Lü Nangong

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• 次儒 字
• 灌園 室名、別號

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1. [1] Life dates and status Lü Nangong lived from 1047 to 1086 and was a scholar of the Northern Song.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The profile and three biographical entries give his name, dates of birth and death, and Song-dynasty identity; the profile specifies the Northern Song.
   • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The basic record gives the Latin name Lü Nangong, places him in the Song dynasty, and classifies him as a scholar.
   • WikidataLv Nangong (Q9626931)The item uses Lv Nangong as its English label and describes him as a Song-dynasty person.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquet His courtesy name was Ciru and his sobriquet was Guanyuan.
   • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The alternative-name entries identify Ciru as the courtesy name and Guanyuan as a sobriquet or studio name.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The profile identifies 次儒 as a courtesy name and 灌园 as a sobriquet, corresponding to Ciru and Guanyuan.
   • WikidataLv Nangong (Q9626931)The name entries give the English aliases Ciru and Guanyuan and their Chinese forms.
3. [3] Additional style He was also styled 灌園先生, rendered here as Guanyuan xiansheng.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The profile and biographical entries use 灌園先生 as an additional style or sobriquet.
4. [4] Native place Lü Nangong was from Nancheng in Jianchang, present-day Nancheng in Jiangxi.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The profile and three entries identify his native place as Jianchang Nancheng, now Nancheng in Jiangxi.
   • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The basic address entry classifies Nancheng as his native-place address.
5. [5] Family and early travel He came from a poor family of scholars and travelled beyond his native area at the end of the Zhiping era.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The biographical entry describes his poor scholar-family background and his travel outside the native area at the end of the Zhiping era.
6. [6] Examination career In the early Xining era he took the Ministry of Rites examination and failed repeatedly for more than a decade; another account describes a single unsuccessful examination attempt.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The profile includes the Ministry of Rites and jinshi examination labels; the three entries give differing formulations—one unsuccessful attempt at the examination hall, a failed jinshi attempt, and repeated failures over more than ten years.
7. [7] Withdrawal from examinations After judging that he could not follow the fashions of the age, he abandoned the examination route, built a house and garden, and ceased to pursue official advancement.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The three entries describe his inability or unwillingness to follow contemporary fashions, his abandonment of the examinations, his house and garden, and his withdrawal from official advancement.
8. [8] Recommendation and death At the beginning of the Yuanyou era, Zeng Zhao recommended him for the teacher-and-exemplar category; officials proposed appointing him, but he died before appointment at the age of forty.
   • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The three entries describe the Yuanyou recommendation, the proposed appointment, and his death before appointment; they also preserve the detailed praise of his learning, writing, independence from conventional learning, poverty and adherence to principle, aspiration to emulate the ancients, and suitability as a teacher and exemplar.
   • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The examination-status entry identifies recommendation as a category, and the relationship entry names Zeng Zhao as the recommender.
9. [9] Father-in-law His father-in-law was Li Mian, who lived from 1025 to 1064.
   • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The kinship entry identifies Li Mian as his father-in-law and gives Li Mian's birth and death years as 1025 and 1064.
10. [10] Associations and correspondence Zeng Jingchu was his friend, Cai Tian studied under him, and he wrote to Zeng Gong and Zeng Zhao.
    • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The relationship entries identify Zeng Jingchu as a friend, Cai Tian as a student, and correspondence addressed to Zeng Zhao and Zeng Gong.
11. [11] Writing and historical judgment After withdrawing, he devoted himself to writing and teaching and used historical writing to express praise and censure.
    • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The three entries describe his writing and teaching after withdrawal and his use of historical writing for praise and censure.
12. [12] Transmission of the collected works His works are known under the titles Guanyuan xiansheng ji and Guanyuan ji; Lü Yu compiled a thirty-volume collection from the manuscripts, which was later lost, and Qing editors compiled twenty volumes from material in the Yongle dadian.
    • Souyun呂南公 (24939)The three entries preserve both collection titles and describe Lü Yu's thirty-volume compilation, its loss, and the Qing reconstruction of twenty volumes from the Yongle dadian.
    • CBDBLü Nangong (19840)The works entry gives the title Guanyuan ji in twenty volumes.