[1]Identity and datesCheng Dachang, 程大昌, lived from 1123 to 1195 and was a Southern Song official and scholar.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The main record gives the English and Chinese names, the years 1123 and 1195, the Song dynasty, and classifications as a learned person and civil official.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The profile identifies the dynasty as Southern Song, while the biography gives the dates and describes his learning and official career.
WikidataCheng Dachang (Q15929767)The entity record identifies him as Cheng Dachang and supplies the two year values.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The alternate-name record identifies Taizhi, 泰之, as his zi.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)All three biographical passages give his courtesy name as 泰之.
WikidataCheng Dachang (Q15929767)The name and epithet records give the English form Taizhi and the Chinese form 泰之.
[3]Native placeHe was from Xiuning in Huizhou, now in Anhui.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The native-place record gives Xiuning as his basic ancestral address.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies identify him as a native of Huizhou Xiuning and specify present-day Anhui.
[4]ExaminationHe passed the jinshi examination in the twenty-first year of Shaoxing, corresponding to 1151.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The examination record identifies him as a jinshi graduate without an examination rank.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies state that he passed in the twenty-first year of Shaoxing and give the corresponding year as 1151.
[5]Early officesHe successively served as Professor of Taiping Prefecture, Taixue zheng, and Corrector in the Secretariat during the twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh, and thirtieth years of Shaoxing.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The career account gives the three Shaoxing-year appointments and their sequence.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The office list also includes 太學正, rendered here as Taixue zheng.
[6]Xiaozong-era advancementAfter Xiaozong's accession, Cheng Dachang became Authorial Editor and held posts connected with the Imperial University, Ministry of Rites, and Hanlin Academy.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies describe his promotion to 著作佐郎 and his successive service as 國子司業, acting Vice Minister of Rites, and 直學士院.
[7]Middle careerHe served in Eastern Zhejiang and Jiangxi, became Assistant Director of the Palace Library in 1175, and then acting Vice Minister of Punishments.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The career passages give the Eastern Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Palace Library, and Punishments posts in sequence, including the second year of Chunxi as 1175.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The office list independently includes a circuit judicial commissioner post and acting Vice Minister of Punishments.
[8]Central appointmentsHe also held acting Secretariat Drafter and 給事中 posts, eventually rising to acting Minister of Personnel.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies record concurrent service as 權中書舍人 and 給事中, followed by cumulative promotion to 權吏部尚書.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The office list also gives 權吏部尚書, rendered here as acting Minister of Personnel.
[9]Provincial governorshipsHe governed Quanzhou and Jianning Prefecture, then Mingzhou after Guangzong's accession.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies consistently give the sequence Quanzhou, Jianning Prefecture, and Mingzhou.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The office list connects governor or prefect posts with Mingzhou, Quanzhou, and Jianning Prefecture.
[10]Concern for the people and retirementAt his postings he attended to popular hardship and retired as a Longtuge Academician.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biography says that wherever he served he paid attention to the people's hardships and retired with the title 龍圖閣學士.
[11]Death and posthumous nameHe died in the first year of Qingyuan at the age of seventy-three; one account specifies the eleventh month, and his posthumous name was Wenjian.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The main record gives 1195 as the death year and the alternate-name record identifies Wenjian, 文簡, as the posthumous name.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies give death in the first year of Qingyuan at age seventy-three; one specifies the eleventh month, and all give the posthumous name 文簡.
[12]Learning and methodCheng Dachang was deeply learned and specialized in textual investigation of names, things, and historical allusions.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biography describes him as deeply learned and skilled in examining names, objects, and historical allusions.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The status record also classifies him as a learned person.
[13]Lost collectionHis twenty-juan collection 《程文簡集》 has been lost.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographical account says that 《程文簡集》 consisted of twenty juan and had been lost.
[14]Extant and additional worksThe extant works include ten named titles, while 《易老通言》 and 《北邊備對》 are also attributed to him.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The biographies collectively name the extant works and also include 《易老通言》 and 《北邊備對》 among his writings.
[15]Work lengths and variantsThe biographies give the lengths of the principal surviving works, while another catalogue supplies variant lengths and a variant form of 《考古編》.
Souyun程大昌 (30749)The detailed bibliography gives the main lengths of 易原, 禹貢論 and 後論, 禹貢山川地理圖, 雍錄, 考古編, 考古續編, 演繁露, 續演繁露, and 文簡公詞.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The title records give the alternative forms 易原十卷, 禹貢論二卷, 演繁露六卷, 演繁錄、續演繁錄, and 攷古編.
[16]Additional authored works《樗蒲經略》 and 《程氏則古》 are also listed as works he authored.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The works records mark both titles with the role 撰著者, author.
[17]FamilyHis father was 程畎, his mother was Chen, his sons included 程準, 程阜, and 程覃, and his nephew was 程卓.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The kinship records name his father 程畎, mother 陳氏, sons 程準, 程阜, and 程覃, and nephew 程卓.
[18]Zhou BidaZhou Bida was Cheng Dachang's fellow examination graduate and composed his spirit-path stele.
CBDBCheng Dachang (3109)The association records identify Zhou Bida as a fellow examination graduate and associate him with composing the spirit-path stele.
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