Luo Hongxian

TimelineCBDB

1. 1529 修撰 嘉靖

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AliasesCBDB

• 五 行第
• 念庵 未詳
• 念菴 室名、別號
• 文莊 未詳
• 文莊 諡號
• 達夫 未詳
• 達夫 字

StatusCBDB

• [為官者：文]
• 食素
• 孝子/孝女
• 理學家 — 陽明學派
• 思想家

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1. [1] Name and dates The name Luo Hongxian and the years 1504–1564 are corroborated across the biographical records.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The main record gives Luo Hongxian and the birth and death years 1504 and 1564.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The biographical entries give his life span as 1504–1564.
   • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The entity label and time statements identify Luo Hongxian and the years 1504 and 1564.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority record names Luo Hongxian and places his birth and death in 1504 and 1564.
2. [2] Identity Luo Hongxian was a Ming examination champion, a Neo-Confucian thinker, and a cartographer.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries describe him as a Ming Neo-Confucian, a Ming examination champion, a scholar, and a cartographic specialist.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The classification places him among Yangming-school Neo-Confucian thinkers.
   • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The entity descriptions identify him as a Ming examination champion and a Chinese cartographer.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note calls him a representative of the Jiangyou school and discusses his mapmaking.
3. [3] Courtesy name and sobriquet His courtesy name was Dafu and his sobriquet was Nian'an.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The alternate-name entries classify Dafu as his courtesy name and list Nian'an as an alternate name.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The biographical entries consistently give the courtesy name Dafu and sobriquet Nian'an.
   • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The English alias list contains Dafu and Nianan.
4. [4] Variant writing The sobriquet Nian'an is also written 念菴.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The alternate-name entries contain both 念庵 and 念菴.
   • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The Traditional Chinese name list includes 念菴.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority record lists the alias 羅念菴.
5. [5] Native place His native place is given as Jishui in Jiangxi.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The address entries give Jishui as his native and household-registration place.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The biographical entries call him a native of Jishui in Jiangxi.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The birth-place field gives Jishui.
6. [6] Native-place variant A different account gives Shaanxi Baihe as his native place.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry gives Shaanxi Baihe in addition to Jiangxi Jishui as a place of origin.
7. [7] Early character From childhood he was grave and restrained, did not indulge in play, and was fond of Buddhism.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry says that he was grave from childhood and did not engage in play.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note says that he was fond of Buddhism.
8. [8] Family The kinship entries identify his father, grandparents, mother, younger brothers, and wife.
   • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The kinship entries list Luo Xun as father, Luo Yu as grandfather, Luo Liang as great-grandfather, Li as mother, Luo Shouxian and Luo Juxian as younger brothers, and Zeng as wife.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The biographical entry identifies Luo Xun as his father.
9. [9] Provincial examination In Jiajing 4 he placed eightieth in the Jiangxi provincial examination and became a juren.
   • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry gives his rank of eightieth in the Jiangxi provincial examination in Jiajing 4 and calls him a juren.
10. [10] Jiajing 8 The metropolitan and palace examination sequence occurred in Jiajing 8, corresponding to 1529.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry explicitly gives Jiajing 8 as 1529.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The appointment data places the start of his xiuzhuan appointment in 1529 and Jiajing 8.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note dates his examination success to Jiajing jichou, 1529.
11. [11] Metropolitan examination rank He ranked twenty-sixth in the metropolitan examination.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry gives him twenty-sixth place in the metropolitan examination.
12. [12] Palace examination champion He placed first in the palace examination and became the zhuangyuan.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries describe him as first among the metropolitan graduates, first in the palace examination, and the zhuangyuan.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The examination entry gives First Class, First Place.
    • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The entity description identifies him as a Ming examination champion.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note calls him a zhuangyuan in Jiajing jichou.
13. [13] Hanlin appointment He was appointed xiuzhuan in the Hanlin Academy and soon returned home.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries mention his appointment as a Hanlin xiuzhuan, with one adding that he soon returned home.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The office data lists the xiuzhuan appointment beginning in 1529.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note also lists his appointment as a Hanlin xiuzhuan.
14. [14] Spring Palace appointment In Jiajing 18 he was recalled as Left Canzan in the Left Spring Palace and petitioned for the Eastern Palace court rites to be settled.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries describe his recall in the eighteenth year, appointment as Left Canzan, and memorial concerning Eastern Palace court ritual; one identifies the year as 1539.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The office data lists Left Canzan of the Left Spring Palace.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note says that he rose to Left Canzan in the Spring Palace.
15. [15] Memorial and dismissal The entry connects the emperor's Daoist devotion, the joint memorial by Luo and his colleagues, and the government's decline.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry describes the emperor's Daoist devotion, the winter action by Luo Hongxian, Tang Shunzhi, Zhao Shichun, and others, and their joint submission of the Eastern Palace memorial.
16. [16] Dismissal He was dismissed after offending the emperor; the accounts phrase this as dismissal from office or being made a commoner.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries variously say that he was made a commoner, removed from office, or dismissed after offending the emperor.
17. [17] Statement after dismissal After the dismissal he said that a man's enterprise was much greater than the office at issue.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The biographical entry preserves his statement after the dismissal.
18. [18] Travels and teaching After dismissal he travelled among famous mountains, went through Dian and entered Yu, spent nights talking at Hongshan Hermitage, followed Li Zhongxi's traces at Jizu, and later lectured at Bincang Pavilion.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note describes his mountain travels, journey through Dian and Yu, conversation at Hongshan Hermitage, search for Li Zhongxi's traces at Jizu, and later teaching at Bincang Pavilion.
19. [19] Huangpi residence and poem During the Jiajing era he spent several months in the mountains of Huangpi, Hubei, and wrote the seven-character regulated verse 《望黃鶴樓》.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry says that he lived for several months in the Huangpi mountains during the Jiajing era and had a seven-character regulated verse titled 《望黃鶴樓》.
20. [20] Late-life religious tradition Whether he became a monk at Gushan is disputed; one account gives him the religious name Nian'an and associates him with the poem 《醒世詩》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note presents Gushan ordination as one account and gives the religious name Nian'an and the poem 《醒世詩》.
21. [21] Thought and school He privately followed Wang Shouren, accepted and revised the doctrine of the extension of innate knowledge, and represented the Jiangyou school.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries describe his private following of Wang Shouren, revision of the doctrine of the extension of innate knowledge, and position in the Jiangyou school.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The classification identifies him with the Yangming school of Neo-Confucianism.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note calls him a representative of the Jiangyou school.
22. [22] Learning and investigation He was broadly learned and capable in writing, emphasized investigation, and studied astronomy, geography, ritual and music, institutions, waterways, and mathematics.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry says that he emphasized investigation and exhaustively studied astronomy, geography, ritual and music, institutions, waterways, and mathematics.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note describes him as broadly learned and capable in writing.
23. [23] Cartography He was skilled in cartography and redrew Zhu Siben's 《輿地圖》.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry describes him as skilled in cartography.
    • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The entity description identifies him as a Chinese cartographer.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note says that he redrew Zhu Siben's 《輿地圖》.
24. [24] Guangyu tu He named the redrawn map 《廣輿圖》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note gives 《廣輿圖》 as the name of the redrawn map.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entry says that he produced 《廣輿圖》.
25. [25] Works His works include 《念庵集》, 《冬遊記》, 《念庵羅先生集》, 《石蓮洞羅先生文集》, and 《念庵子》, with the listed juan counts.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries list 《念庵集》 and 《冬遊記》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority note also lists 《念庵集》 and 《冬遊記》.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The works data lists 《念庵羅先生集》 in thirteen juan, 《石蓮洞羅先生文集》 in twenty-five juan, and 《念庵子》 in two juan.
26. [26] Posthumous office After his death, the posthumous office is variously given as Taichang si shaoqing or Guanglu si shaoqing in early Longqing.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries give the two differing posthumous offices in early Longqing.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The office data lists Guanglu si shaoqing under the Longqing era, corroborating that version.
27. [27] Posthumous-name variants The posthumous name appears in the forms Wengong, Wenzhuang, and Wen'an.
    • Souyun羅洪先 (50988)The entries give the posthumous-name forms Wengong, Wenzhuang, and Wen'an.
    • CBDBLuo Hongxian (34702)The alternate-name data classifies Wenzhuang as a posthumous name.
    • WikidataLuo Hongxian (Q3497131)The name statements give Wenzhuang and Wengong.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database羅洪先 (A012749)The authority aliases include Wengong and Wenzhuang.