Xu Fuyuan

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• 一 行第
• 孟中 字
• 恭簡 諡號
• 敬菴 室名、別號

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• [為官者：文]
• 收徒講學
• 以疾廢
• 思想家

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1. [1] Name and dates Xu Fuyuan was born in 1535 and died in 1604, though one source gives 1596 as his death year.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records his name as Xu Fuyuan, his birth year as 1535 and his death year as 1604.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Gives his name with the dates 1535 and 1604.
   • WikidataXu Fuyuan (Q11631202)Gives his name as Xu Fuyuan and his birth year as 1535, but a death year of 1596, which differs from the 1604 recorded elsewhere.
2. [2] Identity Xu Fuyuan was an official and scholar of the Ming dynasty.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that he belonged to the Ming and classifies him as a civil official and a thinker.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)States that he was a man of the Ming and describes him as an official and scholar.
3. [3] Names His courtesy name was Mengzhong and his art name Jing'an, also written 敬庵.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records his courtesy name Mengzhong and his art name Jing'an.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records his courtesy name Mengzhong and his art name Jing'an.
   • WikidataXu Fuyuan (Q11631202)Records his courtesy name Mengzhong and his art names Jing'an, written both 敬菴 and 敬庵.
4. [4] Native place He came from Deqing county in Huzhou prefecture, Zhejiang.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records Deqing as both his native place and his registered domicile.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records his origin in Deqing county, Huzhou prefecture, Zhejiang.
5. [5] Examinations He passed the Zhejiang provincial examination in 1558 and the metropolitan examination in 1562, taking the jinshi degree in the second class; the rankings for the two examinations are given differently in the sources.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)States that he was forty-fifth in the Zhejiang provincial examination of 1558, thirty-sixth in the metropolitan examination of 1562, and a jinshi of the second class, thirty-second place.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records him as a jinshi of the second class, thirty-second place, as does the examination record of 1562; it also lists him as a provincial graduate and as a government school student, with the numbers 36 and 45 attached to those entries.
6. [6] First appointment He was appointed secretary in the Nanjing Ministry of Works.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)States that he was appointed a secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Works, an office also listed among his posts.
7. [7] Early Longqing career In the early Longqing period Gao Gong recommended him as secretary of the Bureau of Merit, and he was sent out to Guangdong, where he fought the Japanese pirates with success.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that in the early Longqing period the senior grand secretary Gao Gong recommended him as secretary of the Bureau of Merit in the Ministry of Personnel and that he was sent out as an assistant surveillance commissioner of Guangdong, where he fought the Japanese pirates successfully.
8. [8] Leizhou post He also served as circuit intendant of Leizhou.
   • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that he held the office of circuit intendant, its seat being Leizhou prefecture.
9. [9] Demotion and provincial posts At the start of the Wanli reign Zhang Juzheng drove out the followers of Gao Gong, and Xu was demoted to judge in the Lianghuai salt administration; he afterwards rose to bureau director in the Ministry of War and prefect of Jianchang, and was promoted to deputy surveillance commissioner for education in Shaanxi on Zou Yuanbiao's recommendation.
   • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that with the start of the Wanli reign the grand secretary Zhang Juzheng expelled the followers of Gao Gong and Xu was demoted to judge of the Lianghuai salt administration, afterwards rising to bureau director in the Ministry of War and prefect of Jianchang prefecture in Jiangxi, and that on the recommendation of the supervising secretary Zou Yuanbiao he was promoted to deputy surveillance commissioner for education in Shaanxi.
10. [10] Grand coordinator of Fujian In 1592 he was appointed grand coordinator of Fujian as right assistant censor-in-chief of the Censorate.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that in 1592 he was grand coordinator of Fujian with the titles of right assistant censor-in-chief and right assistant censor-in-chief of the Censorate.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records his post as grand coordinator and right assistant censor-in-chief, in Fujian.
11. [11] Right vice censor-in-chief He also held the office of right vice censor-in-chief.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Lists the office of right vice censor-in-chief among his posts, as does the Ming poetry register.
12. [12] Measures in Fujian In Fujian he had six-tenths of the temple lands turned over to the government, settled cultivators on more than 83,000 mu at Haitan, built walls, barracks and garrisons there, and asked for the administration of Nanri, Penghu and the islands of Chentang, Jintang, Yuhuan and Nanji.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that there were many temple estates in his jurisdiction, that he turned six-tenths of them over to the government, recruited people to cultivate more than 83,000 mu of land at Haitan, built walls, barracks and garrisons and kept troops there, and requested the administration of Nanri, Penghu and the Zhejiang islands of Chentang, Jintang, Yuhuan and Nanji.
13. [13] Later offices Three years later he became chief minister of the Nanjing Court of Judicial Review, right vice-minister in the Nanjing Ministry of War and then left vice-minister in the Ministry of War at Beijing, his highest office.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that three years later he was promoted to chief minister of the Nanjing Court of Judicial Review, transferred as right vice-minister to the Nanjing Ministry of War and soon afterwards to Beijing as left vice-minister of the Ministry of War, his highest office.
14. [14] Retirement through illness He had also at some point left office through illness.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Notes that he withdrew from office on account of illness.
15. [15] Censured and retired He was later censured and asked to retire.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that he was censured and asked to retire.
16. [16] Death year He died at home in 1604; one source gives 1596 as his death year.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that he died at home in the thirty-second year of Wanli (1604).
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Gives his death year as 1604.
    • WikidataXu Fuyuan (Q11631202)Gives his death year as 1596, which differs from the 1604 recorded elsewhere.
17. [17] Posthumous honours He was granted posthumously the title of Minister of Works at Nanjing and the posthumous name Gongjian.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that he was granted posthumously the title of Minister of Works at Nanjing and the posthumous name Gongjian.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Gives his posthumous name as Gongjian.
18. [18] Teacher He studied under Tang Shu in his youth.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that he was a pupil of Tang Shu.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)States that he studied under Tang Shu.
19. [19] Learning In learning he followed Wang Yangming and firmly believed in the doctrine of innate knowledge.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)States that in learning he followed Wang Yangming and firmly believed in the doctrine of innate knowledge.
20. [20] Correspondence He exchanged letters with Feng Mengzhen, Zou Yuanbiao, Gao Panlong, Zhou Rudeng, Li Cai, Mao Kun and Shen Shixing.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that Feng Mengzhen, Zou Yuanbiao, Gao Panlong, Zhou Rudeng, Li Cai, Mao Kun and Shen Shixing wrote to him and that he received their replies.
21. [21] Lecturing He took pupils and lectured together with Liu Jingzhong.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that he took pupils and lectured together with Liu Jingzhong.
22. [22] Disciples His disciples included Feng Congwu and Ding Yuanjian.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records Feng Congwu and Ding Yuanjian as his students.
23. [23] Writings after his death After his death, Ye Xianggao wrote his epitaph and a sacrificial address, Sun Kuang his spirit-path stele inscription, Zou Yuanbiao and Mao Wei shrine records, and Gao Panlong a preface to his writings.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that his epitaph and sacrificial address were written by Ye Xianggao, his spirit-path stele inscription by Sun Kuang, shrine records by Zou Yuanbiao and Mao Wei, and a preface to his writings by Gao Panlong.
24. [24] Works His collected writings are the Jinghe tang ji.
    • Souyun許孚遠 (51228)Records that he had a Jinghe tang ji.
25. [25] Inscriptions written by him He also wrote spirit-path stele inscriptions for Lin Tingji and Chen Shan.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records that he wrote spirit-path stele inscriptions for Lin Tingji and Chen Shan.
26. [26] Brothers He was the eldest of his brothers; his younger brothers were Xu Daoyuan, Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Xingyuan.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records his rank as first among his brothers and his younger brothers Xu Daoyuan, Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Xingyuan.
27. [27] Family His great-grandfather was Xu Zongming, his grandfather Xu Fu, his father Xu Song and his mother of the Shen family; his wife was of the Shu family, and his great-great-grandson was Xu Zhen.
    • CBDBXu Fuyuan (29721)Records his great-grandfather Xu Zongming, his grandfather Xu Fu, his father Xu Song and his mother of the Shen family, his wife of the Shu family, and his descendant Xu Zhen.