[1]Identity and datesChen Zao is identified as a Southern Song literary figure and civil official who lived from 1133 to 1203.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The main person record gives the name, birth year, death year, Song dynasty affiliation, and a literary-official status.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song person, lists his dates and official titles, and the biographical text describes him as skilled in prose.
WikidataChen Zao (Q45380811)The item supplies the English name, a Song-dynasty identification, and time values corresponding to 1133 and 1203.
[2]Courtesy name, sobriquet, and hometownHis courtesy name was Tangqing, his sobriquet was Jianghu Changweng, and he came from Gaoyou in present-day Jiangsu.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The person record classifies Tangqing as the courtesy name, Jianghu Changweng as a sobriquet or studio name, and Gaoyou as the basic domicile.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile and the three biographical texts give Tangqing, Jianghu Changweng, and Gaoyou, with the latter located in present-day Jiangsu.
WikidataChen Zao (Q45380811)The English aliases and the two alias claims give Tangqing and Jianghu Changweng.
[3]MarriageHis wife was Zhang Shi, whose dates are given as 1132–1198.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The kinship entry identifies Zhang Shi as Chen Zao’s wife and gives her birth year as 1132 and death year as 1198; the associated entry repeats the name and dates.
[4]Jinshi examinationHe passed the jinshi examination in the second year of the Chunxi era, corresponding to 1175.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The examination entry classifies him as a jinshi, without specifying a rank.
Souyun陳造 (34535)All three biographical texts place his jinshi success in the second year of Chunxi, and one explicitly gives the year as 1175.
[5]Age and examination categoryA biographical account states that he was forty-three when he passed and that he entered in the second category.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The detailed account says that at forty-three he passed the Chunxi examination in the second category.
[6]Early appointmentsHe began as a Fanchang county commandant in Taiping Prefecture with the rank of Digonglang and was later assigned the rank of Congshilang.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile lists Fanchang commandant, Digonglang, and Congshilang; the detailed texts describe the initial appointment at Fanchang and the later change to Congshilang.
[7]Official careerHe held posts at Pingjiang, Dinghai, and Fangzhou before serving in the Zhejiang-West and Huainan-West Route Pacification Offices, ultimately reaching the latter post.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile lists the relevant official titles, while the detailed texts give the sequence from Pingjiang and Dinghai through Fangzhou, Zhejiang-West, and Huainan-West.
[8]Self-assessmentHe was often at odds with the world, considered himself of no benefit to it, and later regarded the rivers and lakes as the proper place for him.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The three biographical texts describe his repeated friction with the world, his sense of having been of no benefit, and his view that placement in the rivers and lakes was appropriate.
[9]Adoption of the sobriquetIn later life he adopted Jianghu Changweng as his sobriquet.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The person record classifies Jianghu Changweng as a sobriquet or studio name.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile and all three biographical texts identify Jianghu Changweng as the name he adopted after turning toward the rivers and lakes.
WikidataChen Zao (Q45380811)The item lists Jianghu changweng as an English alias and gives Jianghu Changweng as the alias claim.
[10]DeathHe died in the third year of the Jiatai era under Emperor Ningzong, in 1203.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The profile and all three biographical texts give 1203 as the death year; the two fuller accounts identify it as the third year of Jiatai under Ningzong.
[17]Work titlesThe work titles also include 《江湖長翁詩鈔》, 《江湖長翁詞》, and 《江湖長翁文集》.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The works list contains all four titles: 《江湖長翁詩鈔》, 《江湖長翁集》, 《江湖長翁詞》, and 《江湖長翁文集》.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The biographical texts identify 《江湖長翁集》 and 《江湖長翁文集》 among his writings.
[18]Collection and lossThe forty-fascicle 《江湖長翁文集》 was printed by his son Shiwen and was later lost.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The biographical text states that the forty-fascicle collection was printed by his son Shiwen and was later lost.
[19]Lu You’s prefaceLu You wrote the preface to the collection.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The biographical texts connect Lu You with the preface to Chen Zao’s collection, with one directly saying that he wrote the preface.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The association entry names Lu You as the writer of the book preface.
[20]Manuscript and reprintingIn 1618, Li Zhizao of Renhe obtained a manuscript and published it at Gaoyou together with 《秦觀集》.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The text gives the Wanli forty-sixth year as 1618, names Li Zhizao of Renhe, and says that the manuscript was published at Gaoyou with 《秦觀集》.
CBDBChen Zao (2) (15459)The association entry links Li Zhizao with the reprinting of the collection and its preface.
[21]Poetry-text collationThe poetry edition uses Li Zhizao’s Ming printing as its base, collates against the Wenyuange edition of 《四庫全書》, and places works outside the poetry collection in a separate fascicle.
Souyun陳造 (34535)The poetry note specifies Li Zhizao’s Ming printing as the base text, the Wenyuange edition of 《四庫全書》 as a collating witness, and a separate fascicle for works outside the poetry collection.
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