Liu Zai

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• 平國 字
• 文淸 諡號
• 漫塘病叟 室名、別號

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• 理學家
• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Dates and identity Liu Zai is chiefly dated to 1166–1239, with an alternative 1167–1240 chronology; he belonged to the Southern Song and is identified as a Neo-Confucian scholar and a civil official.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The main record gives 1166 and 1239 as the birth and death years, identifies the dynasty as Song, and lists Neo-Confucian and civil-official statuses.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The profile identifies him with the Southern Song; the biographical texts give both 1167–1240 and 1166–1239.
   • WikidataLiu Zai (Q10897343)The entity is labelled Liu Zai, described as a Song-dynasty person, and assigned date values corresponding to 1166 and 1239.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquets Liu Zai's courtesy name was Pingguo, his sobriquet was Mantang Bingsou, and he was also known as Mantang.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The alternate-name fields give Pingguo as his courtesy name and Mantang Bingsou as a sobriquet.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographical texts give Pingguo and Mantang Bingsou and also record Mantang as a sobriquet.
   • WikidataLiu Zai (Q10897343)The name records include the English forms Mantang Bingsou and Pingguo and the corresponding Chinese aliases.
3. [3] Native place Liu Zai was from Jintan in Zhenjiang Prefecture, present-day Jintan in Jiangsu.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The address entry identifies Jintan as his basic native-place address.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The profile and biographies identify him as a native of Jintan in Zhenjiang Prefecture and specify its present location in Jiangsu.
4. [4] Family Liu Zai's father was Liu Mengqing; he married Tao and Liang successively, and Tao and Liang died in 1193 and 1219 respectively.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The kinship entries identify Liu Mengqing as his father and Tao and Liang as successive wives, with their recorded death years.
   • WikidataLiu Zai (Q10897343)The relationship statements identify a father relationship and two spouse relationships.
5. [5] Sons The recorded sons include Liu Ruyu, identified as a second son, and Liu Rujin, identified as a youngest son.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The kinship entries identify Liu Ruyu as a second son and Liu Rujin as a youngest son.
   • WikidataLiu Zai (Q10897343)The relationship statements record two child relationships.
6. [6] Examination In 1190, the first year of Shaoxi, Liu Zai passed the jinshi examination.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographies date his jinshi qualification to the first year of Shaoxi, corresponding to 1190.
7. [7] Early offices He began as Jiangning Commandant, dealt with local spirit-medium practices, later became magistrate of Taixing, and served as Judicial Commandant of Zhenzhou.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographies and title list give the Jiangning, Taixing, and Zhenzhou offices and describe his local measures against the prevalent spirit-medium practices.
8. [8] Recommendations While in judicial office, Han 梴 recommended Liu Zai for the Lianda examination because of his high reputation, and Cao Yanyue also recommended him.
   • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The association entries identify Cao Yanyue as a recommender and report Han 梴's recommendation of Liu Zai for the Lianda examination.
9. [9] Kaixi career and withdrawal During the Kaixi era Liu Zai served in the Zhejiang Eastern Granary Office; while mourning his father he went to the capital, criticized Han Tuozhou's provocation of war, withdrew from office, and later supervised the Nanyue Temple.
   • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographies describe his Kaixi service in the Zhejiang granary administration, his remonstrance during mourning for his father, his withdrawal, and his later supervision of Nanyue Temple.
10. [10] Retirement and summonses He lived at Mantang on Yunmao Mountain for thirty years, with another account giving thirty-eight years, and did not accept repeated summonses.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographies give both thirty and thirty-eight years for his retirement at Mantang and state that he did not accept repeated summonses.
11. [11] Friendships In 1225, Liu Zai was a friend of Zhu Xiyan and Zhuge Tian.
    • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The association entries begin in 1225 and identify Zhu Xiyan and Zhuge Tian as friends.
12. [12] Local measures During his retirement in his native community, Liu Zai established a charity granary and communal service, relieved more than ten thousand people, fixed the conversion rate for wheat payments, and destroyed eighty-four illicit shrines.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biography lists his charity granary, communal service, relief for more than ten thousand people, wheat-payment measure, and destruction of eighty-four illicit shrines.
13. [13] Lizong appointments After Lizong's accession, Liu Zai repeatedly declined the Jitian and Jiankang appointments and was instead assigned to supervise Xiandu Abbey under the Zhi mi ge title; the Jitian office is also recorded as 籍田司令.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The career biography and title list give the Jitian, Jiankang, Zhi mi ge, and Xiandu Abbey appointments and his repeated refusals.
    • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The office list also gives the form 籍田司令.
14. [14] Later offices He was promoted in the first year of Duanping, subsequently held the Taichang, Jiangzuo, Ningguo, and Xianmo-ge appointments, and was placed in charge of Yuju Abbey; Taichang is recorded in both 太常丞 and 太常寺丞 forms, and the post was not taken up at Ningguo.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The career biography and title list record the Duanping promotion, the temple appointment, the Taichang and Jiangzuo posts, Ningguo, Xianmo-ge, and Yuju Abbey.
    • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The office list gives 右奉直大夫, 太常寺丞, 將作監少監, and 知某府軍府事 with Ningguo as its associated address.
15. [15] Death and posthumous title Liu Zai died in the third year of Jiaxi at age seventy-four and received the posthumous title Wenqing, also written 文淸.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biography gives the third year of Jiaxi, age seventy-four, and the posthumous title Wenqing; the date link also gives that title.
    • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The alternate-name entry identifies 文淸 as his posthumous title.
16. [16] Learning and works Liu Zai was described as having read every book; he wrote 《漫塘文集》 in thirty-six juan, including five juan of poetry, as well as 《語錄》 and 《京口耆舊傳》, with 《漫塘文集》 and 《京口耆舊傳》 surviving.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The biographies describe his reading, list the thirty-six-juan collection and its five poetry juan, name 《語錄》 and 《京口耆舊傳》, and mark the first and third works as extant.
    • CBDBLiu Zai (11800)The works list includes 《漫塘文集》 in thirty-six juan and 《京口耆舊傳》.
17. [17] Poetry editions The poetry was based on the facsimile Wenyuange edition of the 《四庫全書》, collated against three later editions, with poems outside the collection appended at the end.
    • Souyun劉宰 (25222)The poetry note specifies the Wenyuange base edition, the Zhengde, Jiajing, and Wanli collations, and the placement of poems outside the collection.