[1]Name, dates, and placesThe structured values confirm Fang Xianfu's name, Ming affiliation, birth and death years, courtesy name, former name, sobriquet, birth order, and Nanhai affiliation. The biographical texts also preserve the alternative c. 1486–1541 dating and identify Foshan and Putian.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)These values confirm the person's name, Ming affiliation, dates, birth order, courtesy name, former name, sobriquet, and Nanhai place of origin.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts give the c. 1486–1541 or 1544 dating and the 1485–1544 dating, and identify Xianke, Shuxian, Xiqiao, Nanhai, Foshan, and the Putian ancestral origin.
WikidataFang Xianfu (Q11084932)The item labels him Fang Xianfu, describes him as a Ming political figure and classicist, and supplies 1485 and 1544 as the birth and death years.
[2]Family backgroundThe kinship values give two forms of the father's name, Fang Sui and Fang Yunsheng, and identify Fang Shihong, Fang Yongzhong, and Huang in their respective family relationships. The biographical text states that his father had died before Fang's birth.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The kinship values identify Fang Shihong as great-grandfather, Fang Yongzhong as grandfather, Fang Sui and Fang Yunsheng as two forms of the father's name, and Huang as the mother.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical text explicitly states that Fang's father had already died when Fang was born.
[3]Siblings, marriage, and childrenThe kinship values identify Fang Guike, Fang Maoke, and Fang Maofu as forms of the brother names, and list Zou as wife, Fang Qu and Fang Fan as sons, and Fang Zhi as a nephew.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The kinship values list Fang Guike, Fang Maoke, and Fang Maofu as brothers, Zou as wife, Fang Qu and Fang Fan as sons, and Fang Zhi as a nephew.
[4]Correspondence and commemorative textsThe relationship values identify the correspondents, the spirit-way stele and academy inscription authors, and the memorial concerning Zhang Zheng; the biographical texts independently confirm Wang Shouren's role as Fang's teacher.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The relationship values identify Zhan Ruoshui as a friend, Wang Shouren as Fang's teacher, Wang's replies, letters from Lu Shen and Zhang Yue, two letter relations with Huang Wan, and a reply from Dai Guan.
[5]Correspondence and commemorative textsThe relationship values attribute the spirit-way stele to Lü Ben, the academy inscription to Fang Hao, and the memorial concerning Zhang Zheng to Fang Xianfu.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The relationship values attribute the spirit-way stele to Lü Ben, the academy inscription to Fang Hao, and the memorial concerning Zhang Zheng to Fang Xianfu.
[6]Examination and mourningThe examination and school values list shengyuan, provincial recommended candidate, and the third-class rank of 156th; the biographical text supplies Hongzhi 18 as 1505, the shujishi appointment, the request to care for his mother, and mourning after her death.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The examination, school, and appointment values confirm shengyuan, provincial recommended candidate, jinshi, the third-class 156th rank, and the 1505 shujishi appointment.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts state that he passed in Hongzhi 18, became a shujishi, requested leave to support his mother, and entered mourning after her death.
[7]Early service and teachersThis paragraph combines the Zhengde and early Jiajing appointments with Fang's discipleship to Wang Shouren, ten years of reading on Xiqiao Mountain, and friendship with Zhan Ruoshui. The office values supply the named Personnel divisions and the 1523–24 dates.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The appointments list the Rites Office director, the Selection and Verification offices in the Ministry of Personnel, the Kao-gong and Selection vice-director posts from 1523, and the Wang Shouren and Zhan Ruoshui relationships; the status value also marks dismissal because of illness.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts describe the Zhengde Rites and Personnel appointments, study with Wang Shouren, discipleship, illness-related return to Xiqiao Mountain, ten years of reading, and his association with Zhan Ruoshui.
[8]The Great Rites ControversyThe biographical texts describe Fang's return to court, his position in the Great Rites Controversy, imperial favor, the Hanlin lectureship, the later political hostility, repeated impeachments, and retirement through illness. The appointment values confirm the 1524–27 Hanlin post and the Jiajing 4 Junior Supervisor post.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The three biographical texts together describe his return to court, the Great Rites position, support for the emperor's biological father, the lectureship and Junior Supervisor post, and the subsequent hostility, impeachments, and illness-related retirement.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The appointment values list the Hanlin attendant lectureship from 1524 to 1527 and the Junior Supervisor appointment beginning in Jiajing 4, alongside the illness-related status.
[9]Compilation of Minglun dadianThe paragraph covers the Jiajing 6–8 compilation and lecturing appointments. The biographical texts mention Huo Tao and the compilation, while the appointment values list compiler, deputy chief editor, judicial, Rites, Hanlin, Personnel, Classics Mat, examination-paper reader, and chief-editor posts.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts state that he was summoned with Huo Tao in Jiajing 6 to compile Minglun dadian and then held the judicial, Rites, Hanlin, and Personnel offices.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The appointment values confirm the compiler and deputy chief editor posts from Jiajing 6, the examination-paper reader and chief editor posts from Jiajing 8, and the Rites, Hanlin, Personnel, and Classics Mat positions.
[10]Retirement and lecturingThe biographical texts describe the completion of Minglun dadian, the Taizi Taibao promotion, the Jiajing 10 summons and illness-related refusal, the second summons, recommendations, retirement at Xiqiao, the Shiquan Hermitage, its library, and academy lectures. The appointment values also preserve a Taizi Shaobao title, so the two titles are presented together rather than silently reconciled.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts describe the post-compilation promotion, the Jiajing 10 summons and second summons, the recommendations, withdrawal to Xiqiao, construction of the Shiquan Hermitage, its library, and lectures at Shiquan Academy.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The appointment values separately list the Taizi Shaobao title from Jiajing 7 and the Minister of Personnel post from Jiajing 8, creating a title variation alongside the biographical Taizi Taibao wording.
[11]Return to the Grand Secretariat and deathThe biographical texts describe the Jiajing 11 reappointment, entry into the Grand Secretariat, the chief-grand-secretary wording, Wang Qiong's death, control of the Personnel Ministry, later impeachment, illness memorials, retirement, death, and posthumous honors. The appointment values add the 1532–34 Personnel and Wuying Hall terms, the 1534–44 Shaobao term, and the 1544 Taibao appointment; Wenxiang is identified as the posthumous name.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts describe the Jiajing 11 reappointment, entry into the Grand Secretariat and chief-grand-secretary wording, Wang Qiong's death, later impeachment, two years in office, illness memorials, ten years at home, and the 1544 death and posthumous honors.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The appointment values list Minister of Rites, the 1532–34 Personnel and Wuying Hall terms, Shaobao from 1534 to 1544, and Taibao from 1544; the alias value identifies Wenxiang as the posthumous name.
[12]Scholarship and worksThe biographical texts confirm study with Wang Shouren, lectures at Shiquan Academy, and the Zhouyi and Xiqiao works. The status value classifies him as a thinker, the work titles supply the ten associated titles and their volumes, and the item description calls him a Ming political figure and classicist.
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts confirm study with Wang Shouren, lectures at Shiquan Academy, and the titles Zhouyi Chuanyi yueshuo and Xiqiao yigao; one text gives the latter as eight juan.
CBDBFang Xianfu (68286)The status value classifies him as a thinker; the title values list the 180-juan Da Ming huidian, Da li jiyi, Minglun dadian, Neize shi, Zhouyi yueshuo in twelve juan, Daxue Zhongyong eryuan, Xuejie zhushuo, Cisheng Taihou nüjian, Chengzi yu, and Xiqiao gao in five juan.
WikidataFang Xianfu (Q11084932)The item description characterizes him as a Ming political figure and classicist.
CBDB
Souyun方獻夫 (46625)The biographical texts give the c. 1486–1541 or 1544 dating and the 1485–1544 dating, and identify Xianke, Shuxian, Xiqiao, Nanhai, Foshan, and the Putian ancestral origin.
WikidataFang Xianfu (Q11084932)The item labels him Fang Xianfu, describes him as a Ming political figure and classicist, and supplies 1485 and 1544 as the birth and death years.