Chao Yuezhi

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• 以道 字
• 伯以 字
• 季此 字
• 景迂 室名、別號

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• 畫家
• 詩人
• 經學家
• 博學之人
• 結社
• 經學家—易經
• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Identity and dates Chao Yuezhi lived from 1059 to 1129 and is identified as a Song-dynasty official, poet, painter, and scholar of the Chinese classics.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The record supplies the name, life dates, Song affiliation, and the statuses of painter, poet, classical scholar, and literary official.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The biographical texts give his dates and Song affiliation and describe him as a poet, landscape painter, and learned scholar.
   • WikidataChao Yuezhi (Q11089173)The English name is Chao Yuezhi, and the description identifies him as a person of the Song dynasty.
2. [2] Courtesy names and sobriquets His courtesy names were Yidao and Boyi, Jici is also recorded, and he styled himself 景迂生, with 老法華 and 天台教僧 also used as sobriquets.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The name variants give Yidao, Boyi, Jici, and Jingyu, while the associated wording says that he styled himself 景迂.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The biographical texts give Yidao, Boyi, 景迂生, 老法華, and 天台教僧 as names or sobriquets.
   • WikidataChao Yuezhi (Q11089173)The English name list contains the romanized forms Boyi, Jici, Jingyu, and Yidao.
3. [3] Origin and residences His origin is variously assigned to Juye, Qingfeng, and Shangyuan, while the geographical affiliations also include Jiangning and Kaifeng.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The geographical entries assign Shangyuan as a basic native place, Jiangning as a later residence, Kaifeng as an earlier residence, and Qingfeng as an ancestral place.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The biographical texts give Juye in Jizhou and Qingfeng as differing statements of origin.
4. [4] Father and collateral kin He was the son of 晁端彥, brother of 晁補之 and 晁詠之, collateral cousin of 晁冲之, and had collateral nephews 晁公酇 and 晁公祖 and a clan brother 晁觀之.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The kinship entries identify his father, brother, younger brother, collateral cousin, collateral nephews, and clan brother, and give the recorded dates for 晁端彥 and 晁補之.
5. [5] Affinal kin and descendants His father-in-law was 盛觀仲; his family included 晁公耄, his eldest son 晁公壽, and his grandson 晁子健, while 朱弁 was the husband of a niece; 晁公壽 died in 1107.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The kinship entries identify the father-in-law, son, eldest son, grandson, and husband of a niece, and record 晁公壽's death in 1107.
6. [6] Early life and examination During the Xining era his father held office in Hangzhou, and Chao accompanied him.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The text says that during Xining his father held office in Hangzhou and that Chao accompanied him.
7. [7] Early life and examination He passed the presented-scholar examination in the fifth year of Yuanfeng, corresponding to 1082.
   • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The examination entry identifies him as a presented scholar.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts place his presented-scholar success in the fifth year of Yuanfeng and one text gives the corresponding year as 1082.
8. [8] Early offices At the beginning of Yuanyou he served as judicial assessor of Yanzhou, then as a professor in Caizhou and Suzhou, and during Yuanfu as magistrate of Wuan County in Cizhou.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The career texts list judicial service in Yanzhou, professorships in Caizhou and Suzhou, and the magistracy of Wuan; the profile also lists the corresponding office types.
9. [9] Wuji appointment and memorial The date of the Wuji appointment differs between accounts; in the third year of Yuanfu he memorialized the throne against Wang Anshi and the Shaoshu ministers and was placed on the heterodox-party register for more than twenty years.
   • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The three texts differ on the date and administrative setting of the Wuji appointment, while describing the Yuanfu memorial criticizing Wang Anshi and the Shaoshu ministers and the subsequent twenty-year-plus entry on the heterodox register.
10. [10] Chongning to Zhenghe offices During Chongning he held the rank of 承議郎, administered Wuan and Wuji, supervised the Jiji warehouse, and served at the Mingzhou shipyard, whose date is variously placed in the Daguan–Zhenghe period or at the end of Daguan.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The career texts list the rank, county offices, warehouse supervision, and shipyard appointment, with differing dates for the shipyard service.
11. [11] Xuanhe offices During Xuanhe he served as assistant prefect of Fuzhou and magistrate of Chengzhou, then retired soon afterward.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts and title list give the Fuzhou assistant-prefect post, the Chengzhou magistracy, and his retirement soon afterward.
12. [12] Jingkang offices At the beginning of Jingkang he was summoned as 著作郎, appointed 秘書少監兼太子諭德, then 中書舍人兼太子詹事, and lost office amid a request for an external appointment and disagreement over his views.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts describe the summons as 著作郎, the two successive court appointments, and the loss of office after the request for an external post and disagreement in his arguments.
13. [13] Flight south He took refuge in Gaoyou when Jin forces moved south.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The text says that he fled to Gaoyou during the Jin advance southward.
14. [14] Service under Gaozong After Gaozong's accession he was summoned as 徽猷閣待制兼侍讀, later held the 万寿观 and Hangzhou Dongxiao Palace superintendencies, while another account says illness prevented him from taking up the first appointment.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The office entry includes 徽猷閣待制.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts present two versions: one says illness prevented him from taking up the 徽猷閣待制 appointment, while another records service as侍讀 and the subsequent 万寿观 and Hangzhou Dongxiao Palace appointments.
15. [15] Death He died in the first month of the third year of Jianyan, aboard a boat at Jiangning, aged seventy-one; his recorded death year is 1129.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The life-date value gives his death year as 1129.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts give the third year of Jianyan, age seventy-one, and Jiangning as the place of death; one specifies the first month and the boat.
16. [16] Recommendations In Yuanyou he was recommended for his extensive learning and historical expertise, while Su Shi recommended him for the elegance of his prose and his suitability for scholarly writing.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The association entry identifies Su Shi as a person who recommended him.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts say that a group recommended him for his extensive learning and historical expertise, and that Su Shi recommended him for elegant prose and suitability for scholarly writing.
17. [17] Associations Fan Zuyu also recommended him; he was a friend of 陳恬 and, admiring Sima Guang, adopted 景迂生 as his style.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The association entries record Fan Zuyu as a recommender, 陳恬 as a friend, and the wording about his admiration for Sima Guang and adoption of 景迂.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts explain that he admired Sima Guang and therefore styled himself 景迂生.
18. [18] Classical learning He was learned in the Five Classics, or in another formulation the Six Classics, and was especially expert in the Changes.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The status entries identify him as a classical scholar and specifically a scholar of the Changes.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts give the differing formulations Five Classics and Six Classics and agree that he was especially learned in the Changes.
19. [19] Poetry, painting, and religion He was a poet and landscape painter and followed Buddhism in later life.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The status entries identify him as a painter and poet.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The biographical text explicitly describes his poetry, landscape painting, and later-life Buddhist faith.
20. [20] Works He wrote more than thirty works; the associated titles include 儒言, 晁氏客語, and 景迂生集, while 嵩山文集 is another name for 景迂生集 and comprises twenty juan.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The title entries include 嵩山文集, 晁氏客語, 景迂生集, and 儒言, and mark several of them as works for which he is the author; one title gives the twenty-juan extent.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts say that his writings numbered more than thirty, list 儒言, 晁氏客語, and 景迂生集, and identify 嵩山文集 as another name for the twenty-juan 景迂生集.
21. [21] Surviving works and variant lists The surviving-work lists differ: one says that only 嵩山文集 and 晁氏客語 survive, while another also lists 儒言; 中庸傳 and 揚雄別傳 are additionally recorded as titles.
    • CBDBChao Yuezhi (3029)The title entries record 晁氏客語, 儒言, 中庸傳, and 揚雄別傳, with authorship marked for several of these titles.
    • Souyun晁說之 (27342)The texts give differing surviving-work lists: one lists three works, another says that only 嵩山文集 and 晁氏客語 survive, and the texts also discuss 景迂生集.