Cai Kelian

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• 三 行第
• 可泉 室名、別號
• 道卿 字

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1. [1] Name and dates Cai Kelian was a Ming dynasty official and man of letters, born in 1511 and died in 1560.
   • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Gives his name as Cai Kelian and his dynasty as Ming.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Gives his name, his birth year (1511) and death year (1560), and describes him as a Ming native of Jinjiang who took the jinshi degree in 1529, rose to Minister of Revenue and was known for his writing.
   • WikidataCai Kelian (Q45658170)Gives his English label as Cai Kelian.
2. [2] Names and native place His courtesy name was Daoqing and his art name Kequan; he was a native of Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, of commoner registration.
   • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records Daoqing as his courtesy name and Kequan as his art name, with Jinjiang as his native and registered place.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records Daoqing as his courtesy name and Kequan as his art name, and gives his home as Jinjiang County, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian, with commoner registration.
   • WikidataCai Kelian (Q45658170)Records his courtesy name as 道卿 and his art name as 可泉.
3. [3] Family Cai Kelian was the third among his brothers; his great-grandfather was Cai Shen, his grandfather Cai Kuan, his father Cai You, his mother and stepmother were both of the Bao family, and he married a woman of the Liu family.
   • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records him as third among his brothers, with great-grandfather Cai Shen, grandfather Cai Kuan, father Cai You, mother of the Bao family, stepmother also of the Bao family, elder brothers Cai Kejing and Cai Jingcheng, younger brother Cai Kexi, and wife of the Liu family.
4. [4] Examinations Cai Kelian received the jinshi degree in 1529, ranking fiftieth in the second class; versions of his provincial and metropolitan examination placings differ.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that he was thirty-seventh in the Fujian provincial examination, fifty-eighth in the metropolitan examination of 1529, and a jinshi of the second class, fiftieth place.
   • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Gives the jinshi placing as second class, fiftieth, and separately lists him as a provincial graduate ranked fifty-eighth and a prefectural school student ranked thirty-seventh, differing in categories from the provincial and metropolitan placings given above.
5. [5] Early office He was first appointed a secretary in the Ministry of Justice and rose to bureau director, was demoted to vice-prefect of Guangde in 1536 over the Zhang Yanling case, and later rose to bureau director of the Hosts Bureau in the Ministry of Rites.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records his first appointment as a secretary in the Ministry of Justice, his rise to bureau director, his demotion to vice-prefect of Guangde in the tenth month of 1536 over the Zhang Yanling case, and his later rise to bureau director of the Hosts Bureau in the Ministry of Rites.
6. [6] Education and provincial posts In 1540 he became assistant surveillance commissioner of Guizhou in charge of schools and returned home on his father's death; in 1544 he was reappointed in Jiangxi and promoted in Guangdong, going on to provincial and censorial posts in Zhejiang and Jiangxi and to command of river defence at Nanjing.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that in the seventh month of 1540 he became assistant surveillance commissioner of Guizhou in charge of schools and returned home on his father's death; in the sixth month of 1544 he was reappointed assistant education commissioner of Jiangxi and promoted to education vice-commissioner of Guangdong; he subsequently rose to right administration vice-commissioner of Zhejiang, surveillance commissioner and right administration commissioner of Jiangxi, and right assistant censor-in-chief in charge of river defence at Nanjing, the dates being 1540 and 1544.
7. [7] Impeachment In 1553 he was impeached and returned home to await investigation.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that in the seventh month of 1553 he was impeached and returned home to await investigation, the date being 1553.
8. [8] Recall and grain transport In 1555 he was recalled as grand coordinator of Jiangxi, and in 1556 he succeeded the ailing Chen Ru as director-general of grain transport and grand coordinator of Fengyang with the title of right vice censor-in-chief.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that in the sixth month of 1555 he was recalled as grand coordinator of Jiangxi, and in the sixth month of 1556 he succeeded the ailing Chen Ru as director-general of grain transport and grand coordinator of Fengyang with the title of right vice censor-in-chief of the Censorate, the dates being 1555 and 1556.
9. [9] Ministry of Revenue In 1557 he became right and then left vice minister of revenue, and in 1559 minister of revenue at Nanjing.
   • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that in the third month of 1557 he was promoted to right vice minister of revenue and in the fourth month to left vice minister, and that in the seventh month of 1559 he became minister of revenue at Nanjing, the dates being 1557 and 1559.
10. [10] Dismissal and death In 1560 he was dismissed from office over the mutiny of the Zhenwu Camp and died soon afterwards.
    • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)Records that in the third month of 1560 he was dismissed from office over the mutiny of the Zhenwu Camp and died soon afterwards.
11. [11] Literary reputation Cai Kelian was known for his literary gifts together with his fellow Jinjiang man Wang Shenzhong, and Tang Shunzhi praised his conduct in office.
    • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)States that he and his fellow native Wang Shenzhong were both known for their writing.
    • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records his association with Wang Shenzhong and that Tang Shunzhi praised his conduct in office.
12. [12] Correspondence He exchanged letters with Zhang Yue, Feng En, Ouyang De, Wang Zongmu, Jiang Bao, Chen Ru, Cai Runan and Xu Xianzhong, among others, and received poems and writings from Tang Shunzhi and Luo Hongxian, among others.
    • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records correspondence with Zhang Yue, Feng En, Ouyang De, Wang Zongmu, Jiang Bao, Chen Ru, Cai Runan and Xu Xianzhong, and poems and writings received from Tang Shunzhi, Luo Hongxian and Wang Zongmu.
13. [13] Occasional writings He wrote sacrificial addresses for Hu Juren, Huo Tao, Tang Long, Zhou Tianzuo, Gu Po and others, a school record for Xia Yan, and prefaces for the writings of Fu Ruzhou and for a book by Fu Fengxiang, besides leaving congratulatory pieces and farewell addresses.
    • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records that he wrote sacrificial addresses for Hu Juren, Huo Tao, Tang Long, Zhou Tianzuo, Liu Zhishu and Gu Po, a school record for Xia Yan, and prefaces for the writings of Fu Ruzhou and for a book by Fu Fengxiang; it also records a congratulatory address for Tong Hanchen, congratulations to Yu Zibo, Yu Shouyu, Han Kai and Gu Sui, and farewell pieces for Lin Xiyuan, Yu Zibo and Zhang Ao.
14. [14] Preface A preface to his collection was written by He Qiaoyuan.
    • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records that a preface to his book was written by He Qiaoyuan.
15. [15] Works He was the author of the Kequan ji in fifteen juan, also known as the Kequan xiansheng wenji.
    • CBDBCai Kelian (132587)Records his work as the Kequan xiansheng wenji in fifteen juan.
    • Souyun蔡克廉 (52479)States that he wrote the Kequan ji.