Cheng Tinggui

AliasesCBDB

• 禮執 字

StatusCBDB

• 士人
• 主動放棄科舉
• 不求仕

AssociationsCBDB

WorksCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and dynasty Cheng Tinggui lived from 1289 to 1362 and was a Yuan-dynasty poet.
   • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The basic profile gives his name and identifies his dynasty as Yuan.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The profile supplies his birth and death years and Yuan affiliation, while the biographies describe his skill in poetry.
   • WikidataCheng Tinggui (Q45414424)The entity gives the English name and describes him as a Yuan-dynasty person.
2. [2] Courtesy names His courtesy names included Yuanchang and Yuanzhang.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The profile and biographies give 原常 and 元章 as his courtesy names.
3. [3] Lizhi Lizhi, written 禮執, was another courtesy name or alias for Cheng Tinggui.
   • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The basic profile gives Lizhi and 禮執 and identifies it as a courtesy name.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The profile and biographies also give 禮執 as his courtesy name.
   • WikidataCheng Tinggui (Q45414424)The entity records Lizhi and 禮執 as alternative names and preserves 禮執 as a name claim.
4. [4] Place of origin His place of origin is variously associated with Wucheng or Guangling, Huating, and Yangzhou Circuit, while Jiangdu is given as a former residence.
   • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The address entries give Huating and Yangzhou Circuit as places of origin and Jiangdu as a former residence.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The profile and biographies identify him with Wucheng and Guangling.
5. [5] Reading, poetry, and the bamboo retreat Cheng was an avid reader and accomplished poet; he supported his mother, lived in a marketplace quarter, planted bamboo, and named his retreat 居竹軒 or 居竹, which had a sylvan character.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biographies describe his reading and poetry, support of his mother, marketplace residence, courtyard bamboo, the names of his retreat, and its sylvan character.
6. [6] Self-description Cheng said that he was unsuited to official service, had no inherited rural estate or other artistic skill, and devoted himself to composing and reciting verse for amusement.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography preserves Cheng’s statement about official service, inherited property, artistic ability, and his morning-and-evening practice of verse.
7. [7] Scholar and withdrawal from office He was classed as a scholar who did not seek office and voluntarily abandoned the civil-service examinations.
   • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The status entries identify him as a scholar and mark him as not seeking office and voluntarily abandoning the examinations.
8. [8] Later life and death In later life Cheng fled to Wu amid turmoil, endured arduous travel, and died at Yunjian at more than seventy years of age.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biographies describe the turmoil, flight to Wu, difficult travels, age beyond seventy, and death at Yunjian.
9. [9] Friendship with Zhang Zhu Zhang Zhu, styled Zhongju and associated with Hedong, was Cheng Tinggui’s friend across generations; they visited one another over wine almost daily.
   • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography calls Zhang Zhu Zhongju a friend across generations and describes their frequent wine-fueled visits.
10. [10] Poetic exchange at Guangling Cheng and Zhang Zhu exchanged poems at Guangling, and Liu Qin judged Cheng’s poetic reputation equal to Zhang’s.
    • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The association entry records a poem responding to Zhang Zhu’s rhyme and identifies the relationship as poetic exchange.
    • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography places Cheng’s poetic response to Zhang in Guangling and quotes Liu Qin’s comparison of their reputations.
11. [11] Poetic technique Zou Yi praised Cheng’s fusion of Six Dynasties feeling with Tang prosody and his transformation of ordinary language into incisive lines; Liu Qin praised the natural pentasyllabic verse and accomplished heptasyllabic regulated verse.
    • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography preserves Zou Yi’s assessment of Cheng’s relation to Six Dynasties and Tang styles and Liu Qin’s assessment of his five- and seven-character verse.
12. [12] Zhang Zhu’s assessment Zhang Zhu wrote that Cheng devoted himself deeply to poetry and owed much of his tonal and formal technique to him.
    • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography quotes Zhang Zhu’s note on Cheng’s collection, including his praise of Cheng’s effort and his statement about the source of Cheng’s prosody and form.
13. [13] Other poetic exchanges Cheng also exchanged verse with Ma Yulin and Fang Congyi.
    • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The association entries identify Ma Yulin and Fang Congyi and classify both exchanges as poetic唱和.
14. [14] Memorials, inscriptions, and farewells Cheng composed a memorial text for Yu Que, wrote postscripts for works associated with Ke Jiusi and Wang Mian, and produced farewell poems and prefaces for people including Han E.
    • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The association entries record a memorial text for Yu Que, inscriptions on works associated with Ke Jiusi and Wang Mian, and farewell poems or prefaces for Han E.
15. [15] Collected works Cheng Tinggui’s surviving collection is titled 《居竹軒集》, with 《居竹軒詩集》 as another form of the title.
    • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The works entry gives the title 《居竹軒詩集》.
    • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography gives the title 《居竹軒集》.
16. [16] Posthumous compilation After Cheng’s death, Gao Su and Liu Qin gathered and printed his surviving poems.
    • Souyun成廷珪 (38950)The biography says that Gao Su and Liu Qin gathered the surviving poems and had them printed together.
17. [17] Preface writers The front matter of 《居竹軒詩集》 names Zhang Zhu, Wei Su, Gao Su, Zou Yi, and Liu Qin among its preface writers.
    • CBDBCheng Tinggui (28642)The association entries identify Zhang Zhu, Wei Su, Gao Su, Zou Yi, and Liu Qin as writers of prefaces at the front of 《居竹軒詩集》.