Chen Guan

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1. 1100 承議郎
2. 1100 知某軍事
3. 1101 知某州軍州事
4. 1136 敦武郎
5. 1136 知某州軍州事

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• 了翁 室名、別號
• 了齋 室名、別號
• 了齋先生 室名、別號
• 忠肅 諡號
• 瑩中 字

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• [為官者：文]
• 入元祐黨籍者

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1. [1] Dates and identity Chen Guan's birth is given as 1057 or 1060, and his death as 1122 or 1124; the records identify him as a Northern Song jinshi and official.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The main record gives his name, 1057 birth year, 1122 death year, Song affiliation, jinshi status, and an official post as a remonstrance adviser.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The profile and biographies identify him as a Northern Song figure and give both the 1057-or-1060 birth formulation and a 1124 death date, while describing his examination and official career.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority record gives the name, a 1060 birth interval, a death interval beginning in 1124, Northern Song affiliation, and his examination and official career.
   • WikidataChen Guan (Q15938146)The entity is labelled Chen Guan and described as a Song-dynasty person.
2. [2] Courtesy name and sobriquets His courtesy name was Yingzhong, and his sobriquets included Liaoweng and Liaozhai.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The alternate-name table identifies Yingzhong as his courtesy name and lists Liaoweng and Liaozhai as sobriquets.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies and profile give the corresponding courtesy name and two sobriquets.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority record lists the corresponding forms Chen Yingzhong and Chen Liaoweng.
   • WikidataChen Guan (Q15938146)The name table lists Liaoweng, Liaozhai, and Yingzhong.
3. [3] Liaotang He was also known as Liaotang.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biography and profile both list Liaotang as an additional sobriquet.
4. [4] Native place and other names Chen Guan came from Shaxian in Nan-kien Prefecture, in present-day Fujian, and also used the names Huayan Jushi and Chen Tuifu.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The address record gives Shaxian as his native place.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biography identifies him as a native of Nan-kien Prefecture's Shaxian and notes its present affiliation with Fujian.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority record gives Shaxian as his birthplace and lists Huayan Jushi and Chen Tuifu among his names.
5. [5] Family His grandfather was Chen Shiqing and his father was Chen Cheng.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The kinship table identifies Chen Shiqing as grandfather and Chen Cheng as father.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biography identifies Chen Guan as a grandson of Chen Shiqing.
6. [6] Examination and first appointments In 1079 he passed the jinshi examination and is described as third-place finisher; he then held appointments as military secretary of Zhaoqing and instructor at Huzhou Prefecture School.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The examination entry identifies him as a jinshi and supplies the third-place rank value.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies confirm the Yuanfeng 2 examination and give the Zhaoqing military-secretary and Huzhou school appointments.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority note describes him as third-place finisher in 1079 and records his appointment in Huzhou.
7. [7] Local and Ministry of Rites posts He later served as magistrate of Dingyuan County, held an examination post in the Ministry of Rites, and in 1089 served in Yuezhou and Mingzhou.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies detail the Dingyuan magistracy, Ministry of Rites examination post, Yuezhou judgeship, and Mingzhou assistant prefecture, and the profile lists the corresponding offices.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The office table also lists assistant prefect and Ministry of Rites posts.
8. [8] Shaosheng and Yuanfu career From 1094 to 1099 he served as an Imperial Academy academician, a Secretariat Library collator, assistant prefect of Cangzhou, and prefect of Weizhou.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies consistently list the Imperial Academy, Secretariat Library, Cangzhou, and Weizhou appointments in this sequence.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The office table lists Imperial Academy academician and assistant prefect posts.
9. [9] Remonstrance offices After Huizong's accession, Chen Guan was appointed Right Remonstrance Advising Official and promoted to Left Remonstrance Advising Official.
   • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies and office profile list the two remonstrance appointments after Huizong's accession.
   • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority note also records the Right and Left Remonstrance Advising Official posts and his reputation for direct remonstrance.
   • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The office table lists a remonstrance adviser post.
10. [10] Impeachment and transfer to Wuwei The biographies differ over the immediate reason for his transfer to Wuwei: one links it to impeaching Cai Jing and leaving the Yangzhou Grain Office, while another links it to denouncing Xiang Zongliang's dealings with court attendants.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The two biographies give different immediate explanations for the Wuwei transfer, one involving Cai Jing and the Yangzhou Grain Office and the other Xiang Zongliang.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The office table records a military-governorship post at Wuwei.
11. [11] Jianzhong Jingguo appointment In 1101 he became a Vice Director in the Right Department of the Secretariat and acting Palace Censor, then went out as prefect of Taizhou after offending Zeng Bu.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies give the 1101 appointment, concurrent censorial office, and transfer to Taizhou; the profile lists the combined office title.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The office table records a prefectural post at Taizhou.
12. [12] Party-register punishment During Chongning he was entered in the Yuanyou party register, stripped of office, controlled in Yuanzhou and Lianzhou, and moved to Chenzhou after an amnesty; he later lived in Mingzhou at his own convenience.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies describe the party-register punishment, the successive transfers to Yuanzhou, Lianzhou, and Chenzhou, and his later residence in Mingzhou.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The status table identifies him as entered in the Yuanyou party register.
13. [13] Late exile and posthumous title His later career included renewed exile to Tongzhou and Taizhou, an amnesty in Zhenghe 6, continued movement, disputed death dates and ages, and the posthumous title Zhongsu.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies describe the Daguan and Zhenghe exiles, the amnesty, continued movement, Xuanhe 6 death at Chu Prefecture, age 68, and the alternate age 65.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The main record gives 1122 as the death year and the alternate-name table gives Zhongsu as the posthumous title, preserving the chronological and titular variation.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority record gives a death interval beginning in 1124 and records the posthumous title Zhongsu.
14. [14] Political remonstrance Chen Guan opposed the restoration of the earlier political line, prevented the destruction of the Zizhi Tongjian blocks, prosecuted the offenses of the leading proponents of the opposing faction, and submitted two works.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biographies describe his opposition to the restoration policy, his prevention of the destruction of the Zizhi Tongjian blocks, his attacks on the Cai and Dun figures, and his submission of the two works.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)An associated note adds that Cai Bian's proposal to destroy the Zizhi Tongjian blocks was stopped by Chen Guan.
15. [15] Zunyao ji 《四明尊堯集》 argued that Wang Anshi's 《日錄》 fabricated Shenzong's statements and confused right and wrong; after its submission, Huizong condemned it and confined him in Taizhou.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The biography gives the work's criticism of Wang Anshi's 《日錄》, its submission in Zhenghe 1, Huizong's condemnation, and the Taizhou confinement.
16. [16] Chan practice Chen Guan was a dharma heir of Lingyuan Weiqing; during his Tongzhou exile he gained insight from 《洛浦錄》, practiced Buddhism, and nearly completed an interpretation of the Southern Chan master's recorded sayings.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority note identifies him as Lingyuan Weiqing's dharma heir and describes his Tongzhou reading, Buddhist practice, and interpretation of Southern Chan sayings.
17. [17] Tiantai writings After meeting Mingzhi, Chen Guan gained a deep understanding of Tiantai doctrine and composed two related works.
    • DILA Buddhist Authority Database陳瓘 (A009572)The authority note records his meeting with Mingzhi, his understanding of Tiantai doctrine, and the composition of the two works.
18. [18] Works and loss 《了齋集》 is variously given as 40 or 42 volumes; 《約論》 had 17 volumes and 《諫垣集》 three, and most of these writings are lost.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The bibliographical biographies give 42 and 40 volumes for 《了齋集》, list 《約論》 and 《諫垣集》 with their respective extents, and describe the works as mostly or entirely lost.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The text list also preserves the titles 《了齋易說》 and 《了齋詞》.
19. [19] Extant works and poetry The extant works include 《四明尊堯集》, 《了齋易說》, and 《了齋詞》, while one volume of poetry appears in 《兩宋名賢小集》 as 《了齋詩集》.
    • Souyun陳瓘 (34462)The bibliographical biographies list the extant works with their volumes and state that 《兩宋名賢小集》 preserves one volume of his poetry.
    • CBDBChen Guan (2) (7128)The text list independently includes 《了齋易說》 and 《了齋詞》.