Yang Pu

TimelineCBDB

1. 1400 翰林院編修 建文
2. 1404 司經局洗馬 永樂
3. 1404 編修 永樂
4. 1406 會試考試官 永樂
5. 1424 翰林院學士 永樂
6. 1425 太常寺卿 洪熙
7. 1425 總裁官 洪熙
8. 1425 總裁官 洪熙
9. 1425 翰林院學士 洪熙
10. 1427 會試考試官 宣德
11. 1434 禮部尚書 宣德
12. 1435 總裁官 宣德
13. 1436 殿試讀卷官 正統
14. 1438 武英殿大學士 正統
15. 1439 殿試讀卷官 正統
16. 1442 副使 正統
17. 1404 總裁官 永樂

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AliasesCBDB

• 一 行第
• 南楊 室名、別號
• 南楊先生 室名、別號
• 宏濟 字
• 弘濟 字
• 文定 諡號

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Citations

1. [1] Name and status Yang Pu was a Ming official and man of letters, born in 1371 and dead in 1446.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records his name as Yang Pu (楊溥), his dynasty as Ming, his birth year as 1371 and his death year as 1446, and lists a grand secretaryship among his offices.
   • WikidataYang Pu (Q1092630)Wikidata gives his Chinese name as 楊溥, his state as the Ming dynasty, his occupations as writer, politician and poet, and his year of death as 1446.
2. [2] Courtesy name, art names and posthumous name Yang Pu's courtesy name was Hongji (also written 宏濟), his art names were Nanyang and Nanyang Xiansheng, and his posthumous name was Wending.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records his courtesy names 弘濟 and 宏濟, his art names 南楊 and 南楊先生, and his posthumous name 文定.
   • WikidataYang Pu (Q1092630)Wikidata likewise records the courtesy names 弘濟 and 宏濟, the art names 南楊 and 南楊先生, and the posthumous name 文定.
3. [3] Native place Yang Pu's native place was Shishou.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records Shishou as his native place and place of household registration.
4. [4] Birth year variant Yang Pu's birth year is given as 1372 as well as 1371.
   • WikidataYang Pu (Q1092630)Wikidata gives his year of birth as 1372.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB gives his year of birth as 1371, which differs from the 1372 recorded by Wikidata; both readings are kept in the article.
5. [5] Family Yang Pu's great-grandfather was Yang Tianyou, his grandfather Yang Zheng, his father Yang Wenxian, his mother a woman of the Zhan family, and his wife a woman of the Peng family.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)Drawing on the 1400 palace examination register, CBDB records his great-grandfather Yang Tianyou, grandfather Yang Zheng, father Yang Wenxian, mother née Zhan, and wife née Peng.
6. [6] Examinations Yang Pu was first a government student, then a provincial graduate, and took the jinshi degree in 1400, ranking eighteenth in the second class.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records him as a shengyuan of a government school, as a provincial graduate, and as eighteenth in the second class of the 1400 palace examination register; it also gives Shishou as his native place.
7. [7] Hanlin compiler After taking his degree Yang Pu was appointed a compiler in the Hanlin Academy, in the second year of the Jianwen era.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records his appointment as a Hanlin Academy compiler in the second year of the Jianwen era.
8. [8] Yongle period offices In 1404 Yang Pu became xima of the heir apparent's bureau of classics while continuing as a compiler until 1414, and in 1406 he examined the metropolitan examination.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records the post of xima in the Bureau of Classics from 1404 to 1414, a concurrent compilership over the same years, and service as a metropolitan examiner in 1406.
9. [9] Offices from 1424 to 1430 In 1424 Yang Pu was promoted to Hanlin academician; in 1425 he became chief minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices while keeping his Hanlin post, and was appointed chief compiler until 1430.
   • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records the Hanlin academicianship from 1424, the chief ministership of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices from 1425, a concurrent Hanlin academicianship, and the office of chief compiler from 1425 to 1430.
10. [10] Offices from 1427 to 1438 Yang Pu examined the metropolitan examination again in 1427, became Minister of Rites in 1434, and served as chief compiler again from 1435 to 1438.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records a metropolitan examinership in 1427, the Ministry of Rites from 1434, and a further chief compilership from 1435 to 1438.
11. [11] Last offices and death Yang Pu read the palace examination papers in 1436 and 1439, became Grand Secretary of the Wuying Hall in 1438, served as a deputy envoy in 1442 and died in 1446.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records palace examination readerships in 1436 and 1439, the grand secretaryship of the Wuying Hall from 1438 to 1446, a deputy envoyship in 1442, and his death year, 1446.
12. [12] Three Yangs of the Grand Secretariat Yang Pu sat in the Grand Secretariat for many years and was counted among the Three Yangs of the Grand Secretariat.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)A source passage cited in CBDB speaks of the Three Yangs of the Grand Secretariat, and CBDB records his grand secretaryship of the Wuying Hall.
13. [13] Teachers, pupil and recommendations Yang Pu studied under Hu Yan and Gao Xunzhi, Shi Pan was his pupil, and he recommended Shi Yancheng and Han Yang.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records the teacher-pupil relations with Hu Yan and Gao Xunzhi, Shi Pan as his student, and his recommendations of Shi Yancheng, whose scholarship he judged fit for a close-attendant post, and of Han Yang.
14. [14] Associates Sun Yuegong was highly regarded by the Three Yangs, and Li Shimian and Yang Yu wrote parting pieces for Yang Pu.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records that Sun Yuegong was greatly esteemed by the Three Yangs of the Grand Secretariat, and that Li Shimian and Yang Yu each gave parting words to Yang Pu.
15. [15] After his death After Yang Pu's death Peng Shao wrote his biography, Li Shimian and Xi Jing composed sacrificial addresses, and Zhang Bi wrote a postscript to his conduct record.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records Peng Shao as the author of his biography, Li Shimian and Xi Jing as authors of sacrificial addresses, and Zhang Bi as the writer of a postscript to his conduct record.
16. [16] Compilations Yang Pu took part in compiling the Veritable Records of Taizong, Renzong and Xuanzong and in the preparation of the Wenxian dacheng.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB associates him with the Veritable Records of Taizong, Renzong and Xuanzong and with the Wenxian dacheng.
17. [17] Own writings Yang Pu's own writings include prose in twelve juan, verse in four juan, and a posthumous collection of prose and verse in sixteen juan.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records a collection of his prose in twelve juan, a collection of his verse in four juan, and a posthumous collection of prose and verse in sixteen juan, for which he is given as the author.
18. [18] Epigraphic and biographical writings Yang Pu wrote spirit-way steles for Yang Rong, Wang Bozhen and Li Xian, tomb inscriptions for Zhang Sheng, Li Yu, Li Fan and Hu Yu, grave-table inscriptions for Zhang Ying, Zhou Cong, Hu Guan and Xu Yongda, and a biography of Zhang Chang.
    • CBDBYang Pu (66746)CBDB records his spirit-way steles for Yang Rong, Wang Bozhen and Li Xian, tomb inscriptions for Zhang Sheng, Li Yu, Li Fan and Hu Yu, grave-table inscriptions for Zhang Ying, Zhou Cong, Hu Guan and Xu Yongda, and a biography of Zhang Chang.