[1]Life dates and identityThe profile identifies Du Zheng as a Southern Song person and gives 1167–1235, while the two biographical texts give 1167–? and 1166–?; the Neo-Confucian and official identities are supplied by the status fields.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The person fields give the name Du Zheng and classify him as a Neo-Confucian scholar and a civil official.
Souyun度正 (25224)The profile identifies him as a Southern Song figure and gives 1167–1235; the two biographical texts instead give 1167–? and 1166–?, so the English text preserves the discrepancy.
WikidataDu Zheng (Q45378744)The English label and name entry identify the person as Du Zheng.
[2]Courtesy name, sobriquet, and originDu Zheng is given the courtesy name Zhouqing and the sobriquet Xingshan; the three place-name traditions are Hezhou, Tongliang in Hezhou, and Shizhao.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The basic fields give the courtesy name Zhouqing, the sobriquet Xingshan, and the native-place entry Shizhao.
Souyun度正 (25224)The profile and biographical texts give the two names and identify his origin as Hezhou, modern Hechuan, or as Tongliang in Hezhou, north of modern Tongliang; the place descriptions are translated into English here.
WikidataDu Zheng (Q45378744)The alias entries and name claims give Zhouqing and Xingshan.
[3]Teacher and reputationThe biographical texts say that Du Zheng studied under Zhu Xi, the association data places him among Zhu Xi’s school, and Ye Weidao’s praise is translated from the Chinese wording.
Souyun度正 (25224)All three biographical texts mention study under Zhu Xi, and the third preserves Ye Weidao’s praise of Du Zheng as the foremost in their circle.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The association entry identifies Du Zheng as a member of Zhu Xi’s school and names Zhu Xi as the associated figure.
[4]Examination and early appointmentsDu Zheng passed the Presented Scholar examination in Shaoxi 1, or 1190, served as an instructor at Yichang, and later taught at the Chengdu Prefectural School in the early Jiading period.
Souyun度正 (25224)The two biographical texts give the Shaoxi 1 examination, the Yichang teaching post, and the Chengdu Prefectural School appointment in the early Jiading period.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The examination and biographical fields also identify him as a Shaoxi 1 Presented Scholar and list the Presented Scholar examination category.
[5]Local careerThe local career follows the Jiading sequence; the fifth year is rendered as Jiading Commandery in one text and Jiading Prefecture in the other, so both are retained in the English wording.
Souyun度正 (25224)The biographical texts give the appointments for Jiading 3, 5, 9, and 12, and one text adds Jiading 14 as acting surveillance commissioner of Kuizhou; they differ between Jiading Commandery and Jiading Prefecture.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The office entry gives a prefectural and military administrative post whose location is Chongqing Prefecture, corroborating the Chongqing appointment.
[6]Court career and retirementThe biographical and office lists give the sequence from Assistant Director of the Imperial Academy through the military and ceremonial offices, the concurrent historiographical posts, the Vice Ministry of Rites, and retirement; the armaments title appears in a variant form in the office list.
Souyun度正 (25224)The two biographical texts provide the chronology, concurrent offices, and retirement; the profile title list supplies the corresponding office names.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The office fields list the academy, armaments, ceremonial, and historiographical posts, while the biographical note records the promotion to Vice Minister of Rites and retirement.
[7]Additional postsThe profile lists additional posts including the Household Tax Office, teaching, county and prefectural administration, judicial supervision, armaments administration, the Court of Judicial Review, school instruction, and route judicial supervision.
Souyun度正 (25224)The profile’s title list contains the ten additional Chinese office titles rendered in the sentence.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)This sentence relies on the profile for its ten additional posts; the separate office list supplies other official titles presented in the following sentence.
[8]Official titlesThe office list separately gives Chaosan lang, Qiju lang, a Ministry of Personnel post, Shidu, Shijiang, Chaoyi dafu, Tongyi dafu, and the post written as 知某府軍府事.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The office list supplies each of the eight official titles named in the sentence.
[9]Li Quan episodeThe biographical summary and association note say that Du Zheng warned that Li Quan would rebel, proposed suppression and capture, and advocated execution.
Souyun度正 (25224)The introductory biography says that as Assistant Director of the Imperial Academy he argued that Li Quan would certainly rebel and offered a suppression strategy.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The biographical note adds a plan to capture Li Quan, and the association entry gives the recommendation to execute him.
[10]RecommendationThe association entry identifies Cao Yanyue as the person who recommended Du Zheng.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The association wording says that Du Zheng was recommended by Cao Yanyue.
[11]Correspondence and associationsThe association entries record a reply from Zhu Xi, a portrait eulogy for Zhu Xi, letters sent to Ren Xiyi and Wang Shu, and farewell words received from Cheng Gongxu.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The association fields separately record the reply from Zhu Xi, the portrait eulogy for Zhu Xi, letters to Ren Xiyi and Wang Shu, and the farewell words from Cheng Gongxu.
[12]WorksThe biographical texts give the one-volume Zhouzi nianpu and fifteen-volume Xingshan tang gao; the associated figure for the former is Zhou Dunyi, and the title list also includes Yibai zhai shihua.
Souyun度正 (25224)The biographical texts name Xingshan tang gao and Zhouzi nianpu, giving the latter as one volume and the former as fifteen volumes.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The title list includes Xingshan tang gao, Zhouzi nianpu, and Yibai zhai shihua, while the association entry identifies Zhouzi nianpu with Zhou Dunyi.
[13]Transmission of the collected worksThe collected works are said to have been lost and later reconstructed by Qing editors from the Yongle dadian as a fifteen-volume collection containing four volumes of poetry.
Souyun度正 (25224)The texts state that Xingshan tang wenji was lost and that Qing editors used the Yongle dadian to compile a fifteen-volume Xingshan tang gao, four volumes of which are poetry.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The title list independently includes Xingshan tang gao.
[14]Epitaphs, funeral texts, and school recordThe association entries attribute epitaphs to Liu Shenxi and Chen Yonggeng, funeral texts to Liu Guangzu and Wu Lie, and a school record to Yuwen Dong.
CBDBDu Zheng (13810)The association entries specify the two epitaphs, the two funeral texts, and the school record named in the sentence.
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