CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The name record identifies 五 as his birth-order designation.
[10]Origin at XingguoHis place of origin is given as Xingguo.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The address records give Xingguo as his basic origin and household place.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The profile and biographical entry give Xingguo as his origin.
[11]Huguang locationThe Xingguo origin is placed in Wuchang Prefecture of Huguang and identified with present-day Yangxin, Hubei.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The profile and biographical entry place Xingguo in Huguang's Wuchang Prefecture and identify it with present-day Yangxin, Hubei.
[12]Jiangxi origin variantAnother formulation gives his origin as Xingguo in Jiangxi.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)A biographical passage gives his origin as Jiangxi Xingguo.
[13]Jiaxing ancestry and migrationHis forebears are associated with Jiaxing before the family's move to Xingguo.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passages mention Jiaxing as the ancestral home and a later move to Huguang Xingguo.
[14]Direct familyHis great-grandfather was Wu Cheng, his grandfather Wu Yi, his father Wu Yan, and his mother was Li.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The family data names Wu Cheng, Wu Yi, Wu Yan, and Li as his great-grandfather, grandfather, father, and mother.
[15]Brothers and wifeHis elder brothers were Wu Guozuo, Wu Guoshi, Wu Guodian, and Wu Guohua, and his wife was Chen.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The family data lists four elder brothers and a wife surnamed Chen.
[16]Birth dateHe was born on the twenty-first day of the first month of the third Jiajing year, 1524.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passage gives the twenty-first day of the first month of the third Jiajing year as his birth date.
[17]Student statusWu Guolun held the status of shengyuan.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The examination and school data classify him as a shengyuan.
[18]Provincial examinationIn 1549 he placed first in the Huguang provincial examination as the jieyuan.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passages identify him as the first-ranked candidate and as the jieyuan in the 1549 Huguang examination.
[19]Jinshi examinationIn the following year he passed the Gengxu examination as a third-class jinshi, ranked 184th.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The examination data gives a third-class, 184th-ranked jinshi result and associates it with the Jiajing twenty-ninth-year examination.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passages identify the 1550 Gengxu jinshi examination, including the successive examination and third-class 184th-place details.
[20]Early officesHe began as zhongshu sheren and was promoted in the fifth month of the thirty-fourth Jiajing year to bingke jishizhong.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The profile and biographical passages list the two offices and describe the promotion in the fifth month of Jiajing thirty-four.
[21]Conflict with Yan SongHe offended Yan Song over the mourning rites for Yang Jisheng.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographies connect his offense to Yan Song with the mourning rites for Yang Jisheng.
[22]Demotion and departureHe was demoted to an official in the Jiangxi Surveillance Commission, transferred to Nankang and Guide, and then left office; the timing of his departure differs between the accounts.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passages give the Jiangxi office, Nankang judgeship, Guide transfer, and the differing immediate versus two-year departure accounts.
[23]Return to officeAfter Yan Song's fall, he returned to office as Jianning tongzhi and later served as prefect of Shaowu.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographies and profile list his return to office, Jianning tongzhi, and Shaowu prefecture.
[24]Gaozhou appointmentIn early Longqing 1567, he was reassigned after a censorial review and appointed prefect of Gaozhou.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The office data identifies a prefectural appointment at Gaozhou.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The profile and biography give the Gaozhou appointment and its Longqing 1567 context.
[25]Gaozhou defenseAs prefect of Gaozhou, he trained soldiers and resisted Japanese raids.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biography describes his training of soldiers and resistance to Japanese raiders at Gaozhou.
[26]Later promotions and dismissalHe was promoted to Guizhou ti xue fu shi and then to left canzheng of Henan before being dismissed in the grand evaluation and returning home.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The profile and biographies list the Guizhou and Henan offices, the two promotion dates, and the later grand-evaluation dismissal.
[27]Death and burialHe died at home on 21 July 1593, aged seventy, and was buried at Chenbu Laoguanzui ten li northeast of the prefectural city.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passage gives his death date, death at home, age, and burial place.
[28]Poetic talentHe was expansive in talent, hospitable and free with money, and skilled in poetry.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographies describe his expansive talent, hospitality, lack of concern for money, and poetic skill.
[29]Later Seven MastersWith Li Panlong and others, Wu Guolun was counted among the Later Seven Masters.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The name and association data include the Later Seven designation and Li Panlong.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographies explicitly place him with Li Panlong and others among the Later Seven Masters.
[30]Reputation after retirementHis reputation grew still greater after he retired to the countryside.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographies say that his reputation became still greater after returning to the countryside.
[31]Correspondence with Li PanlongWu Guolun corresponded with Li Panlong.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The association entry names Li Panlong and records correspondence.
[32]Prefaces by Wang Shizhen and Wang ShimaoWang Shizhen and Wang Shimao wrote prefaces to Wu Guolun's works.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The association entries identify Wang Shimao and Wang Shizhen as writers of prefaces to his books.
[33]Epitaph by Li WeizhenLi Weizhen composed Wu Guolun's epitaph.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The association entry identifies Li Weizhen as the writer of the epitaph.
[34]Main worksHis works include 《甔甀洞稿》 in fifty-four juan and 《甔甀洞續稿》 in twenty-seven juan.
CBDBWu Guolun (35112)The work entries list 《甔甀洞稿》 in fifty-four juan and 《甔甀洞續稿》 in twenty-seven juan.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical passages all list 《甔甀洞稿》 among his works.
[35]Alternative work title《甔甀洞正續稿》 also appears as a title for his collected writings.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)A biographical passage gives 《甔甀洞正續槀》 as another title for the collection.
[36]Yellow Crane Tower poemsHe wrote two qilu poems titled 《登黃鶴樓》, and a line from them is often quoted by later readers.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical entry lists two qilu poems titled 《登黃鶴樓》 and says that the quoted line is often cited by later readers.
[37]Collected works edition《荊楚文庫》 includes 《吳國倫集》.
Souyun吳國倫 (43746)The biographical entry states that 《荊楚文庫》 includes 《吳國倫集》.