Shi Yannian

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• 安仁 字
• 曼卿 字

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1. [1] Name, dates and dynasty Shi Yannian was a Northern Song poet, born in 994 and died in 1041.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry (Quan Song shi) and the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian both present him as a Northern Song man, born in 994 and died in 1041, and skilled in poetry.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB gives his Chinese name as 石延年, his birth year as 994, his death year as 1041, and his dynasty as Song.
   • WikidataShi Yannian (Q15931531)Wikidata gives his name as 石延年 and his dates as 994 and 1041.
2. [2] Courtesy names His courtesy names were Manqing and Anren.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry and the Cixue tulu both state that he was styled Manqing (曼卿) and, alternatively, Anren (安仁).
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB lists his courtesy names as 曼卿 and 安仁.
   • WikidataShi Yannian (Q15931531)Wikidata lists 曼卿 and 安仁 among his aliases.
3. [3] Ancestry and place of origin His ancestors were from Youzhou; his grandfather moved south to Songcheng, where the family settled.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry and Complete Song Prose state that his ancestors were men of Youzhou and that his grandfather moved south to Songcheng; the Cixue tulu and Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian likewise make him a man of Songcheng.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records his ancestral home as Youzhou and his place of registration as Songcheng.
4. [4] Family His grandfather was Shi Ju and his father Shi Buzhi.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB names his grandfather as Shi Ju (石舉) and his father as Shi Buzhi (石補之).
5. [5] Examinations and entry into office He failed the examinations repeatedly and received the office of Sanban fengzhi as a favour to three-time failures.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Chinese biographical dictionaries record that he repeatedly failed the examinations, was granted the office of Sanban fengzhi (三班奉職) by Emperor Zhenzong, and entered service through the military track.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records that he failed the jinshi and other examinations and was afterwards entered among the specially favoured (teming) jinshi.
6. [6] Official career From 1026 he served at Jinxiang and in a series of posts at Qianning, Yongjing, the Court of Judicial Review and the Jixian Institute.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry and Complete Song Prose record his appointment at Jinxiang in 1026, his assistant prefectures at Qianning and Yongjing, his posts in the Court of Judicial Review and the Jixian Institute, and his rise to 大理寺丞.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB lists his offices, including 大理評事, 大理寺丞 and assistant prefect of Haizhou.
7. [7] Later offices He became a Palace Library collator in 1032, assistant prefect of Haizhou in 1035, and was sent to Hedong in 1040.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry dates his post of 館閣校勘 to 1032, his assistant prefecture at Haizhou to 1035, and his mission to Hedong to 1040.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB lists assistant prefectures held at Haizhou.
8. [8] Frontier defence and the Western Xia war His frontier memorandum went unanswered; after Li Yuanhao's rebellion he registered militia in Hedong and proposed sending envoys to the Gusiluo and the Uyghurs.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records his unanswered frontier memorandum, the registration of tens of thousands of militia in Hedong after Li Yuanhao rose in rebellion, and his request to send envoys to the Gusiluo and the Uyghurs to raise troops against Yuanhao, which the emperor approved.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records that Shi Yannian and Wu Andao were ordered to register militia in the Two Rivers region.
9. [9] Death He died in the capital in 1041 at the age of forty-eight, holding the posts of Taizi zhongyun and Mige xiaoli.
   • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Prose gives his death in the capital in the second month of Kangding 2 at the age of forty-eight; the Complete Song Poetry gives his final offices as 太子中允 and 秘閣校理.
   • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB gives 1041 as his death year and lists 太子中允 among his offices.
   • WikidataShi Yannian (Q15931531)Wikidata gives his date of death as 1041.
10. [10] Character and literary gifts He was bold and high-spirited, a vigorous writer, most accomplished in poetry and also skilled in calligraphy.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Prose describes him as untrammelled and proud, a reader who grasped the essentials, a vigorous writer most accomplished in poetry and good at calligraphy; the Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian likewise notes his pride in his integrity and his skill in poetry.
11. [11] Drinking He was fond of heavy drinking, and once drank with Liu Qian until evening without showing its effects.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Zhongguo lidai renming da cidian records his fondness for heavy drinking and his drinking bout with Liu Qian until evening without any sign of the wine.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records Liu Qian as his friend.
12. [12] Associates He was friendly with Ouyang Xiu, Liu Qian and the monks Weiyan and Miyan, and associated with Wei Bufa alongside Fan Zhongyan.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB lists Ouyang Xiu, Liu Qian, the monk Weiyan (釋惟儼) and the monk Miyan (釋秘演) as his friends, and records that Fan Zhongyan, Shi Yannian and Liu Qian admired Wei Bufa (韋不伐) and associated with him.
13. [13] Tomb inscription and sacrificial address After his death Ouyang Xiu wrote his tomb inscription and Fan Zhongyan his sacrificial address.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records that his tomb tablet was written by Ouyang Xiu and his sacrificial address by Fan Zhongyan.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry and Complete Song Prose both cite Ouyang Xiu's Tomb Tablet for Shi Manqing.
14. [14] Collected poems His poems were collected as Shi Manqing ji in one juan, also known under the variant titles Shi Manqing shi and Shi Manqing shiji, while the Song History bibliography lists Shi Yannian shi in two juan.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry records his collection as 石曼卿集, alternatively 石曼卿詩, and the Song History bibliography as 石延年詩 in two juan; the Cixue tulu gives 石曼卿詩集.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records his poetry collection under the title 石曼卿詩集.
15. [15] Ci collection He also had a ci collection, Menshi'an changduanju, with ci in the Hua'an cixuan.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Cixue tulu records 捫虱庵長短句 and notes that his ci are found in 花庵詞選.
16. [16] Qing compilation Li Zhengang compiled Shi xueshi shiji in one juan, printed in 1840, with more poems than earlier editions.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry notes Li Zhengang's one-juan compilation 石學士詩集, a print of the twentieth year of Daoguang which contains more poems than the base text.
17. [17] Prefaces His collection was formerly furnished with prefaces by Ouyang Xiu, Su Shunqin, Yin Zhu and Shi Jie.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records prefaces to his writings by Ouyang Xiu, Su Shunqin, Yin Zhu and Shi Jie.
18. [18] Colophons His calligraphy and writings frequently received colophons from later writers.
    • CBDBShi Yannian (22278)CBDB records colophons on his calligraphy, paintings and writings by a series of later authors.
19. [19] Biography in the Song History The Song History includes his biography in juan 442.
    • Souyun石延年 (29797)The Complete Song Poetry and Complete Song Prose both note his biography in juan 442 of the Song History.