Shen Miao

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1. 1037 知某軍事
2. 1041 尚書省刑部都官司員外郎
3. 1041 知某州軍州事
4. 1043 轉運使

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1. [1] Name, dates, status and origin Shen Miao lived from 1002 to 1047, was a Song-dynasty official, bore the courtesy name Zishan, and came from Yiyang in Xinzhou, now Yiyang in Jiangxi; the English rendering Shen Mo is also attested.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The person record gives the name Shen Miao, the Chinese name 沈邈, the years 1002 and 1047, the Song dynasty, the courtesy name Zishan, and Yiyang as the ancestral place.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The profile and three biographical passages identify him as a Song-dynasty man from Yiyang in Xinzhou, now in Jiangxi, and give the courtesy name Zishan.
   • WikidataShen Mo (Q11138797)The English label is Shen Mo, while the name and alias entries provide 沈邈 and Zishan.
2. [2] Examination and first appointment Shen Miao passed the jinshi examination, was placed in the first category, and began his official career as a Review Officer of the Court of Judicial Review.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi in the first category, and the office list includes 大理寺評事.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The biographical passages state that he attained the jinshi degree and was appointed to 大理評事.
3. [3] Baoyuan-period local appointments During the Baoyuan era of Emperor Renzong, Shen Miao governed Houguan, served as assistant prefect at Guangzhou and Tanzhou, and governed Zhenzhou and Fuzhou.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The titles and biographical passages list Houguan, Guangzhou, Zhenzhou and Fuzhou, while the poetry biography places the Houguan appointment in the Baoyuan era and the other passage gives the assistant-prefect sequence.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The office entries pair the Houguan, Guangzhou, Tanzhou and Fuzhou locations with county, assistant-prefect and prefectural appointments.
4. [4] Qingli career At the beginning of the Qingli era, Shen Miao served as Investigating Censor, acting Salt and Iron Judge, Vice Director in the Ministry of War and zhi Shiguan; he then held transport, censorial and palace-academy appointments in Jingdong, Chanzhou, Hebei and Shaanxi.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The title list and the prose biography together trace the Qingli appointments from Investigating Censor through the Jingdong, Hebei and Shaanxi transport commissions.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The office entries list 侍御史, 直史館, 兵部員外郎, 侍御史知雜事 and 天章閣待制, together with the Jingdong, Hebei and Shaanxi transport appointments.
5. [5] Censorial remonstrance As an Investigating Censor, he opposed promotion without achievement, accused Xia Song of secretly cultivating eunuch connections to monopolize state affairs, and argued during Lü Yijian’s dismissal that the frontier was repeatedly in alarm while the court had made no plan against external threats.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The biographical passage describes his opposition to unmerited advancement and his charge that Xia Song secretly associated with eunuchs in order to monopolize official business.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The association entries identify the impeachment of Xia Song and preserve the statement made when Lü Yijian was dismissed and the assisting ministers were promoted, including the warning about frontier alarms and the absence of a court plan.
6. [6] Yanzhou, death and burial In the fifth year of Qingli (1045), Shen Miao became governor of Yanzhou, ended his career as Langzhong in the Ministry of Justice, died at Yanzhou in 1047, and was buried at Luoyang in 1071.
   • Souyun沈邈 (29152)The three biographical passages state that his career ended with 刑部郎中 and the governorship of Yanzhou, and one passage dates the Yanzhou appointment to the fifth year of Qingli, 1045.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The person and office entries give 1047 as the death year, identify Yanzhou as the place of death, and list the Ministry of Justice and Yanzhou offices.
7. [7] Burial place The burial-place entry identifies Luoyang and gives 1071 as its associated year.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The address entry identifies Luoyang as the burial place and associates it with the year 1071.
8. [8] Additional titles The wider office list includes appointments in the Court of Judicial Review, Palace Attendance Service, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Ministries of Works and Justice, as well as civil and military honorifics.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The office entries list these central offices, ranks, ennoblement, military honorific and bestowed-red clothing designation.
9. [9] Additional local appointments Additional local appointments included 知某軍事 at Jian’an Army, county offices at Quanzhou, Jiangshan and Houguan, and assistant-prefect posts at Guangzhou and Tanzhou.
   • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The office and location entries pair Jian’an Army, Quanzhou, Jiangshan, Houguan, Guangzhou and Tanzhou with the relevant military, county and assistant-prefect titles.
10. [10] Prefectural and frontier appointments He also held prefectural posts at Fuzhou, Tanzhou and Yanzhou, an acting prefecture at Qinzhou, a prefectural military office in Shaanxi Circuit, and frontier commands in the Fuyan Circuit.
    • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The office entries list the Fuzhou, Tanzhou, Yanzhou, Qinzhou, Shaanxi and Fuyan locations with their prefectural, military and frontier commands.
11. [11] Ancestors His ancestry includes Shen Jiji as an eleventh-generation ancestor and Shen Chuanshi (777–835) as a tenth-generation ancestor; the relationships for Shen Zhan and Shen Yue preserve variant generational designations.
    • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The kinship entries identify Shen Jiji and Shen Chuanshi as the eleventh- and tenth-generation ancestors, give Shen Chuanshi’s years, and preserve the two generational descriptions for Shen Zhan and Shen Yue.
12. [12] Immediate family His great-grandfather was Shen Yan, his grandfather Shen Shigu, and his father Shen Wenxu; both his mother and wife belonged to the Qian family.
    • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The family entries list Shen Yan, Shen Shigu, Shen Wenxu, and Qian as the mother and wife surnames with their stated relationships.
13. [13] Sons Shen Miao had four sons: Shen Qunyu, Shen Jiayu, Shen Boyu and Shen Yiyu, in the order of eldest through fourth son.
    • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The kinship entries list four sons in order as eldest, second, third and fourth.
14. [14] Grandchildren and sons-in-law The family entries list six grandsons, an eldest daughter named Shen, and the husbands of the second and third daughters, Deng Zizhen and Wu Anju.
    • CBDBShen Miao (1455)The kinship entries list the six grandsons, the eldest daughter Shen, and the second and third sons-in-law.