Hu Yan

TimelineCBDB

1. 1399 知縣 建文
2. 1402 侍讀 建文
3. 1402 檢討 建文
4. 1403 總裁官 永樂
5. 1404 侍讀 永樂
6. 1404 國子祭酒 永樂
7. 1404 左春坊左諭德 永樂
8. 1410 侍講 永樂
9. 1411 纂修官 永樂
10. 1421 國子祭酒 永樂
11. 1425 太子賓客 洪熙
12. 1425 祭酒 洪熙
13. 1425 禮部侍郎 洪熙

Office recordsCBDB

FamilyCBDB

AliasesCBDB

• 若思 字
• 頤庵 室名、別號
• 頤菴 室名、別號

StatusCBDB

• 書法家
• 畫家
• [為官者：文]

AssociationsCBDB

ExaminationsCBDB

WorksCBDB

Citations

1. [1] Identity and dates The biographical and authority entries identify him as Hu Yan/胡儼, a Ming figure associated with official, literary, calligraphic, and pictorial work. His birth year is variously given as 1360 or 1361, while his death year is 1443; the linked entity uses the English label “Chu Jen” but also lists “Hu Yan” as an English name.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The identity fields give Hu Yan, 胡儼, 1360–1443, and the Ming dynasty; the status fields classify him as an official, calligrapher, and painter.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biographical profile gives 1361–1443 and the Ming dynasty, while the biographical passages describe his literary reputation and his skill in calligraphy and painting.
   • WikidataChu Jen (Q6728564)The entity has the English label “Chu Jen” but lists “Hu Yan” among its English names; its description identifies a Ming-dynasty person, and its time claims give the two birth-year values and two 1443 death values.
2. [2] Names and native place The courtesy name is Ruosi and the style name appears as Yian in both 頤庵 and 頤菴 forms. Nanchang is the usual native-place identification, while another account calls him a native of Xin'gan who lived in Nanchang.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The name fields identify Ruosi as the courtesy name, give Yian in both Chinese forms as a style name or sobriquet, and give Nanchang as the native place.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The profile and biographies give Ruosi, Yian, Jiangxi Nanchang, and the alternative Xin'gan–Nanchang identification.
   • WikidataChu Jen (Q6728564)The Chinese name list also gives 若思 and 頤菴.
3. [3] Examination background The accounts differ in their description of his examination background: one gives Hongwu 20 and appointment as instructor at Huating, another gives the second class of the metropolitan examination at the end of Hongwu, and another calls him a Hongwu dingmao juren. The entry designations also include recommendation, a xianggong juren, and a second-list result.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The entry and office fields include recommendation, xianggong juren, a second-list result, and a Hongwu appointment as instructor at Huating.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The three biographical passages provide the Hongwu twentieth-year appointment, the late-Hongwu second-class examination, and the Hongwu dingmao juren alternatives; the time label equates Hongwu 20 with 1387.
4. [4] Early offices After Huating, the career sequence proceeds through Changyuan and Yuqian and then Tongcheng at the beginning of Jianwen; the reason of seeking a more convenient posting is stated in the narrative biography.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The office entries list instructor posts at Changyuan and Yuqian and a Jianwen post as magistrate of Tongcheng.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biography explicitly gives the transfers to Changyuan and Yuqian, the request for a convenient place, and the Jianwen appointment at Tongcheng.
5. [5] Hanlin appointment The appointment date for Hanlin jian tao is disputed between the beginning of Yongle and a Jianwen fourth-year office entry; the sources also give Xie Jin’s recommendation.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The association note says Xie Jin recommended the appointment, while the office entry gives a Jianwen fourth-year jian tao posting and the Hanlin title.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biographies place his entry into the Hanlin at the beginning of Yongle and describe the recommendation by which he entered.
6. [6] Later Hanlin offices The subsequent career included service in the Wenyuan Pavilion, the posts of shidu, left Chunfang yude, Imperial Academy director, and Hanlin lecturer, together with supervision of the academy.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The office entries list shidu, left Chunfang yude, Imperial Academy director, Hanlin lecturer, and supervision of the Hanlin Academy.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biographies describe service in the Wenyuan Pavilion, the successive posts, the concurrent Hanlin lectureship, and control of the academy.
7. [7] Editorial appointments The biographical account names him as chief editor for the Taizu Veritable Records, the Yongle Encyclopedia, and the Atlas of the Realm; the title list gives the variant Chongxiu Taizu Shilu, while the office entries add chief-editor and compiler appointments.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The titles and offices provide Chongxiu Taizu Shilu, the Yongle Encyclopedia, the Atlas of the Realm, and the chief-editor and compiler roles.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biography directly connects Hu Yan with the chief editorship of the Taizu Veritable Records, Yongle Encyclopedia, and Atlas of the Realm.
8. [8] Retirement The biographies describe illness, retirement at the beginning of Hongxi, advancement to Taizi binke while retaining the directorship, and the later summons as vice minister of rites followed by his refusal.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The office entries include the directorship, the Hongxi appointment as Taizi binke, and the Hongxi appointment as vice minister of rites.
   • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biographies give the illness-related retirement, the concurrent directorship, the Taizi binke advancement, and the summons as vice minister of rites; the time label identifies the beginning of Hongxi as 1425.
9. [9] Family The kinship entries name his father as 胡重器, his son as 胡暕, and his grandsons as 胡順, 胡訥, and 胡詵.
   • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The kinship fields explicitly give the father, son, and three grandsons with their Chinese names.
10. [10] Learning and painting The biographies describe his wide study of astronomy, geography, calendrical science, medicine, and divination, as well as his skill in calligraphy and painting; the painting account adds ink depictions of sheep and deer and bamboo, rocks, and orchids, while the status fields classify him as calligrapher and painter.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The status fields classify him as a calligrapher and painter.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biography lists astronomy, geography, calendrical science, medicine, and divination among his fields of study and says that he also excelled in calligraphy and painting.
11. [11] Painting practice The painting account says that he used ink and a blunt brush for lively depictions of sheep and deer and could also paint bamboo, rocks, lan, and hui.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The painting passage gives the blunt-brush sheep and deer and the bamboo, rock, lan, and hui subjects.
12. [12] Poetic style The poetic assessment places his verse near the Xijiang school, calls its diction elevated and its allusions deep, and contrasts its atmosphere with the calm and polished manner of the Three Yangs.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The literary assessment directly compares the Xijiang school, the Three Yangs, and the diction and allusive depth of his poetry.
13. [13] Court poetry The court-literary passage describes seven members of the Grand Secretariat exchanging poems at the court academy during Taizong’s reign and names Direct Pavilion Matters among the poems.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The passage states that during Taizong’s reign seven inner-court officials exchanged poems at the academy and that Direct Pavilion Matters was among them.
14. [14] Esteem and literary connections The association entries say that Li Xu entered the Imperial College through recommendation during Yongle and was especially esteemed by Hu Yan, and that Hu Yan praised Luo Chi for yima talent.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The association notes directly give Li Xu’s Yongle entry into the Imperial College and Hu Yan’s esteem, as well as Hu Yan’s praise of Luo Chi’s yima talent.
15. [15] Teacher–student relationships The association fields link Yang Pu and Hu Yan through a discipleship relationship and identify 查朂已 as Hu Yan’s student.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The association fields mark the Yang Pu relationship as a discipleship relation and the 查朂已 relationship as student of the subject.
16. [16] Epitaph, portrait encomium, and inscription The association entries name the recipients of an epitaph and a portrait encomium and connect Hu Yan with Tao Zongyi’s Nan cun caotang ji.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The association entries separately identify the epitaph for Zeng Ruyao, the portrait encomium for Cheng Jufu, and the Nan cun caotang ji for Tao Zongyi.
17. [17] Works The work titles include the thirty-volume 頤菴集 and its 頤庵 variant, 頤菴文選 and its 頤庵 variant, and the one-volume 胡氏雜說, which is assigned the author role.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The title fields give the three works, the thirty-volume count for 頤菴集, the variant form 頤菴文選, and the author role for 胡氏雜說.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The biographies provide the 頤庵文選, 頤菴集, and thirty-volume 頤庵集 forms.
18. [18] Poetry notes appended to the collection The end of 頤庵集 is said to append several notes on poetry discussing poems by Yu Bo-sheng, including the pieces associated with Xieyun Studio and Tengwang Pavilion.
    • Souyun胡儼 (50094)The literary passage says that the end of 頤庵集 contains several poetry notes concerning Yu Bo-sheng’s Xieyun Studio and Tengwang Pavilion poems.
    • CBDBHu Yan (34479)The title list identifies the collection as the thirty-volume work 頤菴集 attributed to Hu Yan.