Song Jiong

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1. 1337 監察御史 至元

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• 文淸 諡號
• 顯夫 字
• 文清 諡號

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• [為官者：文]

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1. [1] Name and dates Song Jiong was born in 1294 and died in 1346.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The biographical record gives the English name Song Jiong and the years 1294 and 1346.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile and biographical text identify Song Jiong and give his lifespan as 1294–1346.
   • WikidataSong Jiong (Q21017076)The English label is Song Jiong, and the time statements give 1294 as the birth year and 1346 as the death year.
2. [2] Status Song Jiong was a Yuan civil official and poet.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The record places him in the Yuan dynasty and classifies his official status as literary civil service.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile identifies him as a Yuan jinshi and official, while the biography discusses his poetry and poetic achievement.
3. [3] Courtesy and posthumous names His courtesy name was Xianfu; his posthumous name was Wenqing, with 文淸 as an alternate written form.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The alternate-name fields classify Xianfu and 顯夫 as the courtesy name and Wenqing, 文清, and 文淸 as posthumous forms.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile and biographical passages give 顯夫 as the courtesy name and 文清 as the posthumous name.
   • WikidataSong Jiong (Q21017076)The name data gives the English aliases Xianfu and Wenqing and the Chinese forms 顯夫 and 文清; a statement also preserves 文淸.
4. [4] Native place His registered native place was Daxing, and he was a native of Dadu.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The address entry identifies Daxing as his basic registered place.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile and biographical passages identify him as a native of Dadu, with one passage specifying Dadu-Wanping.
5. [5] Father His father was Song Zhen, written 宋楨 in the original record.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The kinship entry identifies 宋楨 as his father.
6. [6] Elder brother His elder brother was Song Ben, who lived from 1281 to 1334.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The kinship entry identifies 宋本 as his brother and gives the years 1281 and 1334.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biographies call Song Jiong the younger brother of 宋本 and describe their shared career and literary activities.
7. [7] Children and affinal relations A daughter, 宋氏, was married to 王宗仁, and 尚軌 was another son-in-law; his eldest and second sons were 宋籲 and 宋顓.
   • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The kinship entries give the daughter 宋氏 as 王宗仁's wife, name 王宗仁 and 尚軌 as sons-in-law, and identify 宋籲 and 宋顓 as the eldest and second sons.
8. [8] Early talent and recommendations From youth Song Jiong was quick-witted and startling in speech; during the 延祐 era he brought poems to the capital with his elder brother and was recommended by four prominent writers.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biography describes his early quickness and startling speech, his journey to the capital with poems during 延祐, and the recommendations by 元明善、張養浩、蔡文淵、王士熙.
9. [9] Early hardship and learning The brothers travelled with a parent in the Jianghan region, endured poverty, and developed deep, painstaking learning that extended to unofficial histories and biographies.
   • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The preface describes the brothers' travels with their parent, their worsening poverty and inadequate necessities, and the resulting breadth and rigor of their learning.
10. [10] Song Ben's examination success In the xinyou year of the Zhizhi era, Song Ben placed first in the jinshi examination.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The prefaces state that in 至治辛酉 Song Ben came first among the jinshi.
11. [11] Song Jiong's examination success Three years later Song Jiong passed as a jinshi of the first Taiding year and jiazi cohort, under Cao Yuanyong, Yu Ji, and Bochuluchong; contemporaries praised the achievement.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The examination entry confirms that Song Jiong held the jinshi status, though it does not specify the year or rank.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biography states that he passed three years after his brother, in the first Taiding jiazi examination, under 曹元用、虞集、孛朮魯翀, and that contemporary opinion honored the achievement.
12. [12] First appointments He first became a proofreader in the Secretary Directorate, then served as a companion for the returning Annamese envoys and transferred to the Hanlin National History Academy as a compiler.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The office entries give 秘書監校書郎 and 翰林國史院國史編修官.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biography gives the sequence from proofreader to companion of the Annamese envoys and then compiler in the Hanlin National History Academy.
13. [13] Intermediate offices After the Court of the Heir Apparent was established, he held two zhaomo posts, declined a censorate clerkship, and became a Hanlin xiuzhuan.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biography gives the sequence of the two 照磨 posts, the declined 御史臺掾 appointment, and the promotion to 翰林修撰.
14. [14] Censorate and external assignments At the beginning of the Zhiyuan era he became a censor, spoke frankly, served in the Shannan office, and transferred to the Shaanxi Branch Censorate.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The office record gives 監察御史 and dates its appointment to the third year of the Zhiyuan era, 1337.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biographies describe his frankness as a censor and his appointments in the Shannan and Shaanxi branch offices.
15. [15] Variant office name The Shaanxi Branch Censorate post is also given as 御史臺都事 in another office form.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The office list separately gives 御史臺都事, creating a variant alongside 陝西行臺都事.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile's title list gives 行御史台都事, another form of the same office designation.
16. [16] Later Hanlin career He became a Hanlin daizhi, rose to vice director of the Directorate of the National Academy, helped compile the histories of Song, Liao, and Jin, and became a Hanlin zhixueshi with concurrent lecturing duties.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The office entries give 翰林國史院待制, 國子監國子司業, and 翰林國史院直學士.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biographies describe his summons as 待制, promotion to 國子司業, participation in compiling the three histories, and appointment as 翰林直學士兼經筵講官.
17. [17] Death He died in the spring of the bingxu year of the Zhizheng era, 1346, while serving as Hanlin zhixueshi and imperial lecturer, aged 53.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The basic record gives 1346 as his death year.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biographical passages state that he died in the spring of the bingxu year of the Zhizheng era, while holding the Hanlin and lecture appointments, aged 53.
    • WikidataSong Jiong (Q21017076)The time statement confirms 1346 as the death year.
18. [18] Posthumous honors After his death he was granted the title of Director of the National Academy, made Marquis of Fanyang Commandery, and given Wenqing as his posthumous name.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The profile gives 范陽郡侯 as a title, and the biographies state that he was posthumously granted 國子祭酒 and 范陽郡侯 and received the posthumous name 文清.
19. [19] Associations Song Jiong was a friend of Ke Jiusi and held Zhao Bi in esteem.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The association entries identify 柯九思 as a friend and describe the relationship with 趙璧 as appreciation and esteem.
20. [20] Poetic method and style His poetry aimed to avoid stale diction, included ballads of Dadi and frontier songs, and transformed the unrestrained and impassioned spirit associated with Yan into fresh, vigorous verse.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The prefaces and anthology summary praise his effort to remove stale diction, mention the Dadi ballad and frontier song, and describe the transformation of Yan's unrestrained spirit and impassioned tone into fresh, handsome poetry.
21. [21] Critical descriptions of the poetry His poetry was praised as fresh, buoyant, occasionally strange and archaic, close to Lu Tong and Li He, profound and elegant, and strong in admonitory verse.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The literary assessments describe the poetry as 清新飄逸、間出奇古, compare it with 盧仝 and 李賀, and call it 精深幽麗 and long in 諷諭.
22. [22] Assessment of diction and prose The anthology's assessment praises his rich diction while noting occasional lack of polish and forced rhymes; it nevertheless regards the poetry and prose as self-contained in achievement and the prose as warm, pure, and formally sound.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The anthology summary says his diction was rich but sometimes overabundant, with lines insufficiently polished and rhymes forced, while judging the work broadly to form a school and the prose to be warm, pure, and stylistically sound.
23. [23] Brothers' literary reputation and title Song Jiong and Song Ben entered the Hanlin institutions in succession, both had collections circulated, and contemporaries compared them as Da Song and Xiao Song; the title Yanshi ji was connected with the family's origin in the capital.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The anthology summary and preface describe the brothers' successive entry into the academies, the circulation of their collections, the Da Song/Xiao Song comparison, and the naming of Yanshi ji after the family's capital origin.
24. [24] Yanshi ji The Yanshi ji is a fifteen-juan collection with ten juan of poetry and five of prose, compiled by Song Jiong's nephew 彍; its opening and closing sections preserve the listed prefaces, memorials, posthumous materials, and postscripts.
    • CBDBSong Jiong (27998)The works entry gives the title 燕石集.
    • Souyun宋褧 (38576)The biographies, anthology summary, and prefaces jointly confirm the collection, its fifteen-juan structure, its compiler 彍, and the materials at its beginning and end.