He Menggui

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AliasesCBDB

• 岩叟 字
• 巖叟 字
• 應祈 别名、曾用名
• 潛齋 室名、別號
• 申甫 字

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• 經學家—易經
• [為官者：文]
• 拒絕出仕

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Citations

1. [1] Name, dates, and identity He Menggui was born in 1229, his death date is unknown, and he was a Southern Song scholar of the Classics and government official.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The entry identifies He Menggui as a Song-dynasty person, a scholar of the Changes, and a civil official; it gives no usable birth or death year.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The profile gives the name, birth year 1229, Southern Song affiliation, and an official title, while the biographical text describes his expertise in the Changes.
   • WikidataHe Menggui (Q10886102)The English label, Song-dynasty description, and 1229 date identify the same person.
2. [2] Names and sobriquets His childhood name was Yingqi, his first courtesy name was Shenfu, and after changing his name to Menggui he used Yansou; the latter also appears as 岩叟 and 嚴叟, while his studio name was Qianzhai.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The name list classifies Yingqi as a former or alternate name, Shenfu and the two forms of Yansou as courtesy names, and Qianzhai as a studio name or sobriquet.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The biographical passages describe the sequence from Yingqi and Shenfu to Menggui and Yansou, with one passage using the variant 嚴叟 and the studio name Qianzhai.
   • WikidataHe Menggui (Q10886102)The English and traditional-Chinese name lists provide the romanized aliases and the forms 岩叟, 巖叟, 應祈, 潛齋, and 申甫.
3. [3] Place of origin He Menggui came from Chun'an in Yanzhou, identified with present-day western Chun'an in Zhejiang.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The address entry identifies Chun'an as his basic ancestral place.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The profile and biographical passages give Yanzhou Chun'an and specify present-day Zhejiang or western Chun'an.
4. [4] Family He Yi was He Menggui's uncle, while He Jingwen and He Yu were his nephews.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The kinship fields identify He Yi as an uncle, He Jingwen and He Yu as nephews, and give He Yi's dates as 1210–1262.
5. [5] Degree and first appointment In 1265, the first year of Emperor Duzong's Xianchun reign, He Menggui passed the jinshi examination and received the rank of Wenlin Lang and an appointment as military judge in Taizhou.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The examination fields confirm the jinshi status and identify the index year as an examination year; they do not independently supply the Xianchun date.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The biographical passages place the jinshi degree in the first year of Xianchun, with one giving 1265 and specifying the rank of Wenlin Lang and the military judgeship in Taizhou.
6. [6] Career He subsequently served as registrar of the Imperial Academy, a doctoral official, assistant prefect of Jizhou, an erudite of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, an Imperial Academy erudite, an Investigating Censor, and Director of Military Armaments.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The office fields confirm the Investigating Censor post and give the closely related form Court of Imperial Sacrifices Doctor as 太常寺博士.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The two career passages give the sequence of the Imperial Academy, Jizhou, Court of Imperial Sacrifices, censorial, and military-armaments appointments; the title list supplies the corresponding offices.
7. [7] Late Southern Song office After Emperor Bing's accession, He Menggui held the posts of Grand Minister of the Imperial Treasury and Grand Judge of the Court of Judicial Review, then withdrew on grounds of illness because he judged the situation beyond remedy.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The biographical passages place the Treasury and Judicial Review posts after Emperor Bing's accession and say that he withdrew on grounds of illness; one passage explains that he judged the situation impossible to remedy.
8. [8] Withdrawal from service After the Song's fall, he did not enter office and repeatedly declined summonses under the Yuan.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The status classification describes him as refusing official service.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The biographical passages state that he did not serve after the Song's fall and repeatedly declined summonses after entering the Yuan period.
9. [9] Declining the Jiangxi appointment In the early Zhiyuan era, he declined the Jiangxi Director of Confucian Education appointment and devoted himself to writing.
   • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The refusal-to-serve classification is consistent with his not taking up the appointment.
   • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The passages describe repeated refusals and specifically state that the early-Zhiyuan Jiangxi appointment was not taken up while he occupied himself with writing; the title list includes the appointment.
10. [10] Learning in the Changes He specialized in the Classic of Changes.
    • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The status classification identifies him as a specialist in the Classic of Changes.
    • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The biographical introduction directly says that he was skilled in the Changes.
11. [11] Works His listed works include Yiyan, Daxue shuo, Zhongyong zhiyong, Qianzai wenji, and an eleven-juan Qianzai ji.
    • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The works fields list Qianzai wenji, Yiyan, Zhongyong zhiyong, and an eleven-juan Qianzai ji.
    • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The three biographical passages together list Yiyan, Daxue shuo, Zhongyong zhiyong, and Qianzai wenji, and describe Qianzai ji as eleven juan.
12. [12] Poetry edition His poems are included in Complete Song Poetry, with a photographic Wenyuange Complete Library base text, He Lingfan's revised edition as the collation text, and poems outside the collection appended at the end.
    • Souyun何夢桂 (25312)The Complete Song Poetry passage specifies the base text, the collation against He Lingfan's sixteenth-Shunzhi revised edition, and the placement of poems outside the collection.
13. [13] Friendship Wu Panlong was among He Menggui's friends.
    • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The association fields identify Wu Panlong as a friend.
14. [14] Prefaces and funerary inscription He wrote prefaces for works by Wen Tianxiang, Xie Ao, Lin Jingxi, and others, and composed a funerary inscription for his uncle He Yi.
    • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The associations name Wen Tianxiang, Xie Ao, Lin Jingxi, and other recipients of his prefaces, and identify the funerary inscription for He Yi.
15. [15] Literary forms The associated writings include prefaces, funerary inscriptions, sacrificial texts, farewell poems and prefaces, birthday poems, elegies, portrait eulogies, postscripts to books and paintings, postscripts to poetry and prose, writings on buildings, and pieces praising official achievements.
    • CBDBHe Menggui (27826)The association fields enumerate prefaces, funerary inscriptions, sacrificial texts, farewell pieces, birthday greetings, elegies, portrait eulogies, postscripts to books and paintings, postscripts to poetry and prose, writings on buildings, and praise of official achievements.