Gu Fu

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 三 行第
• 天錫 字
• 雲厓 室名、別號

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and historical setting The prose preserves both dating forms, 1438–1508 and 1440–unknown, while identifying Gu Fu as a Ming official.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The person entry names him as 顧福, gives 1438 as his birth year and 1508 as his death year, and places him in the Ming dynasty.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The profile and first biographical entry give 1438–1508 and a Ming setting, while the second entry gives 1440–unknown; the prose therefore retains the discrepancy.
   • WikidataGu Fu (Q45697563)The entity is labeled Gu Fu and described as a Ming-dynasty person, with date values corresponding to 1438 and 1508.
2. [2] Names, rank in the family, and native place Gu Fu's courtesy name was Tianxi, his sobriquet Yunya, and his family rank was third; his native place was Wu County in Suzhou Prefecture, while his household registration was in Daxing County of Shuntian Prefecture.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The person data identifies Tianxi as his courtesy name, Yunya as his studio name or sobriquet, gives his family rank as third, and lists Daxing as his household registration and Suzhou Prefecture and Wu County as his native-place entries.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The profile and both biographical entries give the names Tianxi and Yunya and identify Wu County in Suzhou Prefecture and Daxing County in Shuntian Prefecture.
   • WikidataGu Fu (Q45697563)The entity gives the English name Gu Fu and lists Tianxi and Yunya as aliases, with separate claims for the two names.
3. [3] Examination career The prose summarizes his jinshi degree and the provincial, metropolitan, and palace-examination rankings; the narrative gives the third-class, thirty-second-place result, while the title list also contains the designation tanhua, which is inconsistent with that ranking and is not asserted as a settled result.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The examination and education entries give the jinshi result, third-class thirty-second-place result, and the rank values 173 and 65; the title of the examination register points to the second year of Chenghua.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The biographical narrative gives the Chenghua-year jinshi degree, the 65th provincial rank, the 173rd metropolitan rank, and the third-class thirty-second-place palace result; the profile title list separately includes tanhua, creating a conflicting designation.
4. [4] Ministry of Justice appointments Gu Fu was first appointed a Ministry of Justice secretary and then served as assistant director and director; the office data also contains his Ministry of Justice assistant-director post.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The biographical entry states that he was appointed a Ministry of Justice secretary and went through the assistant-director and director posts; the title list contains the corresponding Ministry of Justice titles.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The office data lists his post as 刑部員外郎, the Ministry of Justice assistant-director position.
5. [5] Chenghua legal case and transfer In Chenghua's twelfth year he reviewed prisoners in Henan and became director; in the fifteenth year he handled Li Xiong's corruption case, was sent to the imperial prison because of the inconsistent proposed sentence, and then went to the Yongzhou assistant-prefect post.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The biographical entries describe the Henan prison review, promotion to director, Li Xiong's Huzhou corruption case, the inconsistent sentence, the imperial imprisonment, and the move to the Yongzhou assistant-prefect post.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The office data lists a prefectural assistant post in Yongzhou Prefecture.
6. [6] Yongzhou tongpan post The office data also lists a tongpan post in Yongzhou Prefecture, which is kept distinct from the prefectural assistant post.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The office data lists the 通判 post and places it in Yongzhou Prefecture.
7. [7] Hongzhi promotions Gu Fu became prefect of Ji'an in the first year of Hongzhi and, in the eighth year, Right Assistant Commissioner in the Henan Provincial Administration Commission, with responsibility for Nanyang; the title list uses the additional wording 右參知政事 for a related office label.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The biographical entries give the promotion to Ji'an prefect in Hongzhi's first year, the promotion to Right Assistant Commissioner of Henan in the eighth year, and the Nanyang assignment; the title list also contains Ji'an prefect, prefect, and the wording 右參知政事.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The office data lists Ji'an prefect and a Provincial Administration Commissioner post, with Ji'an Prefecture and the Henan Provincial Administration Commission as the respective locations.
8. [8] Nanyang work and departure from office During his Nanyang assignment Gu Fu repaired the shrine of Zhuge Liang and enlarged the military review ground; he left office after the personnel review in the first month of Hongzhi's twelfth year.
   • Souyun顧福 (50446)The biographical entries state that he repaired the Zhuge Wuhou shrine and enlarged the military review ground, and that he left office after the personnel review in the first month of Hongzhi's twelfth year.
9. [9] Family and marriage Gu Fu's father was Gu Xian, grandfather Gu Zhong, great-grandfather Gu Renda, and mother Lady Tao; his elder brothers were Gu Zhen and Gu Xiang, his younger brother was Gu Lu, and his wife belonged to the Li family.
   • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The family relations name Gu Renda as great-grandfather, Gu Zhong as grandfather, Gu Xian as father, Lady Tao as mother, Gu Zhen and Gu Xiang as elder brothers, Gu Lu as younger brother, and Lady Li as wife.
10. [10] Association with Li Dongyang At their parting, Li Dongyang gave Gu Fu a farewell text including a farewell poem and preface; he also composed Gu Fu's tomb inscription and sent him a letter.
    • CBDBGu Fu (133671)The association entries connect all three items with Li Dongyang: a parting gift including a farewell poem and preface, a tomb inscription, and a letter sent by him.