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甲乙稿(楊簡)
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[1]Name and datesYang Jian was born in 1141 and died in 1226.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The person record gives the name Yang Jian and the years 1141 and 1226.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The three biographical entries give 1141–1226 as Yang Jian's lifespan.
WikidataYang Jian (Q11118980)The entity record names Yang Jian and gives 1141 and 1226 as the birth and death years.
[2]IdentityYang Jian was a Southern Song Neo-Confucian scholar and thinker.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries call Yang Jian a renowned Southern Song Neo-Confucian scholar and describe his development of learning of the mind.
WikidataYang Jian (Q11118980)The entity description identifies him as a Song-dynasty philosopher.
[3]Courtesy name and originHis courtesy name was Jingzhong, he was known as Cihu xiansheng, and he came from Cixi in the northwest of present-day Ningbo, Zhejiang.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries give the courtesy name Jingzhong, the appellation Cihu xiansheng, and Cixi as his home, with its present-day location.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The name and address entries give Cihu xiansheng, Jingzhong, and Cixi.
WikidataYang Jian (Q11118980)The English name entries also list Cihu xiansheng and Jingzhong.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entry identifies Yang Jian as Yang Tingxian's son.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The kinship entries identify Yang Tingxian as his father.
[5]Brother and eldest sonHis elder brother was Yang Chou, and his eldest son was Yang Ke.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The kinship entries identify Yang Chou as his brother and Yang Ke as his eldest son.
[6]Other relativesHe also had a son, Yang Xin; Sun Yi was both his nephew and son-in-law, Yang Hou his grandnephew, and Han Xie his granddaughter's husband.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The kinship entries list Yang Xin, Sun Yi's two relationships, Yang Hou, and Han Xie's relationship.
[7]Examination and first appointmentIn 1169 Yang Jian passed the jinshi examination and was appointed assistant magistrate of Fuyang.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries state that he passed the jinshi examination in the fifth Qiandao year (1169) and was appointed to Fuyang.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The examination entry lists the jinshi degree, and the office entry lists the Fuyang county appointment.
[8]Study under Lu JiuyuanWhen Lu Jiuyuan passed through Fuyang, Yang Jian became his student.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries say that Lu Jiuyuan passed through Fuyang and Yang then studied under him.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The teacher–student association lists Lu Jiuyuan as Yang Jian's teacher and says Yang transmitted his learning.
[9]Early officesHe later served as judicial assistant in Shaoxing Prefecture, an aide in western Zhejiang, and magistrate of Sheng County.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entries list the Shaoxing judicial office, the western Zhejiang staff post, and governance of Sheng County.
[10]Leping appointmentYang Jian subsequently governed Leping County.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries state that Yang Jian governed Leping County.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The office entry lists the Leping county magistracy.
[11]Leping administrationIn Leping he established schools, taught students, and presided over a county where theft alarms were absent at night and lost property went unclaimed on the roads.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entry describes his schools, teaching, and the reported state of public order in Leping.
[12]National Academy appointmentIn 1194 he was summoned as an erudite of the National Academy.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries give the 1194 summons to the National Academy post.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The office entry lists the National Academy erudite post.
[13]Zhao Ruyu memorialAfter defending Chancellor Zhao Ruyu's removal from office in a memorial, Yang Jian was placed in charge of Chongdao Abbey.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries connect his memorial concerning Zhao Ruyu's removal with his appointment to Chongdao Abbey.
[14]Quanzhou appointmentIn 1204 Yang Jian was appointed acting administrator of Quanzhou.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entry dates his appointment as acting administrator of Quanzhou to 1204.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The office entry lists the Quanzhou prefectural appointment in 1204.
[15]DismissalHe was dismissed after his memorial was not heard.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entry says that his memorial was not heard and that he was dismissed.
[16]Quanzhou variantThe Quanzhou appointment is also expressed as later service as prefect of Quanzhou, preserving the difference between the two career formulations.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)One entry gives the dated appointment and dismissal, while another uses the shorter formulation 'later governed Quanzhou'.
[17]Jiading careerIn 1208 Yang Jian became mishu lang and rose through the drafting and Directorate of Works posts while serving concurrently in the National History and Veritable Records offices.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entries give the 1208 appointment and the subsequent drafting, works, National History, and Veritable Records posts.
[18]Wenzhou appointmentAfter requesting an assignment outside the capital, Yang Jian became prefect of Wenzhou.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entries say that he sought an outside appointment and became prefect of Wenzhou.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The office entries twice list the Wenzhou prefectural appointment.
[19]Later officesRecalled to court, Yang Jian served in the Jia Bu and Gong Bu offices, then supervised military equipment and the Directorate of Works while retaining his historical appointments; illness eventually led to fengci.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entry lists the Jia Bu, Gong Bu, military equipment, and Directorate of Works offices, the continuing historical appointments, and fengci due to illness.
[20]Baomo Pavilion officesAfter Lizong's accession, Yang Jian rose to Academician of the Bao Mo Pavilion and retired; the title is also given as Direct Academician of the Bao Mo Pavilion.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The career entries give both Baomo Pavilion Academician and Direct Academician formulations, with one stating that he retired at the former rank.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The office entry lists Academician of the Bao Mo Pavilion.
[21]Death and posthumous nameYang Jian died in 1226 at the age of eighty-six and received the posthumous name Wenyuan.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The biographical entries give the Baoqing-second-year death, age eighty-six, and posthumous name Wenyuan.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The person and alternate-name entries give the 1226 death year and Wenyuan as the posthumous name.
WikidataYang Jian (Q11118980)The entity description and claims give the 1226 death year and the name Wenyuan.
[22]FriendsYang Jian called Wang Qi a straight friend and formed a friendship across generations with Shen Wenbiao through scholarly discussion.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The association entries name Wang Qi and Shen Wenbiao and describe the straight-friend, lecture-friend, and across-generations relationships.
[23]Recommendation of Liu HounanIn the first Jiading year, Yang Jian recommended the jinshi Liu Hounan, who had been diligent in office; Liu later rose to National Academy erudite and sought candid counsel during an eclipse.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The recommendation entry identifies Liu Hounan as a Jiading jinshi, gives his diligence in office as the reason for the recommendation, and lists his later National Academy post and request for candid counsel during an eclipse.
[24]Learning of the mindYang Jian developed learning of the mind and advocated wuyi, wunian, and the proposition that being without thought and worry is the mind of the Way.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The intellectual description directly gives his development of learning of the mind and the propositions 毋意, 無念, and 無思無慮是謂道心.
[25]StudentsYang Jian's students included Yuan Fu and Chen Rong.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The student associations identify Yuan Fu and Chen Rong as having studied under Yang Jian.
[26]Major worksYang Jian's works included Cihu shizhuan, Yangshi yizhuan, Xiansheng daxun, Wugao jie, Shiyu ouji, and Chunqiu zhuan.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The works passages list Cihu shizhuan, Yangshi yizhuan, Xiansheng daxun, Wugao jie, Shiyu ouji, and Chunqiu zhuan.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The works entries list five of these titles and identify their role as authored works.
[27]Jia and Yi draftsThe Jia draft and Yi draft are also associated with the combined title Jia-Yi Drafts (Yang Jian).
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The works passage lists the Jia and Yi drafts.
CBDBYang Jian (15072)The works entries separately list the combined title 甲乙稿（楊簡）.
[28]Cihu writingsThe extant Cihu xiansheng yishu comprises twenty juan, with one juan each of supplements and additional appendices, and the title also appears as Cihu yishu.
Souyun楊簡 (28632)The works passages state that the extant Cihu xiansheng yishu has twenty juan, with one juan each of supplements and additional appendices.
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