Sun Kuang

TimelineCBDB

1. 1591 左僉都御史 萬曆
2. 1592 御史 萬曆
3. 1594 總督軍務 萬曆
4. 1604 右都御史 萬曆

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 三十五 行第
• 幼子 行第
• 文融 字
• 月峯 室名、別號

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

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Citations

1. [1] Name and dates The name Sun Kuang and the years 1542–1613 are corroborated, while another account supplies the specific dates 21 April 1543 and 27 May 1613.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The main person record gives the name Sun Kuang and the years 1542 and 1613.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entries give 1542–1613 and, in another entry, the specific dates 21 April 1543 to 27 May 1613.
   • WikidataSun Kuang (Q10945703)The English label is Sun Kuang, and the birth and death year statements correspond to 1542 and 1613.
2. [2] Identity Sun Kuang was a Ming official and scholar.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The profile identifies the dynasty as Ming, and the biographical text describes him as a Ming official and scholar.
3. [3] Names and origin His courtesy name was Wenrong, his sobriquet Yuefeng, and he came from Yuyao in Zhejiang; Sanshiwu and Youzi were lineage names.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The name records identify Wenrong as the courtesy name, Yuefeng as the sobriquet, Sanshiwu and Youzi as lineage names, and Yuyao as the ancestral place.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The profile and biographical entry give the courtesy name Wenrong, the sobriquet Yuefeng, and Yuyao in Zhejiang.
   • WikidataSun Kuang (Q10945703)The name data include Wenrong, Yuefeng, Sanshiwu, Youzi, 文融, and 月峯.
4. [4] Family The family relationships identify his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, mother, stepmother, and wife, together with the available dates.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The kinship entries identify 孫新 as great-grandfather, 孫燧 as grandfather, 孫陞 as father, and 楊氏, 韓氏, and 胡氏 as mother, stepmother, and wife; they also give the recorded years.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entry explicitly identifies Sun Kuang as the son of 孫陞.
5. [5] Siblings The kinship entries list seven elder brothers and one younger brother.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The kinship entries classify the seven named elder brothers and 孫鑲 as the younger brother.
6. [6] Household register The household address is Jinyiwei, while the biographical wording describes him as belonging to the Jinyiwei official register.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The address entry identifies Jinyiwei as the household-registration place.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical text calls him a Jinyiwei official-register member.
7. [7] Provincial examination In 1570, Sun Kuang ranked forty-seventh in the Shuntian examination and became a juren.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical text gives the Longqing fourth-year date, the Shuntian prefectural examination, and the forty-seventh juren ranking.
8. [8] Metropolitan examination In 1574, he came first in the metropolitan examination, ranked fourth in the second degree among the jinshi, and was thirty-two years old.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entries give the Jiaxu metropolitan-examination first place, the second-degree fourth-place jinshi result, and the age of thirty-two.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The examination entry gives the second-degree fourth-place jinshi ranking.
9. [9] Early appointments His early appointments included 主事, 員外, 郎中, 吏部考功司郎中, and 吏部文選清吏司郎中; the first department is given in two ways.
   • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The office entries give 兵部主事, 吏部考功司郎中, and 吏部文選清吏司郎中.
   • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The profile and biography give 吏部主事, 員外, and 郎中, and state that he was appointed 吏部主事 after the examination.
10. [10] Personnel administration As 文選郎中, he clarified the personnel-selection system, then rose to 兵部侍郎 and additionally became 右都御史.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entry describes his work as 文選郎中, his clarification of the personnel system, and his later offices of 兵部侍郎 and 右都御史.
11. [11] Court office He was promoted to 太常寺少卿 in 1584 and recalled to the same office in 1590.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The chronology gives the twelfth-year promotion and the eighteenth-year recall to 太常寺少卿.
12. [12] Censorate and Shandong From 1591 to 1592, he held censorate offices and became governor of Shandong with responsibility for agricultural military affairs.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The chronology supplies the 1591 and 1592 promotions, the censorate duty, the Shandong governorship, and the agricultural military responsibility.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The office entries separately give the 1591 左僉都御史 appointment and the 1592 censorate office associated with Shandong.
13. [13] Jiliao or Korea In 1593–1594, he advanced to 刑部左侍郎 and 右僉都御史 and replaced 顧養謙 in a frontier commission; the location is given as Jiliao or Korea.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)One biographical passage describes the appointment as managing Korea, while the chronological passage gives the 1593 刑部左侍郎 promotion and the 1594 Jiliao commission under 顧養謙's replacement.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The office entries give 經略 and a 1594 總督軍務 appointment at 薊遼總督.
14. [14] Eastern expedition He was rewarded in 1599 after the eastern expedition succeeded.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The chronology states that in the twenty-seventh year, the eastern expedition succeeded and he received rewards.
15. [15] Nanjing offices In 1604–1606, he held senior Nanjing censorate and military offices, participated in military affairs, and received the additional title 太子少保.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The chronology gives the 1604 Nanjing censorate office, the 1605 Nanjing military office and participation in military affairs, and the 1606 addition of 太子少保.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The office entries give the 1604 右都御史 appointment at Nanjing and also list 參贊機務 and 太子少保.
16. [16] Retirement In 1609, he requested dismissal after the report of 留都天鳴 and was allowed to leave office.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The chronology states that in the thirty-seventh year he requested dismissal after 留都天鳴 was reported and received permission to leave.
17. [17] Mining supervisors He petitioned for unlawful mining supervisors to receive severe punishment and, after impeachment, requested permission to return home.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entry describes his petition concerning unlawful mining supervisors, his impeachment, and his request to return home.
18. [18] Collected writings The works named for him include several collections, with differing titles across the entries.
    • Souyun孫鑛 (44814)The biographical entries name 《孫月峰全集》, 《今文選》, and 《居業編》.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The works entry gives the twelve-volume 《姚江孫月峰先生集》.
19. [19] Other works Four additional titles are classified as works authored by him.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The works entries classify the four named books under his authorship.
20. [20] Friendship and preface The association entries connect him with friendship, recommendation, and a book-preface matter involving the named persons.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The association entries give friendship with 史孝復, a recommendation relation with 蔣宏濟, and a book-preface relation involving 于愼行.
21. [21] Tomb inscriptions one He wrote tomb inscriptions for the first six named people.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The association entries classify the six named relationships as tomb inscriptions.
22. [22] Tomb inscriptions two He wrote further tomb inscriptions, a biography, and a jointly authored work involving 張元抃.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The association entries classify five further tomb inscriptions, a biography of 張元抃, and a jointly authored work with 張元抃.
23. [23] Stele and biographical texts He wrote spirit-way inscriptions, a tomb表, and biographical accounts for the named individuals.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The association entries identify the subjects of the spirit-way inscriptions, tomb表, and biographical accounts.
24. [24] Correspondence The association entries connect him by correspondence with six people and separately include replies involving two of them.
    • CBDBSun Kuang (129810)The association entries record letters from the six named people, with separate reply entries for 鄒元標 and 趙南星.