Dong Fen

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• 一 行第
• 泌園 室名、別號
• 潯陽山人 室名、別號
• 用均 字

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1. [1] Name and dates Dong Fen was a Ming dynasty figure, born in 1510 and died in 1595.
   • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records his name as Dong Fen (董份), his birth year 1510, his death year 1595, and his dynasty as Ming.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Gives his name, his birth and death years (1510 and 1595), his dynasty, and describes him as a native of Wucheng in Zhejiang who took the jinshi degree, rose to minister of rites concurrently Hanlin academician, and wrote the Miyuan ji.
   • WikidataDong Fen (Q22101198)Gives his name in Chinese and in English (Dong Fen), describes him as a politician, and dates his life 1510 to 1595.
2. [2] Courtesy names and sobriquets Dong Fen's courtesy name was Yongjun; he also used the courtesy name Tihua and the sobriquets Miyuan and Xunyang Shanren.
   • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records his courtesy name as Yongjun (用均) and his sobriquets as Miyuan (泌園) and Xunyang Shanren (潯陽山人).
   • Souyun董份 (52325)States that his courtesy name was Yongjun, also written Tihua, and that he was styled Miyuan and further Xunyang Shanren.
   • WikidataDong Fen (Q22101198)Lists the aliases Yongjun, Miyuan and Xunyang Shanren, and gives Tihua and Yongjun as courtesy names and Miyuan and Xunyang Shanren as art names.
3. [3] Native place Dong Fen came from Wucheng in Zhejiang, corresponding to the present-day Nanxun District of Huzhou.
   • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Gives Wucheng (烏程) as both his place of origin and his registered domicile.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Describes him as a native of Wucheng in Zhejiang, present-day Nanxun District of Huzhou.
4. [4] Examinations Dong Fen was a government-school student and passed the Zhejiang provincial examination as a juren in 1537; in 1541 he took the jinshi degree with a ranking in the second class.
   • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Lists him as a government student (生員/庠生), a provincial graduate (鄉貢舉人), and a jinshi ranked second in the second class.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that in 1537 he passed the Zhejiang provincial examination in the dingyou cycle, and that in 1541 he took the jinshi degree, ranking second in the second class.
5. [5] Hanlin entry and compilation work Dong Fen was chosen as a Hanlin bachelor and became a compiler in 1543, and he took part in compiling the Collected Statutes of the Great Ming.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that he was made a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, that in the tenth month of 1543 he completed his training and was appointed a compiler, and that he helped compile the Da Ming Huidian.
6. [6] Examinerships and promotion Dong Fen served twice as an associate examiner at the metropolitan examination and was promoted in 1554 to the Right Spring Cradle with charge of the Directorate of Education, returning to it in 1555.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records his two appointments as associate examiner in 1544 and 1553, his promotion in the tenth month of 1554 to right zhongyun of the Right Spring Cradle with charge of the Directorate of Education, and his return to the Spring Cradle in the second month of 1555.
7. [7] Imperial favour When the Jiajing Emperor retired to the Western Palace for Daoist observances, he personally chose Dong Fen as a Hanlin academician, and the petitions to the gods used in the rites mostly came from his hand.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that when the Jiajing Emperor dwelt in the Western Palace, he personally designated Dong Fen as a Hanlin academician, and that the celestial petitions of the retreat rituals mostly came from his hand.
8. [8] Examinations and chief compilership Dong Fen examined candidates in the military and provincial examinations and served as chief compiler of the Southern Palace, receiving a seal inscribed for that office.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that he presided over the military metropolitan examination in 1556, was chief examiner at the northern examination in 1558, served again as associate examiner the following year (1559), and as chief compiler of the Southern Palace was granted a seal reading "Chief Compiler of the Eastern Library".
9. [9] Later offices Dong Fen rose through a succession of offices — grand minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, right vice minister of rites, left vice minister of personnel concurrently Hanlin academician, and minister of works — before becoming minister of rites concurrently Hanlin academician.
   • Souyun董份 (52325)Records his promotions to grand minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices with a gift of first-rank robes, right vice minister of rites with a flying-fish robe and second-grade salary, left vice minister of personnel concurrently Hanlin academician in charge of the Heir Apparent's household, minister of works while managing the left vice ministry of personnel, and finally minister of rites concurrently Hanlin academician; other notices also state that he rose to minister of rites concurrently Hanlin academician.
   • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Lists his offices as minister of rites and Hanlin academician.
10. [10] Gazetteer and robe Dong Fen served as vice president in compiling the Fengtian gazetteer and received the gift of a python robe in the forty-first year of the Jiajing era.
    • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that he was vice president in the compilation of the Fengtian gazetteer and that in the forty-first year of Jiajing he was granted a python robe.
11. [11] Impeachment Dong Fen was impeached in 1565 by the supervising secretary Ouyang Yijing and dismissed to commoner status.
    • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that in 1565 he was impeached by the supervising secretary Ouyang Yijing and reduced to a commoner.
12. [12] Death Dong Fen died on the fifth day of the third month in 1595 at the age of eighty-six.
    • Souyun董份 (52325)Records that he died on the fifth day of the third month, at the age of eighty-six, with the year given as 1595.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Gives 1595 as the year of his death.
    • WikidataDong Fen (Q22101198)Gives 1595 as the year of his death.
13. [13] Works Dong Fen's collected works, the Miyuan ji, also called the Dong xueshi Miyuan ji, comprise thirty-seven juan.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records his collection as the Dong xueshi Miyuan ji in thirty-seven juan.
    • Souyun董份 (52325)States that he wrote the Miyuan ji.
14. [14] Letters The Miyuan ji contains letters Dong Fen wrote to Xu Fuyuan, Lu Guangzu, Wang Shizhen, Hu Zongxian, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Yu Youding.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records that he addressed letters to Xu Fuyuan, Lu Guangzu, Wang Shizhen, Hu Zongxian, Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue and Yu Youding, the letters appearing in his Dong xueshi Miyuan ji.
15. [15] Replies and verses Dong Fen received replies from Li Panlong, Zhang Juzheng and Mao Kun and verses presented by Xu Jie.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records that he received replies from Li Panlong, Zhang Juzheng and Mao Kun, and verses presented to him by Xu Jie.
16. [16] Preface, epitaph and address Cai Runan wrote a preface to Dong Fen's collection, and after his death Wang Shilu composed his epitaph and Li Tingji a sacrificial address.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records that a preface to his collection was written by Cai Runan, that his epitaph was composed by Wang Shilu, and that a sacrificial address was written by Li Tingji.
17. [17] Commemorative writings Dong Fen wrote epitaphs for Wu Shan, Shen Mi, Yao Yiyuan and Cai Runan, a spirit-path stele for Jia Yong, and a conduct record for Wu Peng.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records that he wrote epitaphs for Wu Shan, Shen Mi, Yao Yiyuan and Cai Runan, a spirit-path stele for Jia Yong, and a conduct record for Wu Peng.
18. [18] Ancestry Dong Fen's great-grandfather was Dong Duo, his grandfather Dong Xiang and his father Dong Huan; his mother was of the Zhang family and his wife of the Gu family.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records his great-grandfather Dong Duo, grandfather Dong Xiang, father Dong Huan, mother née Zhang, and wife née Gu.
19. [19] Son Dong Fen's son Dong Daochun was born in 1543.
    • CBDBDong Fen (131989)Records his son Dong Daochun, born in 1543.