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[1]Identity and datesThe sources identify Yu Yue and describe him as a late-Qing classicist, philologist, evidential-scholar master, calligrapher, and official. His birth is placed in 1821; the death year differs between 1906 and 1907, with one source supplying the exact dates 25 December 1821 and 5 February 1907.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The basic record supplies the name Yu Yue, the birth year 1821, the death year 1906, the Qing dynasty, and the statuses of calligrapher, xiaoxue scholar, and civil official; its death year differs from the 1907 date supplied elsewhere.
WikidataYu Yue (Q10887841)The entity is labelled Yu Yue and described in English as a Chinese scholar and official, while the Chinese description identifies him as a Qing classicist and philologist and gives the years 1821–1907.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The profile and biographical passages consistently give 1821–1907 and describe Yu Yue as a late-Qing Hanlin, evidential-scholar master, late-Qing Confucian scholar, and master of his generation.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority record identifies Yu Yue as a male Qing figure, gives the exact dates 25 December 1821 and 5 February 1907, and calls him a late-Qing master of evidential scholarship.
[2]Courtesy names and native placeYu Yue was styled 蔭甫 and, as another courtesy name, 中山; he used the sobriquets 曲園 and 絢巖 and came from Deqing in Zhejiang.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The name data classifies 中山 and 蔭甫 as courtesy names, lists 曲園 and 絢巖 among his sobriquets or studio names, and gives Deqing as his native place.
WikidataYu Yue (Q10887841)The alias collection contains 中山, 蔭甫, 曲園, and 絢巖.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biographical passages identify him as a native of Zhejiang Deqing, give the courtesy name 蔭甫 and sobriquet 曲園, and also record 中山 and 絢巖.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority record supplies the aliases 俞蔭甫, 曲園居士, and 俞曲園, and gives Deqing as the birthplace.
[3]Early residenceAt four, Yu Yue moved with his parents from Deqing to the Yao family in Linping, lived there until entering office at thirty-two, attempted to supplement the Linping Record, and toured its scenery.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biographical passage gives the move at age four, the thirty-year residence before entering office at thirty-two, the attempt to supplement the Linping Record, and his excursions around Linping.
[4]Examination and first appointmentIn 1850 Yu Yue passed the Gengxu examination as nineteenth in the second class, became a jinshi, was selected as a shuji shi, and received appointment as a Hanlin compiler. One biographical passage gives the conflicting date Daoguang 37th year rather than Daoguang 30th year.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The examination data gives the jinshi qualification and second-class nineteenth rank, while the office data gives the compiler appointment.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)Several biographies give Daoguang 30th year and describe the Gengxu second-class nineteenth rank, the shuji shi selection, and the compiler appointment; another passage gives Daoguang 37th year, creating a date discrepancy.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary gives the 1850 jinshi degree and compiler appointment.
[5]Zeng Guofan and the examination poemZeng Guofan was an examination reader, and he admired the opening line of Yu Yue’s examination poem.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography identifies Zeng Guofan as an examination reader, quotes the opening line of Yu Yue’s poem, and describes Zeng’s appreciation of it.
[6]Henan educational commissionerYu Yue was appointed educational commissioner of Henan in the fifth year of the Xianfeng reign, corresponding to 1855.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The office entry gives the educational commissioner title, the fifth year of the Xianfeng reign, and Henan as the posting.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biographies state that he served as Henan educational commissioner and date the appointment to Xianfeng 5th year, 1855.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary describes him as superintendent of education in Henan.
[7]DismissalThe following year censor Cao Dengyong impeached Yu over the charge that the examination question fragmented classical meaning; Yu was dismissed and did not return to office.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography gives Cao Dengyong’s impeachment, the phrase 割裂經義, the dismissal, and Yu Yue’s subsequent withdrawal from official service.
[8]Teaching careerAfter dismissal Yu Yue lived in Suzhou, lectured at academies in Suzhou and Shanghai, and taught at Hangzhou’s Gujing Jingshe for thirty-one years, the longest of his teaching appointments.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biographies list the Ziyang and Qiuzhi academies and state that he taught at Hangzhou’s Gujing Jingshe for thirty-one years, the longest period.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary confirms his late teaching at Hangzhou’s Gujing Jingshe.
[9]FriendsThe association data identifies Feng Guifen, Zeng Guofan, Wu Qingdi, Pan Zuyin, Peng Yulin, and Li Hongzhang as Yu Yue’s friends.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The association entries classify Feng Guifen, Zeng Guofan, Wu Qingdi, Pan Zuyin, Peng Yulin, and Li Hongzhang as friends.
[10]Pupils named in biographiesWang Renjun, Zhang Binglin, Wu Changshuo, Tan Xian, Yuan Chang, and Wu Qingdi are identified as pupils of Yu Yue.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The association entries classify Tan Xian, Yuan Chang, Wu Qingdi, and Wang Renjun as students.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography names Wang Renjun, Zhang Binglin, and Wu Changshou among Yu Yue’s pupils.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary states that Zhang Binglin and Wu Changshuo came from Yu Yue’s school.
[11]Additional pupilsZhu Yixin, Wu Dacheng, Liu Gongmian, Shi Buhua, Huang Yizhou, and Dai Wang are separately classified as students of Yu Yue.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The association entries classify Zhu Yixin, Wu Dacheng, Liu Gongmian, Shi Buhua, Huang Yizhou, and Dai Wang as students.
[12]Japanese pupil name variantThe Japanese pupil is listed as Nara Chinsei in one place and as Inoue Chinsei in another.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The association entry identifies 楢原陳政 as a student.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary names the Japanese pupil as 井上陳政.
[13]Quyuan gardenIn 1875, with help from friends, Yu Yue bought an abandoned ruler-shaped plot in Suzhou, designed the garden, built more than thirty bays, and named it Quyuan after the Laozi phrase 曲則全, adopting Quyuan Jushi as his style.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography describes the 1875 purchase, the friends’ assistance, the site’s shape, Yu Yue’s design and construction, the more-than-thirty bays, the Laozi phrase, and the names Quyuan and Quyuan Jushi.
[14]Chun Zaitang and other buildingsChun Zaitang served as a place for literary gatherings and lectures; Yu Yue also built Yulou beside Xiling Seal Society and the Six-Immortals Bridge in Deqing.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography specifies Chun Zaitang’s function and gives the locations of Yulou and the Six-Immortals Bridge.
[15]Maple Bridge Night Mooring steleIn late 1906 Yu Yue wrote and engraved a stele of Maple Bridge Night Mooring at Chen Kuilong’s request; the text gives locations in Nanjing and Suzhou.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography gives the late-autumn 1906 date, Chen Kuilong’s office, the writing and engraving of the stele, its title, and its two locations.
[16]FamilyYu Yue’s grandfather was 俞廷鑣 and his wife was 姚文玉; the kinship data gives the two forms of his daughter’s name, his sons, and the listed descendants with their relationships and dates.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The kinship entries list the grandfather 俞廷鑣, wife 姚文玉 with dates, the two daughter-name forms, the two sons, grandson 俞陛雲, and granddaughter’s husband 彭見貞; the same kinship data also lists 俞慶曾 and 俞銘衡.
[17]Descendants俞陛雲 is described as a tanhua recipient in the Guangxu 24th year and a compiler of the Draft History of the Qing; 俞平伯 is described as a modern scholar and Redology specialist, and three kinsmen are said to have passed the jinshi examination.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography states that 俞陛雲 received the tanhua title in Guangxu 24th year and helped compile the Draft History of the Qing, and describes 俞平伯 and the three named kinsmen.
[18]Classical methodYu Yue followed Wang Yinzhi and Wang Niansun of the Gaoyou Wang family and defined classical study through sentence division, character meanings, and ancient phonetic loans, extending the method from the Classics to individual characters.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography states that Yu followed the Gaoyou Wang father-and-son line and names the three elements of his method: sentence division, character meanings, and ancient textual loans.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary names Wang Yinzhi and Wang Niansun and says that the method proceeds from the Classics to individual characters.
[19]Major classical worksYu Yue’s classical and philosophical writings included 《群經平議》 and 《諸子平議》.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography lists 《群經平議》 and 《諸子平議》 among Yu Yue’s writings.
[20]Gu shu yi yi ju liYu Yue also wrote 《古書疑義舉例》, listed elsewhere as a seven-volume work.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The work entry gives 《古書疑義舉例》 as seven volumes and identifies Yu Yue as its author.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography names 《古書疑義舉例》 among his three principal works in classical studies.
[21]Other writingsYu Yue’s other writings included 《春在堂隨筆》, 《茶香室叢鈔》, 《詁經精舍自課文》, 《賓萌集》, and 《春在堂詩編》.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The work entries list 《賓萌集》, 《春在堂詩編》 in twenty-three volumes, and 《春在堂隨筆》 in ten volumes.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biography lists all five works named in the sentence.
[22]Fiction and chuanqi《右臺仙館筆記》 is identified as a collection of classical-language fiction, while 《梓潼傳》 is identified as a chuanqi.
CBDBYu Yue (30237)The work entry lists 《右臺仙館筆記》 in sixteen volumes and identifies Yu Yue as its author.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The literary passage classifies 《右台仙館筆記》 as classical-language fiction and lists the chuanqi 《梓潼傳》.
[23]Poetry and popular literatureYu Yue also wrote poetry, ci, and popular literature; the literary description characterizes his prose as concise, his poetry as resembling Yuan Mei’s, and his ci as plain yet surprising.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The literary passage says that he wrote popular literature and characterizes his prose, poetry, and ci in these terms.
[24]Legacy in JapanYu Yue was called a master of his generation and a leading figure of evidential scholarship, his reputation extended to Japan, and he was later said to have been highly esteemed there and compared with Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan.
Souyun俞樾 (57783)The biographies call him a master of his generation, extend his reputation to Japan, and describe his esteem in Japan and comparison with Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan.
DILA Buddhist Authority Database俞樾 (A000814)The authority summary calls him a leading figure of evidential scholarship.
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