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[1]Life dates and historical settingWang Feng was born in 1319 and died in 1388. The records place him at the Yuan–Ming transition, while one classification labels him Ming; his poems and poetry collection support describing him as a poet.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The main record gives the name Wang Feng, birth year 1319, death year 1388, and a Ming dynasty classification.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The profile gives the name, birth year and date, death year, and late-Yuan–early-Ming setting; the biographical passages describe his poetry and poetry collection.
WikidataWang Feng (Q45413941)The item is labelled Wang Feng, carries a Ming-dynasty description, and gives time values for birth in 1319 and death in 1388.
[2]Courtesy name and native placeWang Feng was styled Yuanji, came from Jiangyin in Changzhou Prefecture, and used the sobriquets Ximao Shanren, Wuxi Zi, and Zuixian Yuanding.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The main record gives the courtesy name Yuanji, the sobriquets Ximao Shanren and Zuixian Yuanding, and Jiangyin as the basic native place.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The profile and biographical passages give the courtesy name, Jiangyin native place, and the sobriquets Ximao Shanren, Wuxi Zi, and Zuixian Yuanding.
WikidataWang Feng (Q45413941)The Traditional Chinese aliases list Yuanji, Ximao Shanren, and Zuixian Yuanding, and the claims repeat these name forms.
[4]Early reputation and recommendationsBy early adulthood Wang Feng had a literary reputation; in the middle of the Zhizheng era he wrote the River-Clearing Eulogy, was jointly recommended by the xingtai and censorial offices, and declined on grounds of illness.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The biographical passages say that he had a literary reputation by the age of twenty, wrote the River-Clearing Eulogy during Zhizheng, was recommended by the relevant offices, and declined because of illness.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The status entry records that he was incapacitated or withdrawn because of illness, supporting the account of declining on medical grounds.
[5]Huangshan and the Ximao sobriquetHe had long lived at Huangshan along the river and used the sobriquet Ximao Shanren.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The biographical passage says that he had long lived at Huangshan by the river and styled himself Ximao Shanren.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The alternate-name record gives Ximao Shanren as a sobriquet.
[6]Wuxi Studio and family memoryDuring the upheavals he moved from Lianghong Mountain in Wuxi to Qinglong River in the Song region, named the residence Wuxi Studio, and called himself Wuxi Zi; the story of his grandmother Xu planting two trees explains the commemorative name.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The passages describe his successive refuge at Lianghong Mountain and Qinglong River, the names Wuxi Studio and Wuxi Zi, and his grandmother Xu's planting of two trees at Hengjiang as the reason for the name.
[7]Shanghai residenceHe later moved to Shanghai, with the residence written both Wujing and Wunijing, built a thatched hall called the Garden of Leisure, and used the sobriquet Zuixian Yuanding.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The passages give the two forms of the Shanghai place name and describe the thatched hall, Garden of Leisure, and Zuixian Yuanding.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The address record gives Shanghai as a place of residence and the alternate-name record gives Zuixian Yuanding.
WikidataWang Feng (Q45413941)The alias list and name claim also give Zuixian Yuanding.
[8]Refusal of Zhang Shicheng's summonsWhen Zhang Shicheng controlled Wu, he summoned Wang Feng, but Wang Feng refused recruitment and remained lying down rather than take office.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The passages say that he declined Zhang Shicheng's recruitment and, when Zhang controlled Wu, remained lying down rather than accept office.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The status entries record refusal to enter office and retirement, supporting the broader account of refusing appointment.
[9]The claim about advising ZhangOne account says that Wang Feng advised Zhang's regime to submit to the Yuan in order to resist Zhu, while the discussion presenting the account questions it on chronological and political grounds.
Souyun王逢 (41392)One passage directly says that he advised Zhang's regime to submit to the Yuan against Zhu; another raises chronological and political doubts after repeating the claim.
[10]Hongwu appointment and refusal to travelAt the beginning of the Ming he was selected through literary talent; in Hongwu 15 the authorities pressed him to travel, but he remained in bed, and his son’s plea that he was old led to cancellation of the appointment.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The passages state that he was selected for office through literary talent, that in Hongwu 15 officials urged him to set out, that he refused by remaining in bed, and that his son's tearful plea led to cancellation.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The status entries record illness-related withdrawal and refusal to enter office, consistent with his refusal of the Hongwu appointment.
[11]Recorded titlesThe profile lists the titles xuelu, xiansi, tongshi, and tongshilang.
[13]Poetic themesHis poetry looked back on the past and lamented the present, and expressed particular feeling over the fall of Zhang's regime.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The biographical passages explicitly characterize his poetry as nostalgic and concerned with the present, and note his strong feeling about the fall of Zhang's regime.
[14]Debate over the yimin classificationOne appraisal treated his poetry as oriented toward the Yuan and therefore included him among the yimin; the same appraisal questions the supposed longing for a former state and ruler, so the classification remained contested.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The critical passage says that his poetry was directed toward the Yuan and consequently placed him among the yimin, while questioning the claim that he longed for the former state and ruler.
[15]Poetry collection and title variantsHis seven-juan poetry collection is called 梧溪詩集, with the variants 浯谿詩集 and 梧溪集.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The passages give the seven-juan title 梧溪詩集 and the variant 浯谿詩集.
[16]Historical scope of the collectionThe collection concerns people and affairs at the Yuan–Ming transition and preserves much that historians had not covered.
Souyun王逢 (41392)The biographical passage says that the collection records figures and state affairs of the Yuan–Ming transition and contains much beyond what historians supplied.
[17]Genres and literary contactsThe associated entries identify farewell poems and prefaces, elegies, colophons on books and paintings, and exchange poems; they also connect the collection's head prefaces with Wang Zemin, Zhou Boqi, and Yang Weizhen, and exchange poems with Zhang Yu and Zhu Jing.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The associated categories identify farewell pieces, elegies, book-and-painting colophons, and poetic exchanges; the head-preface entries name Wang Zemin, Zhou Boqi, and Yang Weizhen, while the exchange entries name Zhang Yu and Zhu Jing.
[18]FriendshipsWang Feng's recorded friends included Tao Zongyi and Shao Hengzhen.
CBDBWang Feng (3) (28410)The association entries label Tao Zongyi and Shao Hengzhen as friends of Wang Feng.
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