Song Jing

TimelineCBDB

1. 1505 知州 弘治
2. 1510 道監察御史 正德
3. 1524 提刑按察使司僉事 嘉靖
4. 1528 提刑按察使司副使 嘉靖
5. 1532 右布政使 嘉靖
6. 1533 光祿寺卿 嘉靖
7. 1537 左副都御史 嘉靖
8. 1539 刑部左侍郎 嘉靖
9. 1540 工部尚書 嘉靖
10. 1543 吏部尚書 嘉靖
11. 1547 吏部尚書 嘉靖
12. 1547 太子少保 嘉靖
13. 1546 兵部尚書 嘉靖
14. 1539 刑部右侍郎 嘉靖
15. 1537 右副都御史 嘉靖
16. 1532 左參政 嘉靖
17. 1533 左布政使 嘉靖

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FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 以賢 字
• 十四 行第
• 南塘 室名、別號
• 莊靖 諡號
• 莊靖 諡號

StatusCBDB

• 以疾廢

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ExaminationsCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Birth, death, and status Song Jing is identified as a Ming official; one account gives 1476 as his birth year, while another gives only an undated birth and a 1547 death, which is also supplied by the structured records.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The main record identifies the dynasty as Ming and gives 1547 as the death year.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biographical entries give the alternatives “?—1547” and “1476—1547.”
   • WikidataSong Jing (Q6820662)The entity is labelled Song Jing, with statements giving 1476 and 1547 for the birth and death years.
2. [2] Names and native place Song Jing’s courtesy name was Yixian, his sobriquet was Nantang, and his native place was Fengxin in Jiangxi, now Fengxin County in Yichun.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The record lists Yixian as the courtesy name, Nantang as the sobriquet, and Fengxin as both native place and registered residence.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The profile and biographies identify him as a native of Fengxin, Jiangxi, and the profile supplies the modern administrative location.
   • WikidataSong Jing (Q6820662)The English aliases list Nantang and Yixian.
3. [3] Birth order and posthumous-name variant The record places Song Jing fourteenth in birth order and preserves both the standard and variant forms of his posthumous title.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The record lists Shisi, meaning fourteenth in birth order, and the two forms Zhuangjing and 莊靖.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)Both biographical entries give the standard posthumous title Zhuangjing.
   • WikidataSong Jing (Q6820662)The English alias and posthumous-title statement use Zhuangjing, corresponding to 莊靖.
4. [4] Education and examinations He was described as studious from childhood, entered the school system at twenty, ranked fortieth in the 1504 Jiangxi examination, and passed the 1505 Yichou jinshi examination in second class, fifteenth place.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biography gives his early education, the fortieth place in the 1504 Jiangxi examination, and the second-class fifteenth place in the following Yichou examination.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The examination and school entries record the jinshi degree, second-class fifteenth place, provincial recommended candidate, and student status.
5. [5] Suizhou and Henan censorate Song Jing was appointed prefect of Suizhou and transferred to the Henan censorate in 1510; the account also explains the Liu Jin precedent and his departure after Liu Jin’s execution.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biographies give the Suizhou appointment, the 1510 Henan censorate post, the Liu Jin precedent, and Song Jing’s subsequent departure.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The appointments list Suizhou prefect and the 1510 Henan circuit censorate post, while the status entry records dismissal through illness.
6. [6] Jiajing appointments In 1524 Song Jing was recommended for appointment as an investigating censor in Zhejiang, and in 1528 he became vice surveillance commissioner in Shanxi while taking part in suppressing Chen Qing’s Lucheng uprising.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biographies describe the Zhejiang investigating-censor appointment, the Shanxi promotion, and participation in suppressing Chen Qing’s uprising.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The appointments list the Zhejiang post beginning in Jiajing 3 (1524) and the Shanxi post beginning in Jiajing 7 (1528).
7. [7] Shanxi pacification During the Shanxi famine, Song Jing raised the imperial banner, summoned people who had been coerced, secured the rebels’ surrender, and captured and executed their leader.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biography recounts the famine, the uprising and killing of a guard commander, the imperial banner, the summons to the coerced population, the surrender, and the execution of the leader.
8. [8] Regional offices He later held regional administrative posts in Shandong, Fujian, Sichuan, and Shanxi, and in 1533 became qing of the Nanjing Court of State Ceremonial.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biography lists the four regional posts and the 1533 appointment at Nanjing Guanglu Temple.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The appointments list the Shandong, Fujian, Sichuan, and Shanxi posts and the Jiajing 12 (1533) Nanjing Guanglu Temple office.
9. [9] Late Ming offices From 1537 through 1546 he held senior Nanjing and central offices, including the left vice censor-in-chief, both vice-ministerships of Justice, and the Nanjing ministries of Works, Personnel, and War; other recorded titles include canzhi zhengshi, canzan jiwu, and the Nanjing right vice censor-in-chief.
   • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biography summarizes his succession through the Nanjing ministries and his promotion to left censor-in-chief.
   • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The appointment data gives the dates and locations of the senior offices and also lists canzhi zhengshi and canzan jiwu.
10. [10] Final office and death Song Jing was promoted to left censor-in-chief of the Censorate, returned to the capital for duty, and died in office in 1547.
    • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biographies state that he reached the office of left censor-in-chief, returned to the capital, and died in office in 1547.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The appointment data list the left censor-in-chief of the Censorate and the main record gives 1547 as the death year.
    • WikidataSong Jing (Q6820662)The death-year statement gives 1547.
11. [11] Ancestors and parents His great-grandfather was 宋惟寧, his grandfather was 宋宇昂, his father is given as 宋迪嘉 in one entry and 宋迪 in another, and his mother was 塗氏.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The kinship entries list the great-grandfather, grandfather, both recorded forms of the father’s name, and the mother.
12. [12] Siblings and wife The kinship entries identify an elder brother, two younger brothers, and a wife surnamed Zhang.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The kinship entries list his elder brother, two younger brothers, and his wife Zhang.
13. [13] Children and descendants He had five sons, followed by a grandson and a great-grandson named in the kinship entries.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The kinship entries list the five sons, grandson Song Guopu, and great-grandson Song Yingsheng.
14. [14] Farewell writings and stele Zhang Bangqi and Lü Nan composed farewell writings for Song Jing, while Yan Song wrote his spirit-path stele.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The association entries identify Zhang Bangqi and Lü Nan as authors of farewell writings and Yan Song as the author of the spirit-path stele.
15. [15] Posthumous honors Song Jing received the posthumous title Zhuangjing; the recorded posthumous honors include Taizi Shaobao, Minister of Personnel, and the rank Zizheng dafu, while another office entry lists Taizi Taibao.
    • Souyun宋景 (44941)The biographies give the posthumous title and the posthumous grants of Taizi Shaobao, Minister of Personnel, and Zizheng dafu.
    • CBDBSong Jing (68287)The record lists Zhuangjing, the Jiajing 26 Minister of Personnel and Taizi Shaobao entries, and a separate Taizi Taibao entry.
    • WikidataSong Jing (Q6820662)The alias and posthumous-title statements give Zhuangjing.