Yang Juyuan

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1. 811 監察御史 元和
2. 811 節度使從事 元和
3. 814 秘書郎 元和
4. 821 國子監司業 長慶
5. 824 少尹 長慶

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• 景山 字
• 楊十二 行第

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• 詩人
• 文人

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Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and identity The name is Yang Juyuan; 755 and 833 are one set of reported years, while the biographical accounts preserve competing statements about the death year. He is identified as a Tang poet and man of letters.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The main biographical record supplies the name, the years 755 and 833, the Tang dynasty designation, and the poet and literary-person classifications.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical entries confirm the name and birth year, identify him as a mid-Tang poet, and preserve both an unspecified death year and a doubtful 832 dating.
   • WikidataYang Juyuan (Q45511253)The English label and date statements identify Yang Juyuan and give the dates 755 and 833.
2. [2] Courtesy name and origin His courtesy name was Jingshan, he was the twelfth in birth order and was also called Yang Shier, and his native place was Hezhong, identified with the area west of present-day Yongji in Shanxi.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The record identifies Jingshan as his courtesy name, Yang Shier as his birth-order designation, and Hezhong Prefecture as his basic native-place entry.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical profile gives Jingshan, the twelfth birth-order designation, and Hezhong, specifying the modern location west of Yongji in Shanxi.
   • WikidataYang Juyuan (Q45511253)The name and alias records also preserve Jingshan.
3. [3] Examination and offices In 789 he passed the jinshi examination and was appointed a proofreader, then served in Zhang Hongjing’s staff and as an Investigating Censor and Hezhong military-commissioner aide. His later offices included Mishulang, Taichang boshi, Yubu yuanwailang, Shaoyin of Fengxiang, and Guozijian siye in 821.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical accounts set out the jinshi success, the proofreader appointment, Zhang Hongjing’s staff, the 811 appointment, and the sequence of later offices through the 821 appointment.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The examination and office data record the jinshi qualification and the offices held in 811, 814, and 821, together with Fengxiang.
4. [4] Retirement and competing late accounts He returned home as Hezhong Shaoyin in 824. The accounts differ over his later status: continued emoluments after retirement at seventy, a non-officiating Hezhong Shaoyin in the Taihe era with a lifelong stipend, or later retirement as Guozi jijiu.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical accounts describe the 824 return, retirement at seventy, the two versions of the Hezhong Shaoyin arrangement, lifelong payment, and the later Guozi jijiu retirement.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The office record lists Hezhong Shaoyin in the fourth year of Changqing, 824.
5. [5] Poetry and associations Yang was known as a poet, recited continually, and became known early for a couplet in Presented to the Prefect of Lu Mingzhou. During Yuanhe and Changqing he was valued by Han Yu and other poets and exchanged poems with several of them, while being especially close to Linghu Chu and Li Fengji.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical and critical passages describe his poetic practice, early fame, importance during Yuanhe and Changqing, and relationships with the named poets.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The status and association entries identify him as a poet and record literary exchanges with Bai Juyi, Yuan Zhen, Linghu Chu, Li Fengji, Zhang Ji, and Liu Yuxi.
6. [6] Poetic style The criticism emphasizes practical regulated verse, deep workmanship, and a style unlike Yuan Zhen and Bai Juyi despite early study with them.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The critical passages characterize his diction, regulated verse, and workmanship, and say that his poetry did not resemble Yuan Zhen’s and Bai Juyi’s despite studying with them.
7. [7] Critical assessment Later evaluations praise his learning, tonal craft, long poems, quatrains, seven-character verse, and regulated verse, and some rank him the foremost mid-Tang stylist.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)Several assessments discuss his learning, tonal craft, long poems, quatrains, seven-character verse, regulated verse, and high mid-Tang ranking.
8. [8] Poetic classifications One classification places him among Li Yi’s ten inner-chamber poets; another compares him with Li Shangyin, Li Dong, and Lu Guimeng and praises his retention of earlier norms, while another praises the emotional quality of his poetry.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The relevant passages place him in the ten inner-chamber poets under Li Yi, compare him with three other poets, and describe his poetry as emotionally lingering.
9. [9] Works The surviving poetic collection and the counts of poems, fragments, and titles come from the biographical entries; the other three works are listed as authored by him in the work data.
   • Souyun楊巨源 (17365)The biographical entries give the one-volume collection and the counts of surviving poems, supplements, fragments, and titles.
   • CBDBYang Juyuan (93139)The works data lists Yang Juyuan shi and attributes Li Qi Chuidi ji, Hongxian zhuan, and Kunlun nu zhuan to him, with scroll counts where supplied.