Souyun呂柟 (43679)The profile places him in Gaoling, Shaanxi, and explains the association between Jingye and residence north of the Jing River.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database呂柟 (A007182)The birthplace field gives Gaoling.
[5]FamilyHis father was Lü Pu, who was credited with hidden virtue; his sons Lü Tian and Lü Yun were respectively the elder and second sons.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical text says that his father Lü Pu had hidden virtue.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The kinship entries identify 呂田 as the elder son and 呂畇 as the second son.
[6]Examinations and first appointmentHe placed tenth in the 1501 Shaanxi provincial examination, ranked first in the 1508 Wuchen jinshi examination, and was appointed a compiler.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical entries give the 1501 provincial rank, the 1508 Wuchen first place, and the appointment as 修撰.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The examination entries identify a provincial successful candidate, a jinshi degree, and first place in the highest rank.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database呂柟 (A007182)The authority note identifies him as the 1508 champion.
[7]Liu Jin periodAfter offending Liu Jin, Lü Nan withdrew on grounds of illness and returned to office after Liu Jin's death through recommendation.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The career accounts state that he withdrew after offending Liu Jin and later returned through recommendation.
[8]Great Rites controversy and JiezhouDuring the Jiajing period, the Great Rites controversy brought imperial anger; he was imprisoned, demoted to Jiezhou, and credited with administrative achievements there.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The career account states that the Great Rites controversy led to imprisonment, demotion to Jiezhou judge, acting administration of the prefecture, and notable results.
[9]Conflicting career summariesCareer summaries differ between Nanjing Junior Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and Nanjing Vice Minister of Rites; the fuller sequence lists his successive offices and his acting oversight of the Ministry of Personnel.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical accounts differ in their summary of the highest office, while the fuller accounts enumerate the sequence from the Court of the Imperial Clan through the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and the acting Ministry of Personnel duty.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The office entries list the Court of the Imperial Clan, Ministry of Personnel, Office of the Imperial Seals, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, and Ministry of Rites posts, all associated with Nanjing.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database呂柟 (A007182)The authority note gives Nanjing Junior Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices as the highest office in its summary.
[10]Dated appointmentsThe office data assign the four Nanjing appointments to Jiajing years 6, 9, 13, and 15.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The office entries give Jiajing as the era and assign years 6, 9, 13, and 15 to the corresponding Nanjing posts.
[11]Retirement and posthumous honorsAfter retiring and returning home, Lü Nan was posthumously granted the rank of Minister of Rites in early Longqing and named Wenjian.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical accounts state that he retired and returned home, and that in early Longqing he was granted Minister of Rites and the posthumous name Wenjian.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The name data confirm Wenjian as the posthumous name.
[12]Teachers and pupilLü Nan studied under Xue Jingzhi; Zhou Hui was also his teacher, and Lü Qian was his pupil.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The intellectual biography explicitly identifies Lü Nan as a pupil of Xue Jingzhi.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The teacher-pupil relations identify Zhou Hui and Xue Jingzhi as his teachers and Lü Qian as his pupil.
[13]Doctrine and classical fieldsHe followed Cheng–Zhu teaching, made investigation of principle and practice central, and was associated with Neo-Confucian, philosophical, and specialist roles in five classical fields.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The intellectual biography says that he adhered to the Cheng–Zhu teachings and emphasized investigation of principle and practice.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The status classifications identify him as a Neo-Confucian, thinker, and specialist in the Changes, Documents, Odes, rites, and Spring and Autumn.
[14]Lectures in NanjingIn Nanjing he jointly led lecture sessions with Zhan Ruoshui and Zou Shouyi for more than thirty years.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical accounts place him in Nanjing with Zhan Ruoshui and Zou Shouyi as joint lecturers and give a duration of more than thirty years.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The status data identify him as a leader of an academy lecture seat.
[15]Yangming learning and examination debateHis teaching differed from Wang Yangming's doctrine of innate knowing; during a guiwei metropolitan examination he argued against a proposal to burn books and prohibit learning, preventing its implementation.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The account states that his teaching differed from Yangming's doctrine and describes the guiwei examination debate over burning books and banning learning.
[16]Association with Kang FengshanKang Fengshan was implicated and expelled after appealing to Liu Jin for Li Kongtong; Lü exchanged poems with him at Huxi, became close to him, and understood his motives.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The account describes Kang Fengshan's involvement in the Li Kongtong affair and Lü Nan's poetic exchange and sympathetic understanding at Huxi.
[17]Classical and Neo-Confucian worksThe works data attribute the listed titles to Lü Nan and give the stated juan counts.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The works entries mark each listed title as authored by him and supply its title and volume count.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical text also names 《涇野子內篇》 among his works.
[18]Additional worksThe works entries attribute the listed titles to Lü Nan and give the stated volumes for 史約, 詩樂圖譜, and 禮問內篇外篇.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The works entries mark 小學訓, 史館獻納, 南省奏稿, 寒暑經圖解, 史約, 詩樂圖譜, and 禮問內篇外篇 as authored works and give the listed volume counts.
[19]Gazetteers, genealogies, and compilationsThe works data distinguish his authored, compiled, and edited works in gazetteers and genealogies.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The works entries mark the four gazetteer and genealogy titles as authored, Shaanxi General Gazetteer and Xiangyue Jicheng as compiled, and Pingyang Prefecture Gazetteer as edited.
[20]Further worksThe works entries also attribute Jingye jiuyong, Jian gui faming, Shu Jie Wenyi, and Shangling shifu qusong to Lü Nan.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The works entries mark the four titles as authored works.
[21]Collected writings and essaysHis collected writings are titled 《涇野詩文集》 or 《涇野集》, with a thirty-six-juan version; 甘泉記 and 仰止亭記 are included in the Jiuhua Mountain Gazetteer.
Souyun呂柟 (43679)The biographical entries name 《涇野詩文集》 and 《涇野集》 and give a thirty-six-juan version of the latter.
CBDBLü Nan (33860)The works list includes a thirty-six-juan 《涇野先生文集》.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database呂柟 (A007182)The authority note names 甘泉記 and 仰止亭記 and places them in 《九華山志》.