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科舉: 進士(籠統)
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巽齋文集:二十七卷
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[1]Life dates and identityThe evidence identifies Ouyang Shoudao as a Southern Song educator and thinker, gives 1208 and 1209 as competing birth years, and presents both 1273 and an unknown death year.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)The basic person data gives the name, a birth year of 1209, and the classification of thinker.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages give the name, a 1209 birth with an unspecified death in one passage, and a 1209–1273 lifespan in another.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography calls him a Southern Song educator, while the structured values contain birth years 1209 and 1208 and death year 1273.
[2]Names and sobriquetHe was first named Xun, used Yufu and later Gongquan as style names, adopted Xunzhai in later life, and was called Master Xunzhai by scholars.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)The alternate-name data supplies Gongquan, Xunzhai, Xunzhai xiansheng, and Yufu.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages state that he was first named Xun, used Yufu and later Gongquan, and took Xunzhai as his late sobriquet.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography gives the style names, the original name, the late sobriquet, and the scholarly honorific.
WikidataOuyang Shoudao (Q45396276)The name claims and aliases confirm Yufu, Gongquan, Xunzhai, and Xunzhai xiansheng.
[3]Native place and aliasHe came from Luling in Jizhou, now Ji'an in Jiangxi, and was also known as Ou Xun.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)The address data gives Luling as his native place and the alternate-name data gives Ou Xun.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages identify him as a native of Jizhou Luling, now Ji'an in Jiangxi.
[4]FamilyOuyang Cong is identified as a direct ancestor and Ouyang Jun as his son.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)The kinship entries identify Ouyang Cong as a direct ancestor and Ouyang Jun as his son.
[5]Early lifeHe was orphaned young, studied without a teacher, taught local children, and gained a reputation for moral conduct and Confucian learning.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passage describes his poverty and self-study and says that his virtue made him a leading Confucian in the commandery.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography adds that he had no teacher, taught local children, and was called the Pure Confucian of Luling.
[6]ExaminationHe passed the jinshi examination in the first year of the Chunyou era, corresponding to 1241.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)The examination entry confirms that he held the jinshi degree, without specifying the year.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages date his jinshi success to the first year of Chunyou, or 1241.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages state that he served at Yudu and then as a household officer in Ganzhou.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography gives the same sequence of appointment at Yudu and transfer to Ganzhou.
[8]MourningAfter his mother's death, he returned home to observe mourning.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passage says that he returned home upon observing mourning for his mother.
[9]Academy teachingJiang Wanli founded Bailuzhou Academy and first invited him to lecture there; Wu Ziliang later appointed him deputy head of Yuelu Academy.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages describe Jiang Wanli's founding and first invitation, followed by Wu Ziliang's invitation to Yuelu Academy.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography confirms his lectures at Bailuzhou and his appointment as deputy head of Yuelu Academy.
[10]Teaching doctrineAt Yuelu Academy he expounded the Mencian teaching of rectifying the mind and carrying on the Three Sages.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography attributes to his Yuelu teaching the Mencian formulation concerning rectifying the mind and carrying on the Three Sages.
[11]Recommendation to the Historiography InstituteAfter Jiang Wanli became director of the National Academy, he recommended Ouyang for the post of proofreader in the Historiography Institute.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passage connects Jiang Wanli's appointment as director of the National Academy with his recommendation of Ouyang as a Historiography Institute proofreader.
[12]Secretariat appointmentAt the beginning of the Jingding era, he was summoned for the academy examination and appointed Corrector in the Secretariat.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passage records the Jingding summons, academy examination, and appointment as Corrector in the Secretariat.
[13]Later academy officesHe was promoted to 校書郎兼景憲府教授, then to 秘書郎, and was dismissed after speaking out.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages record the promotions to 校書郎兼景憲府教授 and 秘書郎 and the subsequent dismissal expressed as 以言罷.
[14]Jianchang appointmentIn 1267, a recommendation led to his appointment as an additional concurrent vice-prefect of Jianchang Commandery, but he declined it.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The biographical passages date the recommended Jianchang appointment to the third year of Xianchun, 1267, and say that he declined it.
[17]DeathThe biographical evidence gives his death as the ninth year of Xianchun, 1273, at age sixty-five, while the opening account preserves an unspecified-death variant.
Souyun歐陽守道 (28766)The passages give both the age of sixty-five and the ninth year of Xianchun, corresponding to 1273.
[18]Intellectual interestsHis teaching covered a wide range of learning, with particular attention to the rise and fall of government in earlier periods.
Shanghai Libraryouyangshoudao (fux5a2v0a4ndiuqr)The biography says that he lectured on all branches of learning and especially emphasized the earlier history of political order and decline.
[19]PupilsZhao Mengxian, Song Wu, and Liu Qi are identified as his pupils.
CBDBOuyang Shoudao (20765)Three student relationships identify Zhao Mengxian, Song Wu, and Liu Qi as pupils.
[20]Wen TianxiangWen Tianxiang is identified as a pupil and is also said to have come from his school.