[1]Identity, dates, names, and originChen Zhu was a Southern Song civil official and thinker. His birth year is disputed between 1214 and 1224, while his death year is 1297; the sources also provide his courtesy names, studio names, and places of origin and registration.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The principal record supplies Chen Zhu's name, 1224 birth year, Song affiliation, official and thinker classifications, alternate names, and the addresses Fenghua, Wukang, and Yin County; it does not supply a death year.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song figure and gives Ziwei, Bentang, Qianzhi, and Songxi yimao, together with Yin County and Fenghua; the three biographical passages provide the 1214–1297 lifespan and related names.
WikidataChen Zhu (Q28412041)The linked person item supplies the Chinese and English labels, two birth-date values corresponding to 1224 and 1214, and the aliases Ziwei, Songxi yimao, Bentang, Xiangsun, and Qianzhi.
[2]Ancestors and in-lawsThe family relationships identify Chen Hong as the great-grandfather, Chen Shen (陳伸) as the grandfather, Chen Degang as the father, Zhu Shi as the mother, and Tong Jugao as the father-in-law.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The family entries label and name the great-grandfather, grandfather, father, mother, and father-in-law.
[3]Marriage and descendantsThe family relationships name Tong Shangrou as a wife with dates 1216–1252, Tong as the first wife, and Zhao Bixing as the second wife; they also identify Chen Shen (陳深) as his son, Huang Zhengsun and Hu Youwen as sons-in-law, and Chen Guan as a same-clan kinsman.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The family entries preserve three separate marital designations: Tong Shangrou with her birth and death years, Tong as first wife, and Zhao Bixing as second wife.
[4]Children and clan relationsThe family entries identify Chen Shen (陳深) as the son, Huang Zhengsun and Hu Youwen as sons-in-law, and Chen Guan as a same-clan kinsman.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The family entries supply the relationships and names of the son, two sons-in-law, and the same-clan kinsman.
[5]Examination and first appointmentsChen Zhu passed the jinshi examination in 1256, ranked seventeenth in the fifth class, first supervised Raozhou commercial taxation, and then became a professor at Guangzhou.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The biographical passages state that he passed the examination in the fourth Baoyou year and began by supervising Raozhou commercial taxation; one passage adds the Guangzhou professorship.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The examination entry identifies the jinshi degree and the rank seventeenth in the fifth class.
[6]Jingding career and opposition to Jia SidaoThe biographical passages describe the Bailu or Luzhou Academy post, the Anfu magistracy, the zhuzuo lang appointment, Chen Zhu's refusal to join Jia Sidao's circle, and his memorial against Jia's public-field purchase. The office data also preserve the Jiaxing County and Jiaxing Prefecture designations and an association marking opposition to Jia.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The two biographical passages cover the Bailu or Luzhou Academy, the Jingding dates, Anfu, the zhuzuo lang appointment, the refusal of Jia Sidao, and the memorial against the public-field purchase followed by service at Jiaxing.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The office entries include the Anfu magistracy and Jiaxing Prefecture, while the association entry marks opposition or attack directed at Jia Sidao.
[7]Service in Sheng CountyChen Zhu's Sheng County appointment is dated either to the third or fourth Xianchun year. The biographies describe Sheng's political circumstances, his enforcement of authority, and the renaming of Chenggu Ridge as Chen Gong Ridge after the people's farewell.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The three biographies jointly provide the Sheng County appointment, the third-year or fourth-year date discrepancy, the political setting, Chen's firm administration, and the origin of the name Chen Gong Ridge.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The office entry identifies the Sheng County magistracy and its location.
[8]Later officesHe served at Yangzhou, Lin'an, and the Imperial Academy before becoming censor and governor of Taizhou. The data preserve a Taizhou/Hezhou place-name variant, a 1275 posting year, and the honorific office Shanghujun.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The biographies state the seventh-Xianchun transfer to Yangzhou, the Lin'an signing and transport judgeships, the Imperial Academy post, and the tenth-Xianchun censorate and Taizhou appointment, including the Hezhou variant.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The office entries list Yangzhou, the Imperial Academy, the censorate, Taizhou with a 1275 first year, and Shanghujun.
[9]After the fall of SongAfter the Song's fall, Chen Zhu withdrew to Siming, adopted the name Songxi yimao, and used cyclical dating as an implication of non-subjection. He died in 1297; the claim that he was eighty-four remains alongside the differing birth years.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The biographies describe his retreat to Siming, the Songxi yimaao style, cyclical dating, the implication of non-subjection, death in 1297, and the age of eighty-four.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The principal record gives 1224 as the birth year, contrasting with the 1214 birth year in the biographies.
WikidataChen Zhu (Q28412041)The date claims contain both 1224 and 1214 birth values, supporting the stated discrepancy.
[10]Disciples and literary contactsZhao Yan is identified as Chen Zhu's disciple, with the courtesy name Guangshu and native place Sheng, and is associated with the appraisal that Chen was learned, discerning, talented, and strong in character. Chen was friends with Jiang Xiao, exchanged poems with Bai Ting, Dai Biaoyuan, and Kong Zhaosun, and exchanged letters with Hu Sansheng and Zhang Bochun.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The association entries identify Zhao Yan as a student and preserve his courtesy name, native place, and appraisal; they also identify Jiang Xiao as a friend, poetic exchanges with Bai Ting and two others, and correspondence with Zhang Bochun and Hu Sansheng.
[11]Forms of writingThe association entries attest to Chen Zhu's epitaphs, sacrificial texts, academy essays, postscripts to poetry and prose, the preface titled Qiantang Bai Ting shi xu, and comments on Shu Lin's works.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The association categories identify epitaphs, sacrificial texts, academy essays, postscripts to poetry and prose, the preface for Bai Ting, and commentary on Shu Lin's works.
[12]Works and extentThe works include Bentang ji, Bentang wenji, Lidai jitong, and Bentang ci. Bentang wenji is described as ninety-four juan with textual lacunae and errors, including the loss of two poetry fascicles.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The biographical passages name Bentang ji or Bentang wenji, give the ninety-four-juan extent, describe textual defects and two missing poetry fascicles, and name Lidai jitong.
CBDBChen Zhu (10543)The works list includes Bentang xiansheng wenji and Bentang ci.
[13]Poetry-text transmissionThe extant poetry collection follows the Qing Guangxu Siming Chen family's collated edition based on a Fan-family manuscript, checked against the Wenyuange Siku quanshu version of Bentang ji, with an additional fascicle for poems outside the base collection and newly collected poems.
Souyun陳著 (35051)The poetry note specifies the Qing Guangxu Siming Chen family's edition, its Fan-family manuscript basis, the Wenyuange Siku quanshu comparison text, and the separate arrangement of poems outside the base collection.
CBDB
Souyun陳著 (35051)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song figure and gives Ziwei, Bentang, Qianzhi, and Songxi yimao, together with Yin County and Fenghua; the three biographical passages provide the 1214–1297 lifespan and related names.
WikidataChen Zhu (Q28412041)The linked person item supplies the Chinese and English labels, two birth-date values corresponding to 1224 and 1214, and the aliases Ziwei, Songxi yimao, Bentang, Xiangsun, and Qianzhi.