Zhao Yongxian

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1. [1] Life dates and identity Zhao Yongxian lived from 1535 to 1596 and is identified as a Ming-dynasty politician and writer.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The identity record gives Zhao Yongxian's name, life dates, and Ming dynasty affiliation.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographical profile gives his dates and dynasty, while the biography describes his literary work.
   • WikidataZhao Yongxian (Q15908737)The entity is labelled Zhao Yongxian, classified as a politician, and assigned date values for 1535 and 1596.
2. [2] Names and birth order His courtesy name was Rushi, his style name Dingyu, his posthumous name Wenyi, and his recorded birth-order designation Yi.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The name records classify Yi as a birth-order designation, Dingyu as a studio or sobriquet name, Wenyi as a posthumous name, and Rushi as the courtesy name.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographical entries repeatedly give the names Rushi, Dingyu, and Wenyi.
   • WikidataZhao Yongxian (Q15908737)The name list and name claims preserve the English and Chinese forms of Rushi, Dingyu, and Wenyi.
3. [3] Variant native places The native-place evidence gives Changshu and Jiangyin in different forms, including the combined Changshu registration and Jiangyin native-place formulation.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The address data lists Changshu as both native place and household registration, and Jiangyin as another native-place entry.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The profile and biographies describe him as from Changshu in Suzhou Prefecture while also preserving the Changshu-registration and Jiangyin-native formulation.
4. [4] Family and siblings His great-grandfather was Zhao Shi, his grandfather Zhao Pin, and his father Zhao Chengqian; his elder brothers were Zhao Mao, Zhao Xian, and Zhao Yu, and his younger brothers were Zhao Yongbin, Zhao Yonggui, and Zhao Yongzhen.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The kinship entries identify his great-grandfather, grandfather, father, three elder brothers, and three younger brothers by relationship and name.
5. [5] Mothers, wives, and descendants His birth mother was Zhang, his legal stepmother Xiao, his wife Zhang, and his later wives Tang and Chen; his son was Zhao Longmei and his grandson Zhao Shichun lived from 1599 to 1675.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The kinship entries list his birth mother, legal stepmother, wife, two later wives, son, and grandson, including Zhao Shichun's dates.
6. [6] Examination results He ranked eighty-second in the Wuwu Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination, twenty-fifth in the Longqing fifth-year metropolitan examination, and twenty-eighth in the third class for the Presented Scholar degree; the examination table assigns its three numbers to differently labelled categories.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The examination table preserves the numbers 28, 25, and 82, while its category labels are respectively Presented Scholar, provincial tribute licentiate, and shengyuan.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographical entry explicitly assigns 82 to the Wuwu Yingtian Prefecture provincial examination, 25 to the 1571 metropolitan examination, and 28 to the third-class Presented Scholar result.
7. [7] Early Hanlin appointment After being selected as a shujishi, he received appointment as a Hanlin Academy compiler at the beginning of the Wanli reign.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office list includes shujishi and jian-tao appointments.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographies state that he was selected as a shujishi after the Longqing examination and appointed jian-tao at the beginning of Wanli, with 1573 supplied in the detailed entry.
8. [8] Memorial against Zhang Juzheng As a jian-tao, he memorialized against Zhang Juzheng's retention in office during mourning for his father, was beaten at court with Wu Zhongxing and others, and was removed from the registers.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The association entry names Zhang Juzheng as the subject of the memorial and summarizes the argument over duoqing, court beating, removal from the registers, and later restoration.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographies say that he argued against Zhang Juzheng's mourning exemption, suffered punishment with Wu Zhongxing and others, and was struck from office.
9. [9] Restoration after Zhang's death After Zhang Juzheng died, Zhao Yongxian was restored in the eleventh year of Wanli, promoted to Right Zanshan of the Right Spring Quarter concurrently as jian-tao, and made a Classics Banquet expositor.
   • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office list preserves the Classics Banquet and Eastern Palace appointments associated with his restoration.
   • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The detailed biography gives the first-, sixth-, and eleventh-month appointments in Wanli year eleven after Zhang Juzheng's death.
10. [10] Compilation and Eastern Palace service In Wanli years thirteen and fourteen he held the 司經局洗馬兼翰林院修撰 post, compiled the Da Ming Huidian, returned to Classics Banquet service, and advanced to 太子右庶子.
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The detailed career account and title list preserve the posts of 司經局洗馬兼翰林院修撰, compiler of the Da Ming Huidian, Classics Banquet expositor, and 太子右庶子.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office list includes the Classics Banquet and Right Shuzi titles.
11. [11] Nanjing and Rites appointments He served as jijiu at the Nanjing Directorate of the National University, vice minister of rites at Nanjing, vice minister of rites with a concurrent Hanlin readership, and later left vice minister while teaching shujishi.
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The career account gives the month-by-month promotions from Nanjing jijiu through vice minister of rites, Hanlin readership, left vice minister, and teaching shujishi.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office list records the Nanjing jijiu, Nanjing vice minister of rites, teaching shujishi, vice minister of rites, and left vice minister appointments, including their locations.
12. [12] Late career and retirement In the twenty-first year he returned home after becoming left vice minister in the Ministry of Personnel; his arguments over the enfeoffment of the three princes angered Wang Xijue, and Shen Shixing and Xu Gu also became hostile to him.
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographies give his twenty-first-year transfer to the Ministry of Personnel, leave to return home, and retirement after pressure from Wang Xijue.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office and association entries preserve the Ministry of Personnel post, Wang Xijue's resentment over the three-prince enfeoffment argument, and the hostility attributed to Shen Shixing and Xu Gu.
13. [13] Posthumous honors He died in the twenty-fourth year, received an imperial sacrifice and burial, and was posthumously granted the titles Grand Protector of the Heir Apparent and Minister of Rites, with the posthumous name Wenyi.
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographies and title list preserve his death, imperial funeral provisions, posthumous offices, and the name Wenyi.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The office and alternate-name records preserve the posthumous grants and the name Wenyi.
    • WikidataZhao Yongxian (Q15908737)The name list and posthumous-name claim both preserve Wenyi.
14. [14] Recommended scholars He recommended Wang Zhishi, Deng Yuanxi, and Liu Yuanqing, praising them for moral cultivation and accumulated learning.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The association entries record his recommendations of Wang Zhishi, Deng Yuanxi, and Liu Yuanqing and describe them as morally cultivated and learned.
15. [15] Literary associations He excelled in poetry and prose and was associated with the “Continuing Five” and the “Final Five.”
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biography calls him accomplished in poetry and prose and places him with Wang Daoxing among the 續五子 and with Hu Yinglin among the 末五子.
16. [16] Works and textual variants His listed works include Guochao dianzhang, San Wu wenxian zhi, Yingelu, and Songshizhai ji; San Wu wenxian zhi also appears with 吾 rather than 吳, and Songshizhai ji is listed in thirty-six juan.
    • Souyun趙用賢 (51229)The biographical entries list Guochao dianzhang, San Wu wenxian zhi, Yingelu, and Songshizhai ji, with one entry using the variant character 吾 in the second title.
    • CBDBZhao Yongxian (132148)The works entry identifies Songshizhai ji as a thirty-six-juan collection.