Chen Wenzhu

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• 三 行第
• 五嶽山人 室名、別號
• 玉叔 字

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1. [1] Identity and dates Chen Wenzhu is identified as a Ming official and poet; his birth year is variously given as 1525 or 1535, while his death is placed in 1595.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The principal record gives the English name Chen Wenzhu and places him in the Ming dynasty.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The profile gives 1535 as the birth year and 1595 as the death year; one biographical entry gives 1535 with no death year, while another gives 1525–1595 and describes him as skilled in poetry.
   • WikidataChen Wenzhu (Q45547359)The English label is Chen Wenzhu, described as a Ming-dynasty person.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority record identifies Chen Wenzhu as a Ming official and gives a birth range in 1525; its note supplies the official career and literary profile.
2. [2] Style names and erroneous alias He was styled Yushu, used Wuyue Shanren as his sobriquet, had the generation designation San, and is also associated with the erroneous form 陳夕矚.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The name record gives San as a generation designation, Yushu as the style name, and Wuyue Shanren as the sobriquet.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The profile lists 玉叔 and 五岳山人 as his style name and sobriquet.
   • WikidataChen Wenzhu (Q45547359)The name entries give the English forms Wuyue Shanren and Yushu and the corresponding Chinese forms.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority record lists 玉叔 and 五嶽山人 and marks 陳夕矚 as an erroneous alias.
3. [3] Place of origin His place of origin is given as Mianyang in Huguang's Chengtian Prefecture, with another form identifying Mianyang Township.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The profile and biographical entries identify him with 沔陽 in Huguang's Chengtian Prefecture.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The address record gives 沔陽州 as his basic place of origin.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The birthplace field gives 沔陽鎮.
4. [4] Parents and ancestry His father was 陳栢, also written 陳柏, and he was the second son; his grandfather was 陳泮, his great-grandfather 陳瓉, and his mother 任氏.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The kinship table identifies 陳瓉 as great-grandfather, 陳泮 as grandfather, 陳栢 as father, and 任氏 as mother.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)A biographical entry calls him the son of 陳柏.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note calls him the second son of 陳栢.
5. [5] Siblings and wife His elder brothers were 陳文炳 and 陳文爕, his younger brothers were 陳文煃, 陳文煬, 陳文烱, 陳文爌, and 陳文烜, and his wife was 童氏.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The kinship table lists two elder brothers, five younger brothers, and his wife 童氏.
6. [6] Early education He was regarded as talented when young, gained the favor of his kinsman 傅頤, and passed the 1558 Huguang provincial examination in seventh place as a 國子生, becoming a juren.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The biographical account describes his youthful talent, the favor of 傅颐, his 國子生 status, and his seventh-place Huguang provincial examination in 1558; the profile also lists 國子生 and 举人.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The examination table lists student status and the number seven, corresponding to the seventh-place examination result.
7. [7] Jinshi examination and Ministry observation In 1565 he ranked 342nd in the yi-chou metropolitan examination, placed 101st in the third class at the palace examination, became a jinshi, and entered Ministry of Personnel observation.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The biographical entries confirm the 1565 jinshi degree and give the 342nd metropolitan-examination place, the third-class 101st palace-examination place, and Ministry of Personnel observation.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note confirms that he passed the 1565 jinshi examination.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The examination table lists the jinshi degree, the third-class 101st place, and the number 342.
8. [8] Early offices After the examination he entered the Court of Judicial Review as a 評事, rose to 寺副 and 寺正, and became prefect of Huai'an.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The biographical entries give the sequence from 評事 through 寺副 and 寺正 to Huai'an prefect, while the profile lists the same offices.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note confirms the appointment as 評事 and the 1570 appointment as Huai'an prefect.
9. [9] Later offices His later career included the Sichuan educational commissionership, provincial administrative and surveillance offices, the prefecture of Yingtian, and the Nanjing 大理寺卿.
   • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The career account lists each Wanli promotion, mourning leave, reappointment, and final Nanjing 大理寺卿 appointment; the profile lists the corresponding offices.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note confirms the later Sichuan and Shandong offices and the final Nanjing 大理寺卿 rank.
   • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The office table lists 大理寺卿, corresponding to the final judicial rank.
10. [10] Impeachment and retirement In 1591 Wu Zhipeng impeached him over alleged receipt of illicit money and alleged leniency toward the killing of Xu Yaonian by Yang Feng; he then returned home pending inquiry and retired.
    • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The career account details the ninth-month impeachment, the accusations, the October order to return home for inquiry, and his retirement; the links supply the associated dates and official title.
11. [11] Death and age His death is placed in 1595, and the career account gives his age as sixty.
    • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The profile gives 1595 as the death year, while the career account says he died in Wanli 23 (1595) at age sixty.
12. [12] Scholarship and gazetteer He was learned and skilled in poetry, wrote 《二酉園集》, and compiled 《淮安府志》.
    • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The biographical entry calls him learned and skilled in poetry, names 《二酉園集》, and says that he compiled 《淮安府志》.
13. [13] Works and variant titles His listed works include a twelve-juan poetry collection, a fourteen-juan literary collection, and a twenty-three-juan continuation, alongside variant titles.
    • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The works table lists 《二酉園文集》 in fourteen juan, its continuation in twenty-three juan, and 《二酉園詩集》.
    • Souyun陳文燭 (51231)The biographical entries use the titles 《二酉園集》, 二酉園, and 五岳山房集.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note gives 《二酉園詩集》 as twelve juan, the literary collection as fourteen juan, and its continuation as twenty-three juan.
14. [14] Wu Cheng'en He was on friendly terms with Wu Cheng'en, jointly revised 《花草新編》, and wrote its preface.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳文燭 (A009366)The authority note says that he was friendly with 吳承恩 (1504–1582), jointly revised 《花草新編》, and wrote its preface.
15. [15] Preface work He also wrote prefaces for works by 王守仁, 李夢陽, and 何景明.
    • CBDBChen Wenzhu (130797)The association entries identify 王守仁, 李夢陽, and 何景明 as authors whose works he prefaced.