Tian Rucheng

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• 叔禾 未詳
• 叔禾 字
• 豫陽 室名、別號

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• 工於文
• 強記;博學強記
• [為官者：文]
• 博學之人
• 工於古文

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1. [1] Name The person's name is Tian Rucheng in the English and Chinese identity records.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The basic person record gives the romanized and Chinese forms Tian Rucheng and 田汝成.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The person profile names him 田汝成.
   • WikidataTian Rucheng (Q24833728)The English entity label is Tian Rucheng.
2. [2] Dates Tian Rucheng was born in 1503 and died in 1557.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The profile gives the birth and death years as 1503 and 1557, and the biographical passage repeats the same lifespan.
   • WikidataTian Rucheng (Q24833728)The entity's date statements correspond to 1503 and 1557.
3. [3] Period and identity Tian Rucheng was a Ming writer and scholar-official.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The basic record places him in the Ming and identifies both literary accomplishment and official service.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The profile identifies the dynasty, while the biographical passages call him a poet and describe his official career.
   • WikidataTian Rucheng (Q24833728)The entity description characterizes him as a Ming-era Chinese scholar official.
4. [4] Names His courtesy name was Shuhe and his sobriquet was Yuyang.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The name records identify Shuhe as his courtesy name and Yuyang as his sobriquet.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The profile and biographical passage give the names Shuhe and Yuyang in Chinese form.
   • WikidataTian Rucheng (Q24833728)The name list supplies the English forms Shuhe and Yuyang together with their Chinese forms.
5. [5] Hometown He came from Qiantang County in Zhejiang, now Hangzhou.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The basic record gives Qiantang as both his native place and household registration.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The profile specifies Zhejiang Qiantang County, now Hangzhou, and the biographies likewise place him in Qiantang.
6. [6] Early life Early in life, he gained a reputation for poetry, became a close friend of Jiang Zhuo, and later moved his household to Yuhang.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biographical passage says that he was known for poetry early on, was friendly with Jiang Zhuo, and then moved to Yuhang.
7. [7] Examination and first appointment In 1526 he passed the jinshi examination, ranked twenty-fifth in the second class, and received the Nanjing appointment in the Ministry of Justice.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi ranked twenty-fifth in the second class, and the appointment data places him in the Nanjing Ministry of Justice in Jiajing year five.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biographical passages identify him as a Jiajing-year-five jinshi appointed to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice; another passage gives the cyclical year and 1526.
8. [8] Ministry of Rites service His metropolitan service included posts in the Ministry of Rites, the Office of Ceremonial, and the Office of Sacrifices.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The office list gives the assistant-director post in the Office of Ceremonial, and directorships in the Offices of Sacrifices and Ceremonial.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The title list and biography give the Ministry of Rites secretaryship and the directorates of the Offices of Ceremonial and Sacrifices.
9. [9] Departure and Chuzhou In 1532 he left the capital as Guangdong Educational Commissioner and was later demoted to governor of Chuzhou.
   • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The office data places him as governor of Chuzhou in Jiajing year fourteen.
   • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The career passage explicitly gives the July 1532 departure as Guangdong Educational Commissioner and the later demotion to Chuzhou.
10. [10] Guangxi career He was promoted to a Guizhou commissioner in Jiajing year fourteen and to Right Assistant Commissioner in the Guangxi Regional Administration in year sixteen, with responsibility for the Right River.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The office data gives the Jiajing-year-sixteen Right Assistant Commissioner post in the Guangxi Regional Administration.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biographies describe his promotion to Guizhou commissioner, then to Guangxi Right Assistant Commissioner with responsibility for the Right River, and supply the ninth-month and twelfth-month timing.
11. [11] Guangxi campaign In Jiajing year eighteen, he and Vice Commissioner Weng Wanda suppressed the rebel strongholds at Duanteng Gorge and Nutan in Guangxi, after which he was raised one rank.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The career passage describes the campaign with Weng Wanda against the strongholds at Duanteng Gorge and Nutan and the ensuing rise of one rank.
12. [12] Final office and retirement He ended his official career in 1540 as Fujian Educational Commissioner and returned home on grounds of illness in Jiajing year twenty.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biography names Fujian Educational Commissioner as his final office in 1540 and says that he returned home ill in Jiajing year twenty; the title list confirms the office.
13. [13] Learning and prose He was learned, had a strong memory, excelled in classical prose, and was particularly skilled in narrative.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The qualities data describes literary skill, strong memory, learning, and accomplishment in classical prose.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biography calls him learned, skilled in classical prose, and especially strong in narrative.
14. [14] Southwestern service and historical knowledge Having served in the southwest, he was familiar with affairs of earlier dynasties.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biography connects his southwestern service with his familiarity with earlier dynastic affairs.
15. [15] Return and travel After returning home, he lingered among the lakes and mountains and explored the famous sites of western Zhejiang.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biography says that after returning home he stayed around the lakes and mountains and searched out western Zhejiang's famous sites.
16. [16] Principal works and title variants He wrote Yanjiao Jiwen, Xihu Youlan zhi, and Xihu Youlan zhiyu; the latter two titles also occur in the forms 西湖游覽志 and 西湖游覽志余.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The title list gives the forms 西湖遊覽志 and 西湖遊覽志餘.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biography names Yanjiao Jiwen and gives the forms 西湖游覽志 and 西湖游覽志余 for the two West Lake works.
17. [17] Other works His other works include Liao ji, Tian Shuhe ji, and Yuyang ji.
    • Souyun田汝成 (49802)The biographical passages name Liao ji, Tian Shuhe ji, and Yuyang ji.
18. [18] Associated titles and attributions Xihu youyong and Tian Shuhe wenji are associated titles; Youguai lu and Aji zhuan are explicitly attributed to him as one-juan works.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The title list includes Xihu youyong and Tian Shuhe wenji; the one-juan Youguai lu and Aji zhuan entries explicitly give him the role of author.
19. [19] Literary connections He was a friend of Huang Shengzeng and wrote prefaces for works by Huangfu Xiao, Xia Yan, Shen Yingkui, Yu Xian, Xu Zonglu, Chen Zhu, Yan Shitai, and Gu Menggui.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The association entries identify Huang Shengzeng as his friend and name the eight people whose works received prefaces from him.
20. [20] Postscript and biography He wrote a postscript for a work by Gu Menggui, while Wu Yipeng wrote his biography.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The association entries say that Tian Rucheng wrote a postscript for Gu Menggui's work and that Wu Yipeng wrote his biography.
21. [21] Son His son was Tian Yiheng.
    • CBDBTian Rucheng (34900)The kinship entry identifies Tian Yiheng as his son.