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安雅堂集
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[1]Name and datesChen Lu is the recorded name; the lifespan is given as 1287–1342 in one set of entries and as 1288–1343 in another.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The main entry gives the name Chen Lu, Chinese name 陳旅, birth year 1287, and death year 1342.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The profile and biographical text give the Chinese name 陳旅 and the alternative lifespan 1288–1343.
WikidataChen Lu (Q45414369)The item label is Chen Lu, with stored birth and death dates corresponding to 1287 and 1342.
[2]IdentityChen Lu belonged to the Yuan dynasty and combined the profile of a learned man with a civil official career.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The main entry places him in the Yuan dynasty, describes him as learned, and lists an official appointment as assistant instructor at the Imperial Academy.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The profile identifies the dynasty, while the biography describes both his writing and his official appointments.
WikidataChen Lu (Q45414369)The item description identifies him as a person of the Yuan dynasty.
[3]Courtesy name and native placeHis courtesy name was Zhongzhong, and his native place was Xinghua Putian; the source entries use different Chinese glyph forms for the courtesy name.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The alternative-name entry gives Zhongzhong, identified as a courtesy name, and the native-place entry gives Putian.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The profile and biography give the courtesy name and identify him as a native of Xinghua Putian.
WikidataChen Lu (Q45414369)The name entries preserve Zhongzhong and its traditional Chinese form 衆仲.
[4]Early life and recommendationOrphaned young, Chen Lu committed himself to learning and entered the Minhai Confucian educational service through recommendation.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)Both biographical texts describe his early orphanhood, dedication to study, and entry into the Minhai Confucian educational service by recommendation.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The entry field identifies the mode of appointment as recommendation.
[5]Recognition in the capitalMa Zuchang recognized Chen Lu and urged him to go to the capital; Yu Ji praised his learning and invited him to the academy for regular study.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The biographies recount Ma Zuchang’s encouragement, Yu Ji’s praise of Chen Lu’s writings, and their daily discussions at the academy.
[6]Appointment as assistant instructorZhao Shiyan recommended Chen Lu for appointment as assistant instructor; after three years he completed his term and was retained at the students’ request.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The biography names Zhao Shiyan as the recommender and describes the appointment, the three-year assessment, and the students’ request for another term.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The office list includes the post of assistant instructor at the Imperial Academy.
[7]Jiangzhe and Hanlin appointmentsChen Lu served as superintendent of Confucian learning in Jiangzhe, a post also represented as deputy superintendent of the Office for the Promotion of Confucian Learning, before being summoned as an expectant Hanlin writer.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The profile lists both forms of the Confucian-learning title and the Hanlin writing post, while the biography gives their sequence.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The office list gives the deputy-superintendent title in the Jiangzhe regional administration and also lists the Hanlin writing appointment.
[8]Final appointment and deathThe biography places his transfer to assistant director of the Imperial Academy in the first year of Zhizheng and says that he died two years later at fifty-six; other entries give 1341 for the appointment’s starting year and 1342 for his death.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The biography directly states the Zhizheng first-year transfer, death two years later, and age fifty-six.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The office list gives 1341 as the starting year of the Imperial Academy post, while the main entry gives 1342 as the death year.
[9]Personal relationshipsChen Yizeng was listed as Chen Lu’s friend, while Chen Shuo was identified as his nephew in the collateral line.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The relationship entry identifies Chen Yizeng as a friend, and the kinship entry identifies Chen Shuo as congzi, or a nephew in the collateral line.
[10]Literary styleYu Ji praised Chen Lu’s breadth of learning; his prose was characterized as elegant and severe, seeking the standards of ancient writers rather than merely pleasing contemporary taste.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The biographies praise his broad learning and describe his prose as elegant and severe, aligned with ancient authors rather than contemporary fashion.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The status entry also characterizes him as a learned person.
[11]Major workChen Lu’s collected work is the Anya Hall Collection, transmitted in fourteen juan.
Souyun陳旅 (40886)The biographies name the Anya Hall Collection, with one expressly giving fourteen juan.
[12]GenresThe indexed works show that Chen Lu wrote book prefaces, epitaphs, farewell pieces, calligraphy and painting colophons, school records, Daoist and Buddhist temple records, living-shrine records, portrait eulogies, and prose praising administrative achievements.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The work-association entries enumerate book prefaces, epitaphs, farewell poems and prefaces, calligraphy and painting colophons, school records, Daoist temple records, living-shrine records, portrait eulogies, Buddhist temple records, and praise of administrative achievements.
[13]Poetic exchangeChen Lu exchanged poems with Wu Ke'gong and Chen Xianzeng, exchanged poems with Sadu-la, and received poems or prose from Yu Ji and Zhou Quan.
CBDBChen Lu (28614)The relationship entries record poetic exchanges with Wu Ke'gong and Chen Xianzeng, a poem or prose gift to and from Sadu-la, and received poems or prose from Yu Ji and Zhou Quan.
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