[1]Name, dates, and identityZhu Song lived from 1097 to 1143 and is identified as a Song-dynasty official and thinker.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The principal biographical record gives Zhu Song's name, dates, Song affiliation, official status, and classification as a thinker.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The biographical profile and narrative place Zhu Song in the Song dynasty and give his name and life dates.
WikidataZhu Song (Q11094247)The English description identifies him as a Song-dynasty politician and gives 1097–1143; the date claims provide the corresponding birth and death years.
[2]Courtesy name and sobriquetZhu Song's courtesy name was Qiaonian and his sobriquet was Weizhai.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The alternate-name fields give Qiaonian as the courtesy name and Weizhai as the studio name or sobriquet.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The biographical text explicitly gives the Chinese forms of the courtesy name and sobriquet, and the profile lists both aliases.
WikidataZhu Song (Q11094247)The English aliases and name claims give Qiaonian and Weizhai.
[3]Native place and residenceThe biographical texts give Wuyuan under Huizhou or Shezhou, now in Jiangxi; the address classification gives Chong'an as the basic ancestral place and Wuyuan as an earlier residence, so the alternatives are retained.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The address fields classify Chong'an as the basic ancestral place and migrated residence, while classifying Wuyuan as an earlier residence.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The profile and three biographical texts give Wuyuan under Huizhou or Shezhou and identify its present location as Jiangxi.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The kinship fields identify Zhu Xi as Zhu Song's son and only surviving son.
Souyun朱松 (27377)All three biographical texts identify Zhu Song as Zhu Xi's father.
WikidataZhu Song (Q11094247)The Chinese description identifies Zhu Song as Zhu Xi's father.
[5]Only surviving sonThe kinship data specifically describes Zhu Xi as Zhu Song's only surviving son.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The kinship relation explicitly calls Zhu Xi the only surviving son.
[6]Family and marriage relationsZhu Song's father was Zhu Sen; his grandfather was Zhu Xun, his younger brother Zhu Gao, his father-in-law Zhu Que, his wife Lady Zhu, and his son-in-law Liu Zixiang.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The kinship fields list Zhu Sen as father, Zhu Xun as grandfather, Zhu Gao as younger brother, Zhu Que as father-in-law, Lady Zhu as wife, and Liu Zixiang as son-in-law.
[7]Upper-She qualification and first appointmentsIn 1118 Zhu Song received an Upper-She qualification, held county-commandant posts at Zhenghe and Youxi, supervised Shijing Town in Quanzhou, and is also broadly classified as a jinshi.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The examination fields give the Upper-She and broad jinshi classifications, while the appointment fields give the Zhenghe and Youxi county posts.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The biographical texts give the 1118 Upper-She qualification, the Zhenghe and Youxi appointments, and supervision of Shijing Town in Quanzhou.
[8]Later official careerFrom Shaoxing 4 onward Zhu Song held posts in the Palace Library, the Bureau of Writers, the Revenue Office, the Historiographical Institute, the Office of Merit, and the Ministry of Personnel.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The appointment fields include Left Gentleman for Discussion and a Ministry of Personnel post, corresponding to the later official career.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The narratives provide the Shaoxing 4 recommendation and Palace Library appointment, followed by the Shaoxing 7 and 8 offices; the profile lists the corresponding titles.
[9]Additional titlesOther titles associated with Zhu Song include tax supervisor, censor, Left Gentleman for Discussion, Superior Light Chariot Commandant, and Palace Attendant of the Hall of the Palace.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The appointment fields list Left Gentleman for Discussion, Superior Light Chariot Commandant, and Palace Attendant of the Hall of the Palace.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The profile's title list includes tax supervisor and censor.
[10]Opposition to the peace negotiationsIn Shaoxing 10 (1140), Zhu Song and his colleagues opposed Qin Hui's peace policy in a memorial, bringing him into conflict with Qin Hui.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The association summary identifies Zhu Song as opposing Qin Hui's policy and describes his forceful memorial against the peace negotiations.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The biographical text describes Qin Hui's peace decision, Zhu Song's opposition and memorial, and the date annotation maps Shaoxing 10 to 1140.
[11]Raozhou appointment and divergent endingZhu Song was appointed prefect of Raozhou but did not take up the post before his death; another version says that he requested leave and then took charge of the Chongdao Abbey in Taizhou.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The appointment fields give the prefecture-office entry and Raozhou.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The three narratives differ in their wording: one says he died before taking up Raozhou, while another says that he requested leave and took charge of the Chongdao Abbey in Taizhou.
[12]Death yearZhu Song died in Shaoxing 13, corresponding to 1143.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The principal record gives 1143 as the death year.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The profile and narratives give 1143 and identify it with Shaoxing 13.
WikidataZhu Song (Q11094247)The English description and death-date claim both give 1143.
[13]Age at deathOne narrative states that Zhu Song was forty-seven at his death.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The narrative explicitly states that he died at the age of forty-seven.
[14]Teaching and scholarly relationsZhu Song lectured tirelessly, formed a friendship grounded in moral principle with Hu Xian and Liu Mianzhi, taught according to students' abilities, studied under Xiao Yi and Yang Shi, and attracted many scholars.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The association summaries describe tireless lecturing, moral friendship with Hu Xian and Liu Mianzhi, successive scholars and ability-based teaching, and study under Xiao Yi and Yang Shi.
[15]Zhu Xi's study and guardianshipNear death Zhu Song entrusted his affairs, instructed Zhu Xi to study with Liu Mianzhi, and entrusted Zhu Xi to Liu Ziyu; Liu Ziyu and Liu Zihui taught Zhu Xi, who asked about the sequence of entering the Way.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The association summaries state that Zhu Song entrusted Zhu Xi to Liu Ziyu, that Liu Ziyu and his younger brother Zihui taught him, and that Zhu Xi was instructed to study with Liu Mianzhi and asked about the sequence of entering the Way.
[16]Weizhai Collection and Outer CollectionThe Weizhai Collection survives in twelve juan, while a ten-juan Outer Collection is lost.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The works list includes the Weizhai Collection.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The narratives give the Weizhai Collection as twelve juan and state that the ten-juan Outer Collection is lost; one text also marks the twelve-juan collection as extant.
[17]Other worksThe works associated with Zhu Song also include 《韋齋詩鈔》 and 《韋齋集補鈔》.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The works list additionally names 《韋齋詩鈔》 and 《韋齋集補鈔》.
[18]Posthumous writings and memorialsZhu Xi wrote the Huangkao Zhu Gong xingzhuang, Zhu Xi also composed Zhu Song's tomb inscription and colophons, and Zhou Bida composed his spirit-way stele.
CBDBZhu Song (11904)The association fields identify Zhu Xi as author of the tomb inscription, colophons, and xingzhuang, and Zhou Bida as author of the spirit-way stele.
Souyun朱松 (27377)The narrative explicitly names Zhu Xi's Huangkao Zhu Gong xingzhuang for Zhu Song.