Yu Chunxi

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 一 行第
• 德園 室名、別號
• 澹然 字
• 虞淳熙 别名、曾用名
• 長孺 字

StatusCBDB

• 以疾廢

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

WorksCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and period Yu Chunxi is identified as a Ming official born in 1553 and recorded as dying in 1621; an alternative death interval is treated separately below.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The main record gives the name, the years 1553 and 1621, the Ming dynasty, and an office in the Ministry of War.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The profile gives the name, birth and death years, Ming period, and an account of his official career.
   • WikidataChunxi Yu (Q16259922)The identity record uses Yu Chunxi as an English alias, gives 1553 and 1621 as the two year claims, and describes him as a Ming-dynasty person.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The person record gives the name, Ming dynasty, an interval extending from 1621 into 1622, and notes his official appointments.
2. [2] Courtesy names and native place His courtesy names were Changru and Danran, his sobriquet was Deyuan, and Qiantang in Zhejiang is the principal native place, with Hangzhou Right Guard also appearing as a designation.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The alternate-name fields give Danran, Changru, and Deyuan, while the address fields give Qiantang and Hangzhou Right Guard.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The biographical account states the two courtesy names, the sobriquet, and Zhejiang Qiantang as his home, while the profile repeats the aliases and home region.
   • WikidataChunxi Yu (Q16259922)The English alias list contains Changru, Danran, and Deyuan.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The alternate names include the forms for Changru, Danran, and Deyuan, and the birthplace field gives Qiantang.
3. [3] Other names and generation order He is also associated with the forms 虞職方, 虞銓部, and 六夢居士, while the generation-order name is Yi.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The alternate-name fields list 虞職方, 虞銓部, and 六夢居士.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The alternate-name entry gives Yi and classifies it as a generation-order name.
4. [4] Alternative death span Alongside the year 1621 used in the main identification, an interval from 22 January 1621 to 9 February 1622 is supplied.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The death field gives the interval +1621-01-22 ~ +1622-02-09.
5. [5] Licentiate and provincial examination He was a licentiate and ranked fourth in the Zhejiang provincial examination.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The education and examination entries identify him as a licentiate and give the rank 4.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The biographical account states that he ranked fourth in the Zhejiang provincial examination.
6. [6] Guiwei examination The eleventh Wanli year is identified as 1583 and as the Guiwei year.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account and date label identify the eleventh Wanli year as 1583 and Guiwei.
7. [7] Jinshi degree He passed the jinshi examination in 1583; the examination account and the biographical note both give that degree.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account states that he became a jinshi in the eleventh Wanli year.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The biographical note calls him a jinshi in 1583.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The examination entry classifies him as a jinshi.
8. [8] Examination ranks The metropolitan examination rank was twenty-seventh and the jinshi placement was sixty-fifth in the second class.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account gives the metropolitan rank as twenty-seventh and the second-class jinshi placement as sixty-fifth.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The examination entries give 27 and 第二甲第六十五名 for the corresponding examination results.
9. [9] Bangyan designation A profile title gives him the designation “榜眼,” while the detailed examination account and the examination entry give the different placement of second class, sixty-fifth; both formulations are retained.
   • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The profile lists “榜眼,” whereas the account gives the second-class, sixty-fifth placement.
   • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The examination entry gives 第二甲第六十五名.
10. [10] Initial military appointment He was appointed zhushi in the Ministry of War's Bureau of Military Operations; the records abbreviate or expand the bureau name differently.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The office entry gives 兵部主事.
    • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account gives the fuller title 兵部職方司主事.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The biographical note gives 兵部職方主事.
11. [11] Personnel appointment He later served as yuanwailang in the Ministry of Personnel's Office of Merit Examination.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The office entry gives 員外郎.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The biographical note gives 吏部稽勲貟外郎.
12. [12] Highest listed office The office list and the career account place him at langzhong of the Office of Merit Examination, with a difference in the ordering of the bureau name.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The office entry gives 稽勲司郎中.
    • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account gives 吏部勳稽司郎中 as the highest office.
13. [13] Personnel Ministry designation The highest office is also summarized as 銓部, while another account uses 吏部勳稽司郎中.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The biographical note summarizes his office as 官至銓部.
    • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The career account supplies the alternative formulation 吏部勳稽司郎中.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The office list gives 稽勳司郎中 as another formulation.
14. [14] Retirement through illness His status is marked as leaving office through illness, and the career account says that he returned because of illness.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The status entry gives 以疾廢.
    • Souyun虞淳熙 (120903)The account says 引疾歸.
15. [15] Ancestors and parents His great-grandfather was Yu Kui, his grandfather Yu Yi, his father Yu Shunqing, and his mother Huang.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The kinship entries identify the great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother by relationship and name.
16. [16] Younger brothers The kinship entries list eight younger brothers: 虞淳真, 虞淳粹, 虞淳潔, 虞淳全, 虞淳完, 虞淳至, 虞淳簡, and 虞淳化.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The kinship entries classify all eight named relatives as younger brothers.
17. [17] Wives and children The kinship entries name Yang as the wife, Li as the second wife, 虞淨芳 as the daughter, and 虞宗瑤 as the second son.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The kinship entries identify the wife, second wife, daughter, and second son by relationship and name.
18. [18] Friendship and poetry society He was a friend of 陸振奇 and had a poetry-society association with 馮夢禎.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The association entries identify 陸振奇 as a friend and 馮夢禎 in a poetry-society relationship.
19. [19] Sacrificial writings The association entries say that he wrote sacrificial texts for 屠隆 and 潘季馴.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)Two association entries record sacrificial writings for 屠隆 and 潘季馴.
20. [20] Correspondence with Yuan and Tang The association entries record correspondence with 袁宏道 and 湯顯祖, and separately record farewell writing received from 袁宏道.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The entries record a received letter from 袁宏道 and an answered letter involving 湯顯祖.
21. [21] Farewell writing At parting, he received from 袁宏道 a gift of words described as a farewell poem and preface.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The association entry records farewell writing from 袁宏道, specifically a farewell poem and preface.
22. [22] Buddhism The biographical note states that he was devoted to Buddhism from childhood.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The note states 自幼崇佛.
23. [23] Letter to Li Madou He wrote to 利瑪竇, and the correspondence data also preserves an answered-letter relationship involving him.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The note explicitly says that he wrote to 利瑪竇氏.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The correspondence entry records an answered letter involving 利瑪竇.
24. [24] Recommended Buddhist texts He urged Li Madou to read Buddhist works and named five texts: 《宗鏡錄》, 《戒律發隱》, 《西域記》, 《高僧傳》, and 《法苑珠林》.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The note preserves the recommendation to read Buddhist books and the five named titles.
25. [25] Deyuan collected works The works entry lists the twenty-five-volume 《虞德園先生文集》 as a work authored by him.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The works entry gives 《虞德園先生文集:二十五卷》 and identifies him as its author.
26. [26] Deyuan ji The biographical note also lists 《德園集》 among his writings.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database虞淳熙 (A011239)The note lists 《德園集》.
27. [27] Other works The works entries list 《從今文孝經說》 in one volume, 《孝經集靈》 in two volumes with a one-volume supplement, and 《勝蓮社約》 in one volume, all as authored works.
    • CBDBYu Chunxi (118893)The works entries give the three titles, their volume counts, and the author role.