[1]Name, dates, and identityThe sources preserve two date ranges for Qiao Yu, 1464–1531 and 1457–1524, and identify him as a Ming official and politician.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The entry gives Qiao Yu’s name, Ming designation, and the 1464–1531 date range.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)Two biographical texts give the alternative ranges 1457–1524 and 1464–1531 and place Qiao Yu in the Ming period.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The authority entry identifies Qiao Yu as a Ming man and gives date ranges covering 1457 to 1524.
WikidataQiao Yu (Q10923739)The item names Qiao Yu, describes him as a politician, and gives the 1464 and 1531 date claims.
[2]Names, origin, and registrationQiao Yu’s courtesy name was Xida, his sobriquet or studio name was Baiyan with a variant written form, and he came from Leping in Shanxi with registration under the Jinwu Front Guard.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The entry lists Xida, Baiyan in two written forms, and Zhuangjian, and gives Leping as his native place.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The profile and biographies give Shanxi Leping as his home and include his names and Jinwu Front Guard registration.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The authority entry lists Baiyan as an alias and Leping as the birthplace.
WikidataQiao Yu (Q10923739)The name and title data list Xida, Baiyan in both written forms, and Zhuangjian.
[3]Family and teachersQiao Yu’s father was Qiao Feng; he studied under Yang Yiqing and later followed Li Dongyang.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note names Qiao Feng as his father.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biography calls Qiao Yu a disciple of Yang Yiqing and says that he later followed Li Dongyang.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The association data identify Yang Yiqing as the person connected with Qiao Yu’s teacher-disciple relationship.
[4]ExaminationsOne account says that Qiao Yu passed the Shuntian provincial examination at seventeen in 1480; the biographical texts consistently give his 1484 jinshi degree and appointment in the Ministry of Rites.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographical texts give the account of the 1480 Shuntian examination and consistently state that he became a juren or jinshi in the 1484 Chenghua jiachen examination and received the Ministry of Rites appointment.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The examination entries list jinshi and provincial recommended candidate statuses.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note states that he passed the jinshi examination in the twentieth year of Chenghua, 1484.
[5]Early officesAfter the jinshi examination, Qiao Yu moved from the Ministry of Rites into the Ministry of Personnel, held successive personnel and ritual offices, and then served as minister of the Court of State Ceremonials and vice minister of Revenue.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies list his transfer to Personnel, the vice-director and director posts, the junior vice minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Court of State Ceremonials post, and the Revenue vice-ministership.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The office data list the personnel-selection secretary, the two Merit Evaluation posts, the junior vice minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Court of State Ceremonials, and the right and left Revenue vice-ministerships by year.
[6]Recommendation in PersonnelWhile serving in Personnel, Qiao Yu supported Ying Dayou’s appointment to a vacant post in the Office of Personnel Selection despite opposition.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The association note specifies that Qiao Yu overcame opposition and recommended Ying Dayou when the Office of Personnel Selection had a vacancy.
[7]Zhengde officesDuring the Zhengde era, Qiao Yu held the Nanjing Rites and War ministries, participated in military affairs, became Minister of Personnel, and received the Junior Guardian titles.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies describe the Nanjing Rites and War appointments, participation in military affairs, the summons as Minister of Personnel, and the Junior Guardian appointments.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The office data give the 1511 Nanjing Rites appointment, the 1515 Nanjing War and military-affairs appointments, and the 1521 Personnel and Junior Guardian appointments.
[8]Opposition to toursThe biography states that Qiao Yu repeatedly memorialized against Wuzong’s tours while serving in Nanjing.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biography explicitly says that he repeatedly memorialized against Wuzong’s tours during his Nanjing service.
[9]Defense against Zhu ChenhaoDuring Zhu Chenhao’s rebellion, Qiao Yu organized the defense, sent Yang Rui to Anqing, arrested the colluding eunuch Liu Lang, and executed more than three hundred infiltrators.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies detail the defense, Yang Rui’s deployment to Anqing, Liu Lang’s collusion and arrest, and the execution of more than three hundred infiltrators, while also summarizing the rigor of the defense.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note says that Qiao Yu made the defenses rigorous when Zhu Chenhao rebelled.
[10]Defeat of the rebellionZhu Chenhao lost his internal support, did not dare advance eastward, failed to take Anqing, and was soon defeated.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies state that Zhu Chenhao lost his internal support, did not dare attack eastward, and was defeated after failing to take Anqing.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note likewise says that Zhu Chenhao did not dare move eastward.
[11]Jiang Bin’s forged edictThe accounts differ over Jiang Bin’s action in Nanjing: one describes a demand made through a forged edict that Qiao Yu restrained, while another says Jiang Bin sought to eliminate him through a forged edict and that Wang Wei protected him.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The two biographies respectively describe Jiang Bin’s demands through a forged edict and his alleged attempt to eliminate Qiao Yu, which Wang Wei’s intervention prevented.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note also says that Jiang Bin made demands through a forged edict and that Qiao Yu restrained him.
[12]Service under ShizongAfter Shizong’s accession, Qiao Yu became Minister of Personnel, restored officials dismissed by powerful favorites, brought clarity to personnel administration, was described as incorruptible, and opposed rewards to imperial relatives.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies describe his early service under Shizong, restoration of dismissed officials, political incorruptibility, and opposition to rewards for imperial relatives.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note says that under Shizong he served as Minister of Personnel and brought clarity to personnel administration.
[13]Great Rites Controversy and resignationQiao Yu opposed the emperor’s treatment of his birth father as Imperial Father and opposed the appointment of Xi Shu, Zhang Cong, and Gui E; the accounts differ over whether he sought retirement or was arrested, impeached, and resigned.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies give the accounts of his opposition in the Great Rites Controversy, his opposition to Xi Shu, Zhang Cong, and Gui E, and the differing accounts of retirement, arrest, impeachment, and resignation.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note records his opposition to the appointment of Xi Shu, Zhang Cong, and Gui E and the resulting loss of office.
[14]Stripping of office and posthumous honorsAfter the Minglun dadian reopened the earlier dispute, Qiao Yu was stripped of office; his offices and honors were restored early in Longqing, he received the posthumous rank of Junior Preceptor and the name Zhuangjian, and one account gives his age at death as sixty-eight.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies state that the earlier dispute was reopened after the Minglun dadian, that he was stripped of office, and that his offices were restored under Muzong with the Junior Preceptor rank and posthumous name Zhuangjian.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note gives his age at death as sixty-eight and his posthumous name as Zhuangjian.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The title and office data list Zhuangjian and the Junior Preceptor office beginning in the first year of Longqing.
[15]WorksQiao Yu’s works include Kemeng gao, its written variant Ke Meng gao, Baiyan ji in twenty juan, and Qiao Zhuangjian gong ji in ten juan.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The works data list Kemeng gao, Baiyan ji in twenty juan, and Qiao Zhuangjian gong ji in ten juan.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The biographies list Qiao Zhuangjian gong ji, the written variant Ke Meng gao, and Baiyan ji in twenty juan.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database喬宇 (A042771)The biographical note lists Qiao Zhuangjian gong ji.
[16]Poetry and seal scriptHis poetry moved from archaizing imitation toward freedom from conventional diction, his yuefu was vigorous, and a critical judgment ranked his seal script first under the Ming.
Souyun喬宇 (42176)The literary commentary describes his poetry as initially archaizing and later free of conventional diction, praises the vigor of his yuefu, and quotes a judgment ranking his seal script first under the Ming.
[17]Literary exchangesQiao Yu wrote prefaces for Xia Liangsheng and Wang Shizhen, tomb inscriptions for four men, and sacrificial texts for Han Wen, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Wang Yunfeng.
CBDBQiao Yu (68219)The association data list his prefaces for Xia Liangsheng and Wang Shizhen, tomb inscriptions for Xi Kui, Yu Jian, Xu Fu, and Qian Fu, and sacrificial texts for Han Wen, Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Wang Yunfeng.
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