passages give the Shandong educational appointment, promotion to Left Vice Minister of the Dali Court, and the personal teaching with the Bailudong regulations that led students to call him Master Xue.
10. [10] Wang Zhen affair Xue Xuan’s uprightness brought him into conflict with Wang Zhen; he was imprisoned and condemned to death on corruption charges but was saved by petitions led by Wang Wei and others.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passages agree that Xue Xuan offended Wang Zhen, was imprisoned and condemned to death, and was spared; the detailed passage adds his refusal to bow, the Jinyiwei prison, the corruption charges, and Wang Wei’s intervention.
11. [11] Jingtai restoration After the Jingtai Emperor’s accession, Cheng Xin recommended Xue Xuan for restoration as Vice Director of the Dali Court; in Jingtai’s second year he became President of the Nanjing Dali Court.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passages describe the restoration after the Jingtai accession, Cheng Xin’s recommendation, the appointment as Dali Court Vice Director, and the promotion to the Nanjing presidency.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The office values place his appointment as Jing-tai-era Jing Dali Temple President in Nanjing.
12. [12] Cabinet service and retirement After the Yingzong restoration Xue Xuan became Vice Minister of Rites and a Hanlin Academician, entered the cabinet, and later requested retirement because of the disorder associated with Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang; the concurrent titles have variant forms.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passages jointly give the Tianshun offices, cabinet participation, and retirement request; they preserve the differing forms of Right Vice Minister with Hanlin Academician and Left Vice Minister with Grand Academician of Wenyuan Pavilion, while the detailed passage names Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The office values list Hanlin Academician and Vice Minister of Rites, corroborating the broad concurrent offices.
13. [13] Death Xue Xuan died in the sixth month of Tianshun’s eighth year, 1464.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The main record gives 1464 as the death year.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The biographical passages give 1464 as the death year, with the detailed passage specifying the sixth month of Tianshun’s eighth year.
    • WikidataXue Xuan (Q15623910)The date claim gives the death year as 1464.
14. [14] Posthumous honors Xue Xuan was posthumously granted the rank of Minister of Rites and the name Wenqing, and was enshrined in the Confucian temple in 1572; some passages give the time only as the Longqing era.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The passages give the posthumous name Wenqing, the posthumous grant of Minister of Rites, and enshrinement in the Confucian temple; the timing appears both as the Longqing era and specifically Longqing’s sixth year, 1572.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The alternate-name values identify Wenqing as the posthumous name.
15. [15] Thought Xue Xuan followed the Cheng–Zhu tradition, emphasized practice after Zhu Xi rather than multiplying writings, and made the recovery of original nature the aim of self-cultivation and teaching.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This passage directly states that his learning followed Cheng and Zhu, rejected the need for further writing after Zhu Xi, stressed practice, and centered self-cultivation and teaching on recovering original nature.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The status value classifies Xue Xuan as a thinker, consistent with the account of his philosophical teaching.
16. [16] Works Xue Xuan’s works include 《讀書錄》 and 《薛文清集》.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)This biographical passage explicitly lists 《讀書錄》 and 《薛文清集》 among his works.
17. [17] Poetry and prose collections The poetry and prose collections are titled 《河汾詩集》 and 《敬軒文集》, with 《河汾集》 as another form.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)These passages list 《河汾詩集》, 《敬軒文集》, and 《河汾集》, showing the variant titles for the poetry and prose collection.
18. [18] Bibliographic titles The bibliography includes 《薛子道論》, 《薛文清公從政錄》, 《薛文清公讀書錄》, 《新刻讀詩錄》, several excerpted or continued versions of the 《讀書錄》, and 《薛文清公讀書續錄》十二卷.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The title values list the Dao lun, Congzheng lu, Dushu lu, Dushi lu, excerpted versions, the continued record, and their recorded卷數.
19. [19] Literary assessment Later literary assessments praise Xue Xuan’s elegant prose and describe his poetry as tranquil overall, with distinctive styles in old-style, regulated, and quatrain verse and affinities with Tao Yuanming and Wei Yingwu.
    • Souyun薛瑄 (50190)The literary evaluation calls his prose elegant and exemplary, his poetry generally tranquil, and specifies the qualities of his old-style, regulated, and quatrain verse and its Tao–Wei affinity.
20. [20] Students Xue Xuan’s students included Liu Jian, Duan Jian, Zhang Ding, and Yan Yuxi.
    • CBDBXue Xuan (30622)The relationship values identify Liu Jian, Duan Jian, Zhang Ding, and Yan Yuxi as Xue Xuan’s students; Zhang Ding has a second duplicate relationship entry.