Zhao Fang

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• 子常 字
• 東山 室名、別號
• 東山先生 室名、別號

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• 士人
• 經學家—春秋
• 思想家

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1. [1] Identity and dates Zhao Fang lived from 1319 to 1369 and is identified as a classicist and thinker of the late Yuan and early Ming.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The biographical record supplies the romanized and Chinese names, the birth and death years, and the classifications as a Spring and Autumn classicist and a thinker.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The profile gives the name, dates 1319–1369, and the period designation late Yuan–early Ming.
   • WikidataZhao Fang (Q10542488)The entity identifies him as Zhao Fang and gives time values for 1319 and 1369.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquets His courtesy name was Zichang, and the sobriquets Dongshan and Dongshan Xiansheng are associated with him.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The name record identifies Zichang as the courtesy name and Dongshan and Dongshan Xiansheng as alternate names.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical text gives the courtesy name Zichang and says that scholars called him Dongshan Xiansheng.
   • WikidataZhao Fang (Q10542488)The name data provides the English and Chinese forms of Zichang, Dongshan, and Dongshan Xiansheng.
3. [3] Conflicting native places Xiuning in Huizhou Prefecture and Wuyuan are both given as Zhao Fang's native place.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The place entry gives Xiuning as his native place.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The profile and biographical text give Huizhou Prefecture's Xiuning, while the Four Treasuries notice gives Wuyuan, preserving the geographical discrepancy.
4. [4] Teachers and studies Zhao Fang studied with Huang Ze, Xia Pu, and Huang Jin, learned the Images of the Changes and Spring and Autumn studies, received the essential meaning of the sixty-four hexagrams from Huang Ze, and later learned from Yu Ji and Wu Cheng.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical passages name Huang Ze Chuwang, Xia Pu Dazhi, and Huang Jin Jinqing as teachers, and describe his study of the Changes, Spring and Autumn, the sixty-four hexagrams, Yu Ji, and Wu Cheng.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The relationship entries identify Yu Ji and Huang Ze as teachers in relation to Zhao Fang.
5. [5] Yu Ji and Dongshan retreat At the beginning of the Zhizheng era, Yu Ji admired Zhao Fang's writings and invited him to his household; Zhao Fang then built the Dongshan Studio, lived in seclusion, and devoted himself to reading and writing.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical text says that Yu Ji saw his writings, admired them, and invited him to his home, and then describes the Dongshan Studio, his seclusion, reading, writing, and scholarly esteem.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The relationship entry confirms Yu Ji as a teacher associated with Zhao Fang.
6. [6] Military service and office At the end of the Zhizheng era, Zhao Fang assisted Wang Tong's forces in protecting the local community and received the office of clerk of the Jiangnan Branch Privy Council.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical accounts describe his assistance to Marshal Wang Tong in raising forces to protect the local community and his appointment to the Jiangnan Branch Privy Council office.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The office entry names the Jiangnan Branch Privy Council clerkship and places it in the Zhizheng period and Jiangnan.
7. [7] Retreat and unfinished studies After the bingchen year, Zhao Fang withdrew with his books to a thatched retreat at Xingxi Gulangshan, later returned to Dongshan, advanced several Spring and Autumn works, and continued studying the Changes.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical passages describe the thatched retreat at Xingxi Gulangshan, carrying books while away, the return to Dongshan, the progress of the three Spring and Autumn works, and continued attention to the Changes.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The works list contains the three cited Spring and Autumn titles.
8. [8] Summons, historiography, and death In the second Hongwu year, Zhao Fang was summoned to the capital to work with Zhao Xun and others on the History of Yuan; after its completion he returned and died of illness less than a month later at fifty-one.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical passages give the winter date in the second Hongwu year, the summons to the capital, the work on the History of Yuan with Zhao Xun and others, the completed work, the return, the illness, and the age of fifty-one.
   • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The biographical record gives his death year as 1369, corresponding to the second Hongwu year.
9. [9] Burial and compilation of writings He was buried at Dongyan in the second month of the following spring; his disciple Wang Yin gathered his poems and prose, and Fan Zhun continued the compilation.
   • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The preface records the burial at Dongyan in the following spring's second month and the successive gathering and continuation of his poems and prose by Wang Yin and Fan Zhun.
10. [10] Classical learning Zhao Fang was conversant with the classics and particularly profound in Spring and Autumn studies.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The Four Treasuries notice says that his learning covered all the classics and was especially deep in the Spring and Autumn.
    • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The status entry identifies him as a Spring and Autumn classicist.
11. [11] Method of interpretation His method began with accumulated reflection, personal insight, and apprehending the sages' minds, then used the interpretations of the scholars to integrate what had and had not been said.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The preface explains that he relied on accumulated reflection and self-realization to apprehend the sages' minds, then worked through earlier interpretations to reach what had not been stated.
12. [12] Fields of study His inquiries extended to the Images of the Changes, Spring and Autumn historiographical method, the major and minor principles of ritual, and ritual details and measures.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The preface lists the Images of the Changes, Spring and Autumn method, the major and minor structures of ritual, and its detailed forms and measures as fields in which he had established an initial framework.
13. [13] Poetry and prose His prose often arose from requests or formal exchanges, while his poems arose from feeling and were not written carelessly; his writing was plain, solid, and exact rather than ornate.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The relevant passages describe prose prompted by requests or exchanges, poetry shaped by feeling, the care taken with long and short poems, and prose that was solid and exact rather than ornate.
14. [14] Classical works His listed classical works include Zhouyi Wenzhuan, the Spring and Autumn titles, and Zangshu Wendui, with the stated juan counts and appendix.
    • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The works list names the seven attributed classical works and gives their respective juan counts and appendix.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The biographical passages identify the Spring and Autumn works and place them among his classical writings.
15. [15] Dongshan collection Dongshan Cungu consists of seven juan with a one-juan appendix and preserves his poems and prose; it is also called Dongshan Ji.
    • Souyun趙汸 (41550)The relevant passages describe Dongshan Cungu as a seven-juan poetry and prose collection with a one-juan appendix and also give the title Dongshan Ji.
    • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The works list includes Dongshan Cungu.
16. [16] Family His grandfather was Zhao Xiangyuan, his father Zhao Keming, and his family relations also included Zhao Suo as a congzi or nephew and Zhao Guozhen as a direct descendant.
    • CBDBZhao Fang (10818)The family relations identify the grandfather Zhao Xiangyuan, father Zhao Keming, Zhao Suo as a congzi or nephew, and Zhao Guozhen as a direct descendant.