Yuan Jue

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1. 1302 翰林國史院檢閱 大德

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• 伯長 字
• 文淸 諡號
• 文清 諡號

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• [為官者：文]
• 藏書家
• 博學之人
• 思想家

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1. [1] Name, dates, and identity Yuan Jue lived from 1266 to 1327 and is identified as a Yuan-dynasty scholar-official and academy head.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The person entry names Yuan Jue, gives 1266 as the birth year and 1327 as the death year, and places him in the Yuan dynasty.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical entries give his life dates and describe him as a Yuan-dynasty scholar-official and academy head.
   • WikidataYuan Jue (Q4533489)The English label identifies him as Yuan Jue, while the time values correspond to 1266 and 1327.
2. [2] Courtesy name and origin His courtesy name was Bochang, his sobriquet was Qingrong Jushi, and his home was Yin County in Qingyuan Circuit, now in Zhejiang.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The person entry gives Bochang as his courtesy name and Yin County as his basic native place.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical entries give the courtesy name Bochang, the sobriquet Qingrong Jushi, and Yin County in Qingyuan, now in Zhejiang.
   • WikidataYuan Jue (Q4533489)The English name data also gives Bochang as an alias.
3. [3] Family background Yuan Jue belonged to an established lineage and was a great-grandson of Shao, a Song associate privy councillor; his father was Yuan Hong and his grandfather Yuan Sidao.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts call the Yuan family an established lineage and identify Yuan Jue as the great-grandson of Shao, a Song associate privy councillor.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The kinship entries identify Yuan Sidao as his grandfather and Yuan Hong as his father.
4. [4] Marriage and descendants The kinship data gives Zheng Taiyuan or Shi Binzhi as his father-in-law, Zhao Mengguan and Chen Gou as sons-in-law, and Yuan Guan as his eldest son.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The kinship entries list two names as fathers-in-law, two sons-in-law, and Yuan Guan as the eldest son.
5. [5] Early talent As a child, Yuan Jue was known for literary ability and read the books of earlier generations of his family day and night.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe his literary reputation in childhood and his intensive reading of inherited books.
6. [6] Teachers and scholarly foundation He studied with Dai Shuaichu, Wang Shenning, and Shu Yuexiang, while his family library and encounter with Central Plain literature gave his learning a firm foundation.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe his studies with Dai Shuaichu, Wang Shenning, and Shu Yuexiang, and connect his grounded learning with his family library and Central Plain literature.
7. [7] Recommendation and academy appointment Yuan Jue was recommended as a maocai yideng and appointed head of Lize Academy.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The entry classifies his entry into office as a recommendation.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts state that he was recommended as a maocai yideng and appointed head of Lize Academy.
8. [8] Appointment to the Hanlin and National History Institute At the beginning of the Dade era, Yan Fu, Cheng Wenhai, and Wang Gou jointly recommended him, leading to his appointment as a proofreader in the Hanlin Academy and National History Institute.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts say that Yan Fu, Cheng Wenhai, and Wang Gou jointly recommended him at the beginning of Dade and that he was appointed a Hanlin National History Institute proofreader.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The office entry lists the Hanlin National History Institute proofreader post and associates it with the Dade era and 1302.
9. [9] Southern Suburban proposals and promotion He submitted ten proposals on the suburban sacrifices, won the ritual officials’ praise, and was promoted to several Hanlin and National History posts.
   • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe the ten suburban-sacrifice proposals, the ritual officials’ approval, and his subsequent promotions.
   • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The office entry lists his appointment as Yingfeng Hanlin Wenzi.
10. [10] Later official career He held posts as Hanlin daizhi, Direct Academician of the Jixian Academy, and Direct Academician of the Hanlin National History Institute, co-edited the dynastic history, became a Hanlin Academician for Lectures in the first year of Zhizhi, and returned home at the beginning of Taiding.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts trace his promotions through Hanlin and Jixian posts, co-editing the national history, the Zhizhi appointment, and his resignation at the beginning of Taiding.
    • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The office entries list the Hanlin daizhi, Jixian Direct Academician, Hanlin National History Direct Academician, and Hanlin Academician for Lectures posts.
11. [11] Literary office and documentary work During his literary-office service, Yuan Jue drafted court rescripts and inscriptions, helped with institutional compilation and statutory decisions, and sought books from the Song, Liao, and Jin.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe his drafting of court rescripts and merit inscriptions, participation in compiling the grand compendium and settling statutes, and petition for books from the three dynasties.
12. [12] Retirement and Southern Garden After returning home, Yuan Jue restored the old Southern Garden site, built a small pavilion, and read there.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe his restoration of the old Southern Garden site and his reading in a small pavilion after returning home.
13. [13] Scope and method of learning His learning covered ritual and music, official lineages, scholar-official genealogies, and the various schools; he traced matters to their origins and was regarded as pre-eminent east of the Zhe River.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical account describes these fields of learning, his ability to trace their origins and essentials, and the prominence of his learning east of the Zhe River.
14. [14] Five shortcomings in reading and writing Yuan Jue identified five shortcomings: breadth without essentials, timidity without a firm position, labor without achievement, haste and overambition, and writing without accumulated foundations.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical account preserves his self-criticism of five shortcomings in reading and writing and explains each resulting weakness.
15. [15] Associates His recorded associates included Zhao Mengfu, Ma Run, and the Buddhist monk Shi Miaosheng, each identified as a friend.
    • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The association entries list Zhao Mengfu, Ma Run, and Shi Miaosheng, with the relationship marked as friendship for all three.
16. [16] Place in Yuan poetry The biographical account places Yuan Jue’s poetic exchange with Zhao Zi’ang and Deng Shanzhi within a change in Yuan poetry, alongside the rise of Yu, Yang, Fan, and Jie.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical account describes Zhao Zi’ang, Deng Shanzhi, and Yuan Jue’s circle as exchanging poems, followed by a change in poetic learning and the simultaneous rise of Yu, Yang, Fan, and Jie.
17. [17] Circulation of his writing His calligraphy and writings circulated throughout the empire.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts say that his calligraphy and writings circulated throughout the realm.
18. [18] Principal works His works include 《易說》, 《春秋說》, 《延祐四明志》, and 《清容居士集》, the last in fifty juan.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts list these four works and give 《清容居士集》 as fifty juan.
    • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The text relation identifies 《清容居士集》 as a work for which Yuan Jue is the author.
19. [19] Chenghuai lu Another work attributed to Yuan Jue is 《澄懷錄》, in one juan.
    • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The text relation identifies 《澄懷錄》, one juan, as a work authored by Yuan Jue.
20. [20] Age at death One account gives his age at death as sixty-one, while another gives sixty-two.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts differ, giving sixty-one and sixty-two as his age at death.
21. [21] Posthumous honors He received the posthumous office of Canzhi zhengshi in the Jiangzhe Provincial Secretariat, was enfeoffed as Duke of Chenliu Commandery, and was given the posthumous name Wenqing, also written 文淸.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts state that he was granted the Jiangzhe post, enfeoffed as Duke of Chenliu Commandery, and posthumously named Wenqing.
    • CBDBYuan Jue (2) (10389)The name entries preserve both 文淸 and 文清 as forms of the posthumous name.
    • WikidataYuan Jue (Q4533489)The item gives 文淸 as the posthumous-name value.
22. [22] Three histories and the family library More than two decades after his death, the histories of the Song, Liao, and Jin were being compiled, envoys sought surviving writings and old accounts, and the Yuan family’s thousands of books supplied documentary material.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts describe the compilation of the Song, Liao, and Jin histories more than two decades after his death, the search for surviving writings and old accounts, and the Yuan family’s thousands of books as sufficient documentary material.
23. [23] Contribution to preservation His descendants copied and transmitted surviving drafts by hand, preserving writings from centuries past; he was consequently regarded as having contributed to the preservation of the literary heritage.
    • Souyun袁桷 (40393)The biographical accounts say that his descendants copied the surviving drafts by hand, that centuries of writings were preserved, and that Yuan Jue made a real contribution in this respect.