[1]Name, dates and native placeYu Duanli was a Southern Song minister, courtesy name Chugong, posthumous name Zhongsu, a native of Longyou in Quzhou (present-day eastern Quzhou, Zhejiang), born in 1135 and died in 1201.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records his name as Yu Duanli, a man of the Song, born in 1135 and died in 1201; his courtesy name Chugong, his posthumous name Zhongsu, and his native place Longyou.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical record gives him as a man of Longyou, Quzhou, under the Southern Song, courtesy name Chugong and posthumous name Zhongsu, with dates 1135 and 1201; the present-day location is given variously as northeast of Quxian or east of Quzhou, Zhejiang.
WikidataYu Duanli (Q16321538)Wikidata records the name Yu Duanli, courtesy name Chugong, posthumous name Zhongsu, with birth in 1135 and death in 1201.
[2]Examination degree and magistracy of WuchengYu Duanli passed the jinshi examination in 1157, the twenty-seventh year of the Shaoxing era, and as magistrate of Wucheng county in Huzhou remitted 60,000 strings of the dingjuan levy each year for the local people.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB gives his examination degree as jinshi and records that he once served as a county magistrate.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records give him as a jinshi of the twenty-seventh year of Shaoxing under Emperor Gaozong and as magistrate of Wucheng county in Huzhou, where he each year remitted 60,000 strings of poll-tax silk money for the people.
[3]Career under Emperor XiaozongUnder Emperor Xiaozong, Yu Duanli was recommended as investigating censor, rose through the posts of vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review and of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices to vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel, concurrently served as acting vice minister of War and supervisor of the Heir Apparent's household, was appointed prefect of Taiping and then given a temple sinecure.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records give him as investigating censor under Emperor Xiaozong, promoted to vice minister of the Court of Judicial Review and of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, then vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel; acting vice minister of War concurrently supervisor of the Heir Apparent's household; prefect of Taiping; and holder of a temple sinecure.
[4]Career under Emperor GuangzongUnder Emperor Guangzong, Yu Duanli was awarded the office of Compiler of the Jiyin Hall, sent out as prefect of Ganzhou, then served as vice minister of Personnel and concurrently acting minister of Justice and expositor-in-waiting, and was made prefect of Jiankang as Auxiliary Academician of the Huanzhang Pavilion and commissioner for the pacification of the Jiangnan East circuit.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records give him the office of Compiler of the Jiyin Hall, prefect of Ganzhou, vice minister of Personnel and concurrently acting minister of Justice and expositor-in-waiting, and prefect of Jiankang as Auxiliary Academician of the Huanzhang Pavilion.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he held the office of Auxiliary Academician of the Huanzhang Pavilion, that he governed Jiankang prefecture, and that he served as pacification commissioner of the Jiangnan East circuit.
[5]Minister of Personnel and Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military AffairsIn 1193, the fourth year of the Shaoxi era, Yu Duanli was summoned to be minister of Personnel and promoted to vice commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that in the fourth year of Shaoxi under Emperor Guangzong he was summoned to be minister of Personnel and promoted to vice commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he held the office of vice commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs.
[6]Impeachment of Li CundaoWhile prefect of Jiankang, Yu Duanli memorialized against the military officer Li Cundao over a shortfall in the grain purchased by the Huaixi general quartermaster's office, and Li Cundao was demoted by one rank.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that Yu Duanli, as prefect of Jiankang, memorialized that the military officer Li Cundao had fallen short in the grain purchased by the Huaixi general quartermaster's office, and that Li was demoted by one rank.
[7]Accession of Ningzong and senior officeOn the accession of Emperor Ningzong, Yu Duanli joined Zhao Ruyi and others in asking the grand empress dowager to take the curtained regency, and was advanced to commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs concurrently assistant administrator of state affairs.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that he joined Zhao Ruyi and others in asking the grand empress dowager to hold the curtained regency and install Ningzong, and was advanced to commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs concurrently assistant administrator of state affairs.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he held the offices of commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs and assistant administrator of state affairs.
[8]Right and Left ChancellorIn 1195, the first year of the Qingyuan era, Yu Duanli replaced Zhao Ruyi as right chancellor, and the following year was moved to left chancellor.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that in the first year of Qingyuan he was appointed right chancellor in place of Zhao Ruyi, and in the second year was moved to left chancellor.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he held the offices of right chancellor and left chancellor.
[9]Constrained by Han Tuozhou and provincial postsAs chancellor, Yu Duanli was kept in check by Han Tuozhou; frustrated in his ambitions, he pleaded illness and asked to retire, and was sent out to govern Longxing fu, then Tanzhou, then Qingyuan fu, and once more to command at Tanzhou.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that he was kept in check by Han Tuozhou, frustrated and unable to realize his aims, pleaded illness and asked to retire, and governed Tanzhou and Qingyuan fu, being sent out as prefect of Longxing fu, then Tanzhou, then Qingyuan fu, and again to command at Tanzhou.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that as chancellor he was constrained by Han Tuozhou and frustrated in his aims, and records that he governed Tanzhou.
[10]Academician of the Guanwen Hall and Duke of WeiYu Duanli was appointed Academician of the Guanwen Hall and enfeoffed as Duke of Wei.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he held the office of Academician of the Guanwen Hall and was enfeoffed as duke of the state of Wei.
[11]Death and posthumous nameYu Duanli died in the sixth month of 1201, the first year of the Jiatai era, aged sixty-seven; his posthumous name was Zhongsu.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that he died in the sixth month of the first year of Jiatai, aged sixty-seven, with the posthumous name Zhongsu.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records his death in 1201 and his posthumous name Zhongsu, and notes that he died in the sixth month of the first year of Jiatai.
[12]FamilyYu Duanli was a great-grandson of Yu Qing, a grandson of Yu Duo and a son of Yu Hui, whose wife was of the Yu clan; he married a woman of the Ye clan and had a younger brother, Yu Yingcheng, a second son, Yu Rong (1162–1237), and a great-grandson, Yu Gai.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records his great-grandfather Yu Qing, grandfather Yu Duo, father Yu Hui, mother of the Yu clan, wife of the Ye clan, younger brother Yu Yingcheng, second son Yu Rong (1162–1237), and great-grandson Yu Gai.
[13]Friendship with Yang WanliYang Wanli was a friend of Yu Duanli and wrote his epitaph, the "Epitaph for Lord Yu, Left Chancellor", preserved in juan 124 of Yang's Collected Works of Chengzhai; Yang also wrote a record of the newly built examination hall of Jiankang prefecture.
CBDBYu Duanli (24873)CBDB records that he was a friend of Yang Wanli, that his epitaph was composed by Yang Wanli, and that Yang wrote a record of the newly built examination hall of Jiankang prefecture.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that his affairs are seen in the "Epitaph for Lord Yu, Left Chancellor" in juan 124 of the Collected Works of Chengzhai, written by Yang Wanli.
[14]Biography and surviving poemsYu Duanli's biography appears in juan 398 of the History of Song, and two of his poems are recorded in the Complete Song Poetry.
Souyun余端禮 (25147)The biographical records state that he has a biography in juan 398 of the History of Song, and that two of his poems are recorded.
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