Fan Chengda

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1. 1168 知某州軍州事
2. 1173 知某府軍府事
3. 1173 集英殿修撰
4. 1174 安撫制置使
5. 1174 知某府軍府事
6. 1180 中奉大夫
7. 1180 沿海制置使
8. 1181 中大夫
9. 1181 知某州軍州事
10. 1191 知某軍事

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• 文穆 諡號
• 石湖居士 室名、別號
• 至能 字
• 致能 字

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• 詩人
• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Identity and dates Fan Chengda was a Southern Song poet and literary writer who lived from 1126 to 1193.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The name, life dates, Song affiliation, and poet status jointly support the opening identification.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The profile and biographical entries provide the name, dates, Southern Song setting, and poet identification.
   • WikidataFan Chengda (Q626733)The English and Chinese labels, writer-and-scholar description, poet description, and date values confirm the identification.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority entry supplies the name, year ranges, and Southern Song literary identity.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquet His courtesy name appears as Zhineng or 致能, and his sobriquet was Shihu Jushi.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The alternate-name values identify Shihu Jushi and the two Chinese forms Zhineng and 致能, with the latter forms classified as the courtesy name.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The profile and biographical entries consistently give the courtesy-name forms and Shihu Jushi.
   • WikidataFan Chengda (Q626733)The alias values include the English form Zhineng and the Chinese forms 致能, 至能, and 石湖居士.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority aliases include范致能, 石湖居士, and 范至能, confirming the name variants.
3. [3] Additional names The biographical entry gives Youyuan as another courtesy name and Cishan Jushi as an earlier sobriquet.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The alias profile and the full biographical entry explicitly provide 幼元 and the earlier sobriquet 此山居士.
4. [4] Native-place variants The native place is given as both Kunshan and Wu County, with Wu County located in present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The address values list Kunshan as the basic native place and Wu County as another native-place entry.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The profile and biographies identify the native place as Wu County in present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The birth-place value is Wu County.
5. [5] Family The family relationships include his father, siblings, father-in-law, relation by marriage, son-in-law, and nephew.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The kinship values identify Fan Yu, Wei Xinchen, Wang Bao, Fan Chengxiang, Fan Chengji, Fan Wei, and Wang Mai with their respective relationships.
6. [6] Jinshi examination Fan Chengda passed the jinshi examination in the twenty-fourth year of the Shaoxing era, 1154.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The examination entry confirms that he held jinshi status.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The biographies place the jinshi success in the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing and give the Western year 1154.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note explicitly gives the 1154 jinshi examination.
7. [7] First appointment His initial appointment was Assistant Military Registrar of Huizhou.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The title profile and two career accounts identify his initial Huizhou office as 徽州司戶參軍.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note describes the initial appointment as 戶曹, the same office family as 司戶參軍.
8. [8] Early service He entered the Taiping Huimin Hejiju in the thirty-second year of Shaoxing and served in the review office during Longxing's first year.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career account gives the Shaoxing thirty-second-year pharmacy appointment and the Longxing first-year Shengzheng and Edict Office review appointment.
9. [9] Qiandao early career From the first through third years of Qiandao, he became Assistant Director of the Palace Library, was dismissed from the Ministry of Personnel, supervised Taizhou Chongdao Temple, and then became prefect of Chuzhou.
   • Souyun范成大 (31372)The two career accounts describe the Qiandao first-to-third-year promotions, dismissal, temple appointment, and prefecture appointment.
   • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values additionally identify the Chuzhou prefectural appointment.
10. [10] Chuzhou administration As prefect of Chuzhou, he restored the Tongji Dyke and secured irrigation benefits for the people.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The biographical account explicitly connects his restoration of the Tongji Dyke with irrigation benefits for the people.
11. [11] Court and historiographical offices During the fifth and sixth years of Qiandao he held Ministry of Rites, Chongzhengdian, National History, Attendance, and Veritable Records offices.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career accounts detail the Ministry of Rites, Chongzhengdian, National History, Attendance, and Veritable Records appointments.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values confirm the Chongzhengdian lecturing title.
12. [12] Jin mission He went to Jin as an envoy and acting Grand Academician, then became a Secretariat Drafter and helped compile official histories.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The biographies describe the Qiandao sixth-year Jin mission, the successful conduct of the embassy, and the offices held after his return.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note confirms that he served as an envoy to Jin.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values include the credentials-bearing envoy and Secretariat Drafter titles.
13. [13] Guangxi and Sichuan offices He governed Jingjiang with the Guangxi military commission and later held the Sichuan commission while governing Chengdu.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career entries and title profile jointly identify the Jingjiang, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Chengdu appointments.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office-address values list Jingjiang, Chengdu, and Sichuan.
14. [14] Chunxi fourth year In 1177 he sought retirement because of illness and was then made Acting Minister of Rites after an audience.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career accounts record his illness, request to return, audience, and appointment as Acting Minister of Rites.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office value confirms the Acting Minister of Rites title.
15. [15] Vice grand councillor In Chunxi's fifth year he presided over the metropolitan examination, held several concurrent offices, became Vice Grand Councillor, and was impeached and removed after two months.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The biographies describe the metropolitan examination, concurrent offices, Vice Grand Councillor appointment, two-month tenure, impeachment, and worship-retirement appointment.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values confirm Vice Grand Councillor and the Grand Master rank.
16. [16] Late local offices He governed Mingzhou and held the coastal commission, then governed Jiankang with Jiangdong and palace-residence responsibilities.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career accounts and title profile confirm the Mingzhou, coastal, Jiankang, Jiangdong, and palace-residence offices.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values include the Mingzhou post, Coastal Military Commissioner, and Palace-Lodging Commissioner.
17. [17] Retirement and Fuzhou He retired on grounds of illness in Chunxi's tenth year and declined the Fuzhou appointment in the fifteenth year.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The two career accounts give the illness retirement and the later Fuzhou appointment that he did not take up or firmly declined.
18. [18] Shaoxi and Nanping In 1192 he received the Grand Academician title and the Taiping prefecture, while another office entry places him in Nanping in 1191–1192.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The career accounts confirm the 1192 Zizheng Hall and Taiping appointments followed by a request for retirement.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values give the Grand Academician title and a 1191–1192 military-administrator appointment at Nanping.
19. [19] Additional titles His recorded titles also include several rank titles, hall academicians, a cavalry title, and an imperial-credentials envoy title.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The office values list the three rank titles, the Duanming and Jiying Hall titles, the Zizheng Hall title, Cavalry Commandant, and the credentials-bearing envoy.
20. [20] Retirement and posthumous honors He retired to Shihu, died at sixty-eight, and received the posthumous rank of Junior Preceptor, the title Duke of Chongguo, and the name Wenmu.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The biographies record his return to Shihu, death in the fourth year of Shaoxi at sixty-eight, and the posthumous honors.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The death year, Chongguo title, and Wenmu posthumous-name values corroborate the final honors.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The year range, Wenmu alias, and authority note support the death and posthumous-name statements.
21. [21] Friendships The association values identify Lu You and Jiang Kui as friends and Yang Wanli as a same-year friend.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The association values explicitly classify Lu You and Jiang Kui as friends and Yang Wanli as a same-year friend.
22. [22] Recommendations and staff The association values record recommendations, a student relationship, and staff appointments involving Li Shourou, He Song, Jian Shijie, Zhang Lu, You Cigong, and Zhao Panlao.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The association values name the recommended persons, the student, and the staff members; the note explicitly says that Jian Shijie was recruited into the staff.
23. [23] Poetic reputation He was known for poetry and ci lyric, especially pastoral poetry, and was grouped with You Mao, Yang Wanli, and Lu You as the Southern Song's Four Great Poets.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The poetry and literary entries describe his poetic and ci talent, pastoral poetry, and membership in the Southern Song Four Great Poets.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note confirms his literary reputation, poetic skill, and the Four Great Poets designation.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The status value identifies him as a poet.
    • WikidataFan Chengda (Q626733)The descriptions identify him as a Chinese writer and scholar and as a Southern Song poet.
24. [24] Representative work Four Seasons: Rural Excursions consists of sixty poems.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note names 四時田園雜興 as a representative work of sixty poems.
25. [25] Collections The 136-volume Shihu Complete Works is lost, while a 34-volume Shihu Jushi Poetry Collection survives.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The poetry entry gives the 136-volume collection and its loss, and identifies the surviving Shihu Jushi Poetry Collection.
26. [26] Major writings His works include poetry, ci, local gazetteers, and records of embassies and journeys, with variant forms for Canluan Record.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The literary entries list the Shihu, Lanpei, Wuchuan, Wu Commandery, Guihai, and Shihu Ci works, including Canluan Record.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The title values list the poetry collection, Wu Commandery Gazetteer, Guihai Record, Canluan Record, Lanpei Record, Wuchuan Record, Shihu Ci, Ju Manual, and Plum Manual.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database范成大 (A000868)The authority note confirms Lanpei Record, Shihu poetry and ci, Guihai Record, Canlu Record, and Wu Commandery Gazetteer.
27. [27] Guihai titles The additional titles include specialist works on the Guihai region, plants, animals, implements, wines, and Taihu stones, as well as lost passages.
    • CBDBFan Chengda (7211)The title values enumerate the Guihai fragments, specialist Guihai works, Shihu Chrysanthemum Manual, and Taihu Stone Record.
28. [28] Wuchang poems In 1177 he visited the Southern Tower at Wuchang, wrote two poems, and expressed frustration, unfulfilled ambition, and praise of the river city.
    • Souyun范成大 (31372)The literary biography gives the 1177 Mid-Autumn journey from Sichuan, repeated visits to the Southern Tower, the two poems, and their emotional and descriptive content.