Dai Zhen

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1. 1775 翰林院庶吉士 乾隆

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1. [1] Life dates and identity His birth year is given as either 1723 or 1724, while his death year is 1777; he is identified as a Qing scholar, linguist, and thinker.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The main record gives the name Dai Zhen, birth year 1723, death year 1777, and the Qing dynasty.
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The profile gives 1724–1777 and identifies him as a person of the Qing period.
   • WikidataDai Zhen (Q714369)The entity gives a 1724 birth date and a 1777 death date, and describes him as a Qing linguist and thinker in Chinese and as a Chinese scholar in English.
2. [2] Names and origin Dongyuan and Shenxiu are presented as courtesy names; Gaoxi is classified differently in the records, either as a courtesy name or as a studio name and sobriquet; his native place is Xiuning in Anhui.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The name fields classify Shenxiu and Dongyuan as courtesy names, Gaoxi as a studio name or sobriquet, and the native place as Xiuning.
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The profile and biography give Dongyuan, Shenxiu, and Gaoxi as names and place him in Xiuning, Anhui; the biography treats Gaoxi as a courtesy name.
   • WikidataDai Zhen (Q714369)The alias data includes Dongyuan, Shenxiu, and Gaoxi.
3. [3] Examinations and offices He held the status of shengyuan, became a juren in the twenty-seventh Qianlong year, and in the thirty-eighth year was summoned as a compiler for the Siku Quanshu; the parenthetical Gregorian years correspond to the dated annotations.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The examination and office fields record shengyuan, xianggong juren, and compiler of the Siku Quanshu.
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biography states that he was a juren in the twenty-seventh year and was summoned as a Siku Quanshu compiler in the thirty-eighth year; the linked dates give 1762 and 1773.
4. [4] Palace examination and Hanlin appointment In the fortieth Qianlong year he failed the metropolitan examination, was specially ordered to take the palace examination, received tong jinshi chushen status, and was appointed a Hanlin shujishi.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The office data records a Hanlin shujishi appointment in 1775, and the examination data records the jinshi status.
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biographies state that he failed the metropolitan examination, was specially ordered to take the palace examination, received tong jinshi chushen status, and became a Hanlin shujishi; the dated annotation gives 1775.
5. [5] Imperial recognition His literary and scholarly work brought him to the notice of Aisin Gioro Hongli, the Qianlong emperor.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The relationship data names Aisin Gioro Hongli as the person who recognized him for his literary and scholarly work.
6. [6] Teacher and scholarly exchange Dai Zhen studied with Jiang Yong, was his student, read his works, and incorporated Jiang's writings into the Wuli Tongkao.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The relationship data identifies Jiang Yong as his teacher, and records Dai Zhen's study of Jiang's works and inclusion of Jiang's writings in the Wuli Tongkao.
7. [7] Friends and students Qian Daxin, Wang Mingsheng, Zhu Yun, and Ji Yun are listed as friends, while Wang Niansun, Kong Guangsen, Duan Yucai, and Ren Dachun are listed as his students.
   • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The relationship data classifies Qian Daxin, Wang Mingsheng, Zhu Yun, and Ji Yun as friends and Wang Niansun, Kong Guangsen, Duan Yucai, and Ren Dachun as students.
8. [8] Fields of scholarship The biography says that Dai Zhen mastered phonology, Chinese characters, calendrical computation, and geography, and then went on to elucidate moral principles.
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biography states that he was accomplished in phonology, Chinese characters, calendrical computation, and geography, and further elucidated moral principles.
9. [9] Critique of Neo-Confucian doctrine The biography states that Dai Zhen criticized the Neo-Confucian formulation represented by “restrain human desires and preserve heavenly principle.”
   • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biography says that he criticized the Neo-Confucian claim expressed as “去人欲，存天理.”
10. [10] Principal works Dai Zhen's principal works include the five titles named in the sentence.
    • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biography directly lists the Commentary on the Rhapsody of Qu Yuan, Diagrams of the Kao Gong Ji, Explanatory Evidence for the Meaning of Words in the Mencius, Yuan Shan, and Collected Works of Dai Dongyuan among his works.
    • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The works catalogue contains the five corresponding titles, with several separately marked as works authored by him.
11. [11] Textual collations Dai Zhen also collated the Da Dai Li Ji and the Shui Jing Zhu.
    • Souyun戴震 (63315)The biography explicitly says that he collated the Da Dai Li Ji and the Shui Jing Zhu.
12. [12] Additional works The works catalogue marks Study of Phonology, Table of Phonological Classes, Continuation of Fangyan, Continuation of the Concise Treatise on Astronomy, Jing kao, and The Gougu Circle-Cutting Record as works authored by Dai Zhen.
    • CBDBDai Zhen (65933)The catalogue marks the six named titles as authored works.