[1]Identity, career, names, and birthplaceThe records identify Guo Pu as a Ming official who reached the offices of Minister of Personnel and Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall, and give his dates, names, and Anyang birthplace.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The basic fields provide the English and Chinese names, life dates, Ming identity, and highest offices; the alternate-name and address fields provide Zhifu, Dongye, Dongye xiansheng, Yi, and Anyang.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The biographical entries describe him as a Ming official, give his courtesy name, hao, scholarly appellation, birthplace, life dates, and highest offices.
WikidataGuo Pu (Q15924243)The item supplies the English label, Ming-dynasty description, romanized aliases, and date statements for 1511 and 1593.
[2]Family and marriageThe kinship entries name Guo Pu’s great-grandfather, grandfather, parents, younger brothers, and wife.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The kinship data identifies 郭銀 as great-grandfather, 郭瑲 as grandfather, 郭清 as father, 李氏 as mother and wife, and 郭樞, 郭楨, and 郭棟 as younger brothers.
[3]SonsThe kinship data lists nine sons: 郭炘, 郭炯, 郭炤, 郭焜, 郭焞, 郭煥, 郭煓, 郭熠, and 郭燁.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)All nine child entries are marked as sons and name 郭炘, 郭炯, 郭炤, 郭焜, 郭焞, 郭煥, 郭煓, 郭熠, and 郭燁.
[4]ExaminationsHe ranked 57th in the 1534 Henan provincial examination, 31st in the 1535 metropolitan examination, received a second-class, fourth-place jinshi degree, and was selected as a Hanlin shujishi.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The biographical entry gives the provincial and metropolitan examination ranks, the second-class fourth-place jinshi result, and selection as a Hanlin shujishi.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The examination entries confirm the second-class fourth-place jinshi result and provincial-degree status, while the appointment entry dates his shujishi appointment to Jiajing 14.
[5]Hanlin careerHe held Hanlin posts as compiler, reader-academician, and expositor-academician, together with several associated court appointments.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The entry summarizes his years in the Hanlin Academy as compiler, reader, expositor, and expositor-academician.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The office list contains the Hanlin compiler, reader-academician, and expositor-academician posts, as well as the investiture deputy envoy, Left Spring Palace post, Hanlin Academician, and 太子賓客.
[6]Early Jiajing appointmentsThe appointment chronology places him as an investiture deputy envoy in 1542, a provincial examination official in 1546, 左春坊左庶子 in 1551, and chief examiner in 1552.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)Four appointment entries provide the Jiajing reign years, Gregorian years, and corresponding offices.
[7]Rites, Personnel, and cabinet officesHe became Vice Minister of Rites in 1553, later held the Hanlin Academician, 太子賓客, Minister of Rites, and Minister of Personnel posts, and by the end of Jiajing held the additional Taizi Taibao title and served as Wuying Hall Grand Secretary in state affairs.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The biographical entries give the 1553 Rites appointment and Western Park service, the late-Jiajing senior offices, the Taizi Taibao title, the Wuying Hall grand secretaryship, and participation in state affairs.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The appointment list supplies the offices of Vice Minister of Rites, Hanlin Academician, 太子賓客, Minister of Rites, Minister of Personnel, and Wuying Hall Grand Secretary with their starting years.
[8]Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and retirementThe biography describes Guo Pu’s cabinet relationship with Gao Gong, the testamentary-edict dispute involving Xu Jie, the censors’ accusations, and his subsequent request for retirement.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The biographical account narrates the relationship among Xu Jie, Gao Gong, and Guo Pu in the cabinet, the testamentary-edict episode, the accusations by censors, and Guo Pu’s request to return home.
[9]Mourning and retirementHe mourned his father in 1563, resumed office under duoqing in 1565, held further offices in 1566–1567, and retired to Anyang in 1567.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The entry gives the dates of mourning, duoqing, the concurrent Wuying Hall appointment, retirement, return to Anyang, and seclusion in its eastern outskirts.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The appointment list records the Wuying Hall grand secretaryship from 1566 and the Shaobao, Shaofu, Taizi Taifu, 《肅宗實錄》, and 同知經筵重錄 offices from 1567.
[10]Disciples and correspondenceThe relationships identify Pan En as a disciple and show exchanges of congratulations, letters, replies, and poems or prose with six other figures.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The relationship entries identify Pan En as a disciple and specify the persons and forms of congratulatory, letter, reply, and poetry or prose exchanges.
[11]Titles of textsThe text list contains the eleven titles named in the paragraph; the role field does not further distinguish Guo Pu’s relation to each title.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The text fields list the eleven titles and give the juan counts for 《大明會典》, 《續志》, and 《郭樸文集》.
[12]Authored epitaphs and biographiesThe relationship entries explicitly identify the named epitaphs, biographies, sacrificial text, lament, and spirit-way stele inscription as works by Guo Pu.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The relationship fields explicitly give Guo Pu’s authorship relation for two epitaphs, five biographies, a sacrificial text, a lament, and a spirit-way stele inscription.
[13]Death and burialGuo Pu died on the stated date in 1593, received the posthumous title Taifu and name Wenjian, and was buried south of Hanling the following year.
Souyun郭樸 (51053)The biographical entries give the date of death, the posthumous title and name, and the following year’s burial at the south side of Hanling.
CBDBGuo Pu (69006)The basic field gives 1593 as the death year, the alternate-name field identifies Wenjian as a posthumous name, and the office list contains Taifu.
WikidataGuo Pu (Q15924243)The date statement gives 1593, while the traditional alias and posthumous-name statement give Wenjian.
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